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  1. Seth Paxton

    War of the Worlds (2005)

    Sorry for another post, but this has nothing to do with WOTW discussion...anyway, Holadem, wasn't it you that recently had another major revelation about some film and I gave you a hard time about it? I mean "hey, ID4 is sort of like WOTW"...yikes. Try to keep up with the rest of us. ;) :D...
  2. Seth Paxton

    War of the Worlds (2005)

    I doubt he had an agenda, but even if he did I would consider this his own justification for insurgent attacks, not the US presence in Iraq, based on his spoken views. So it doesn't surprise me that he delivered the line. Again, I doubt he was pushing his own politics here, as I've noticed a...
  3. Seth Paxton

    War of the Worlds (2005)

    Typically I haven't cared for him, but IMO he really nailed how this film works. Great review from him, not because he liked it but for how he summerizes it and seems to lock in on how the film works emotionally.
  4. Seth Paxton

    War of the Worlds (2005)

    This shows why SS should NOT have added the rocket to a ship scene. Without this he could have conveyed that viruses killed the aliens with narrative and visuals. That's not to say that he doesn't show that the alien looks sick at the end, nor that Freeman didn't state that fact, but let's be...
  5. Seth Paxton

    War of the Worlds (2005)

    DOH! ;) Actually I hadn't seen his BB review...luckily for me I suppose. :D Really I check Rotten Tomatoes, look for several reviewers I trust, read some of the comments, maybe even some of the full reviews, and that helps me decide. In this case I think he was dead wrong. The film had...
  6. Seth Paxton

    War of the Worlds (2005)

    Every other week we have a thread discussion about another one of Ebert's questionable reviews. IMO in the last year he has gone from unreliable to reliably opposite of what everyone else thinks. I have gone from not using him to almost going with exactly the opposite of what he says.
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