The one good thing about seeing ROTS were the previews; "Cinderella Man," "War of the Worlds" and "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" all looked infinately better than the film I saw, IMHO.

All of the many "War of the Worlds" trailers are underwhelming. I know they are purposely holding back on the FX shots to keep you wanting to see the actual aliens (so far they have only shown the tentacle thing) but what remains is just Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning staring at nothing. *yawn*

I've seen Cinderella Man. Star Wars is much better. But then, I also liked Star Wars quite a bit. Best movie I've seen so far this year.

Keith, I don't know if this is the case or not, but it's quite possible they will never show you the aliens throughout the movie, in keeping with the history of the story, where the aliens were never really explored much.

I think this is what Shyamalan was going for in Signs - less a story about aliens and more a story about humans. Of course with Signs it leaves you wondering how aliens can conquer space travel but somehow not be able to open a door, but that's another story.

But as I recall from the HG Wells story, there were also descriptions of massive battles, just that they were delivered as news.

Also, by "aliens" I also include their ships as well. So at least I would expect to see their ships and whatever craft they are using to deal death to the pitiful humans. That's one of the things I loved about the 1953 version. The ship design with the heads was quite beautiful.

I don't think "Signs" is a good example to follow up on. I felt entirely cheated after watching that movie to the end.

Haha - I have no great love for Signs either.

As far as the alien ships, I bet they will show that - they'd have to, to show the destruction of it all. I just wonder how much of the actual aliens' bodies / faces they'll actually show.

I saw 4, 5, 6, 1 & 2 (in that order) before seeing ep 3. I really enjoyed the
movie, except that it was projected a bit out of focus. That was a real pain
in the you know what.

A couple of thoughts I had:

1. I thought the humor in the beginning was a tad too much and didn't really fit in to the whole saga (at that level)

2. R2-D2 was kicking a bit too much ass (since he doesn't really do anything like that in the later episodes)

3. I felt Anakin turned a tad too easily to the dark side. Perhaps if Padme would've been close to giving birth this would've been better?

4. I would've swapped the final scenes with the babies being dropped of with the one with the Emperor and Darth on the bridge of the ship. I felt that was far more emotional to close on.

But overal I really enjoyed it!