JHBLADER05 said:

yea i totally agree. if there was 1 thing i felt missing it was a big battle scene. i really was wishing that Ray decided to look over the hill and then we see what was going on. Then again it brings suspense and mystery that we didnt see it, but it still would have been great.

JHBLADER05 said:

I also got sorta ticked when we see that Robbie survived. I mean why is it that the protaganist and his family is unharmed while the rest of the world has to suffer. I mean Ogilvy mentioned how he lost his whole family, so why couldnt Ray lose one of his kids? It would have made me feel more for his character, and more for each family on Earth.

JdFoX187 said:

I don't think this was meant to be an action movie. It was a survival movie and showed how Ray and his family survived. The one thing I was irritated about was Spielberg said Ray was a reflection of what was happen to humanity. So I would have liked to have seen Robby die...I know it's morbid but that would have added some shock value.

The battle sceen on the other side of the hill was spectacular. I loved how Spielberg worked that, I mean that was just perfect. The one epic battle scene should have been the Thunderchild. That would have been perfect for this movie. And they shouldn't have rushed the ending as bad as they did.

JHBLADER05 said:

I also got sorta ticked when we see that Robbie survived. I mean why is it that the protaganist and his family is unharmed while the rest of the world has to suffer. I mean Ogilvy mentioned how he lost his whole family, so why couldnt Ray lose one of his kids? It would have made me feel more for his character, and more for each family on Earth.

PyroGurl said:

JHBLADER05 said:

I also got sorta ticked when we see that Robbie survived. I mean why is it that the protaganist and his family is unharmed while the rest of the world has to suffer. I mean Ogilvy mentioned how he lost his whole family, so why couldnt Ray lose one of his kids? It would have made me feel more for his character, and more for each family on Earth.

Yeah. Although he was hot, he needed to die. That was way too anti-climatic. I was a little disappointed.

HulkMagnetoFan said:


the movie ended too soon in my opinion.

JHBLADER05 said:

What would have been better for the ending was, say, Ray and Rachel make it to Boston, but the Tripods are still attacking. Everybody is running, screaming, etc. Somehow (use imagination) Ray and Rachel get cornered in front of a tripod. It see's them and is about to use the heat ray on them, but then it begins to shut down. The tripod begins wobbling, along with the others following in the same way. Ray is like "HUH!?!?!" and we see the tripods each fall down onto the ground. Then they can still use the part about the birds, and the bazookas to see if the shields are down. It wouldnt have been so anti-climactic. Man, I should be a screenwriter.

PyroGurl said:

JHBLADER05 said:

What would have been better for the ending was, say, Ray and Rachel make it to Boston, but the Tripods are still attacking. Everybody is running, screaming, etc. Somehow (use imagination) Ray and Rachel get cornered in front of a tripod. It see's them and is about to use the heat ray on them, but then it begins to shut down. The tripod begins wobbling, along with the others following in the same way. Ray is like "HUH!?!?!" and we see the tripods each fall down onto the ground. Then they can still use the part about the birds, and the bazookas to see if the shields are down. It wouldnt have been so anti-climactic. Man, I should be a screenwriter.

I like that.