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They should have made the ex-wife a lesbian and Dakota fanning's character Trans. This movie is soooo Not inclusive. The fact that Tom Cruise is sis in this makes me so angry. Where are all the people of color? I can't believe the rejects reacted to this movie and posted it online. It is very much not progrssive.
Out of the many, many reactors to this movie, you both were the first ones to point out my favorite movie effect. The camera shot of them going down the Freeway in one long continuous circle in close almost entering the car , pull out and go around it and coming back in the window. I look forward to it every time. So smooth you don't notice it.
The grenades didn't stop the alien invasion, it just stopped that specific tripod war machine since it blew up from the inside because of the grenades. The lack of knowledge or preparation against any bacteria indigenous to Earth caused the aliens to die, even Morgen Freeman explained it at the end of the movie.
Yeah, I really didn’t understand where they got the idea that one grenade stopped the invasion. They got so stuck on this “hive mind” theory they came up with that they completely ignored Morgan Freeman literally telling them that it was bacteria that the aliens had no immunity to is what killed them. They breathed our air and drank our water, the pathogens that humans have long developed immunity to through countless deaths in the past is what destroyed the aliens. That bugged me, because it’s a huge part of the ending and how the aliens were beaten. They all got infected the second they breathed our air and in less than 24 hours their systems became overwhelmed by millions of pathogens that humans don’t need to worry about any longer.
That literally flew right over their heads for some reason. Because Morgan Freeman didn't specifically say the term "germs" or "bacteria" and only showed and animation, I can see why some folks wouldn't know what that animation represents. Know what I mean?
@@pen1208 I understand what you’re saying, but if they were paying attention I feel it was pretty clear what he meant. I know he didn’t spell it out, but the wording made it really clear that it was bacteria he was talking about, especially with the animation. They seemed to latch on to the hive mind theory and that the grenades that killed the one alien craft is what caused them all to die and that feels like why they didn’t understand what Freeman was saying.
He told the mechanic to change the solenoid when he was heading to the lightning strike. The mechanic told him it worked as they were walking there. A solenoid is an electromagnet so the EMP fried the one in there. The people in the river unlifed-ed themselves. The tripods were using human blood as part of their terraforming, they were "watering" the vein-like vines with it.
That is also a much older Van, Noi computer or ciruit boards, so once they replaced the one fried part it would still run, versus any modern car with all the computer componets the EMP would have fried them
Yh I was a tad confused why they were first vaporising humans, then collecting them, and then occasionally draining them from the straw, just to spray their blood! But I can see how the vaporising and spraying were part of the terraforming, but what’s with the straw? What I gathered by the end was this sit or marinate in our fat? Like the juices coming out of the machine looked like fat oils you can see from humans? And I know not all the tripods are the same, seems like some clear the path(vaporising) others sew the seeds and water them. But that straw one really threw me for a loop 😅
@@jessimarim_m9387 They vaporised just to cull as they didn't need all humans for blood. The pipe thing that punctured humans sucked out their blood for it to be sprayed later for the terraforming as the weird alien weed thing fed on it like Earth plants feed on water. They collected them to store until they were to be used for their blood to terraform another part. The leakage from the actual machines was just them venting some biproduct of whatever was fuelling them.
I was like 10 when I first watched this movie, and I got every premise of it. I was understanding the background moments and the listening to the dialogue. so seeing comments like these, explaining the sort of obvious hints and story telling about how things work and what certain were doing, makes me feel better in that I wasn’t alone in knowing what was going on.
They literally said the bacteria caused the extinction. Y’all are blowing my mind right now that you just didn’t listen to Freeman’s voiceover at the end. What did you think that epilogue meant?
Reel Rejects - The grenades took out just the one Tripod because they exploded inside. The invasion as a whole was defeated by bacteria. Very simply, the Martians got sick and died.
Yh I remembered as Morgan finished talking I was like oh yh! I remember the meme that went around that germs killed the aliens 😂 it was like a whole joke on the internet back in the day, and it came back just as the zoom in, cause not gonna lie, at first my mind said, ‘ah yes, tape worms, they’re a bitch’ 😂😂😂 but tbf I recently saw a video about them, so I see lines I think worms!😂
Y’all missed A LOT! The grenade did NOT stop the invasion. The narrator literally explains it in the end. The aliens died because they had no immunity. This is foreshadowed with Dakota’s splinter line. The earth pushed the aliens out. The car was explained at the start with the solenoid being changed. It’s only the lightning storm that shuts the power. The tripods use the blood and spray it to grow the vines. Come on people!… I loved the reaction though
Missing the blood was driving me crazy L O L. Tara was like it’s PG-13 so there’s not that much blood and I’m screaming. There is blood all over the surface outside. They’re literally harvesting humans and spraying their blood like fertilizer
They literally watched last scene, where there was explained, that aliens were defeated by bacteria and yet still in the review they convinced that the grenade couse this. Like I understand enjoying the movie but that's some next level of not pay any attention to the movie. And I would love if they pause the movies when they have a longer conversation because they missing so much.
@@JohnDAmico-ci2hz No I like when they talking and giving they opinion straight away because I don't want to just watch people sitting in silent watching a movie, where is a fun with that. I just want them to pause it or rewind a little bit if they talking a lot.
thats the problem with kids these days, they don't listen to the exposition, they've already formulated their own idea of what happened and the reality no longer matters.
I really think the brother should've died. He was selfish and totally unprepared to run straight into battle (and then there were huge explosions exactly where he had run over the hill) The brother just being there safe and sound at the end of the movie was just ridiculous. I'd much rather have a more realistic, sadder ending than this forced happy family reunion ending that made no sense. Lesson would be, sometimes people you love make really stupid self destructive choices, and no matter what you try to do to stop them they keep going down that path anyway.
He wanted to fight the enemy of humanity to protect her, why don't ppl get that. Some ppl have more of a warrior spirit and we need ppl with that spirit.
@creepydoll6023 thats exactly what they're doing. Theyre just watching it, not paying attention at all. Then spend the whole time asking questions about something that was clearly explained and connecting dots that arent there
I don't mind them not paying attention so much, it is a reaction after all, what really bothers me is the complaining something didn't make sense or complaining that the movie didn't explain something, when it did and the only reason they missed it was because they were to busy complaining to pay attention
@@Problematic_ScorpioFrom the air and water. The second they breathed the air, they were doomed. Millions of bacteria that humans developed full immunity to destroyed the aliens in less than 24 hours due to them having no immunity at all. Their systems were overwhelmed with every illness all at once.
Yeah y’all talked right through it lol, But their car worked because Tom Cruise told the mechanic to try changing out the solenoids when he first passed him. When he encountered him again the mechanic was like you were right. Changing the solenoids did the trick. Solenoids in this case connect the ignition to the engine. Makes the connection so turning the key magically starts the engine.
@@HelTra91agreed, I’m watching less and less reactions from this channel because I can’t handle the reactors constantly trying to out scream each other. It’s too much constantly. It’s a shame, I used to love this channel.
@@marybrown6128really? I never noticed. Now I’m gonna be looking for that lol. I didn’t create this post to hate on the channel. I think any movie lover goes insane when people talk through a movie. But I also understand they have to entertain. So. Idk. Just something I have to get used to.
This is such a classic Aliens from Beyond film! Almost every second of this film is not only iconic but holds up 20 years later. Tom Cruise running in every scene is epic.
Hey guys I don’t understand how you guys didn’t catch that the mechanic fix the car due to the main character telling him how to fix the car, or how the grenade didn’t stop the invasion just the one pod itself 😂 or how due to them not understanding that us as human have survive this long with many viruses, diseases and etc. the alien bodies couldn’t survive drinking our blood, water food and etc. they were doom from the start the moment they thought they could live like us 😂.
Probably one of Spielberg's most underrated films. I know a lot of people complain about the ending being anti-climatic given how much they built up the depressing severity of the situation in order to feel satisfied seeing humanity win in an epic climax, but honestly I actually dont mind the ending and I think the idea of these aliens ultimately falling to something as small yet deadly as human bacteria is kinda hilarious. I really like the designs of the Tripods as they truly made them feel menacing, terrifying and almost unbeatable. The moment you hear that horn you know you're cooked, and you can either try and escape your fate or accept it. I think my favourite scene is probably the car scene where everyone is desperately trying to get into one of the only working cars, willing to beat and kill fellow humans suffering and terrified for their lives, smashing and ripping glass with their bear hands, pulling kids out to save themselves. Truly shows both the worst and the unspoken truth about humanity
I mean the ending made a lot of logical sense. We have gone through millions of years of evolution so it's kinda narcissistic of aliens to think that they can come in and not be affected by something as basic as bacteria. It took us a long time to build our immunity. This is not a take we would expect films like these to take but HG Wells was a genius when he wrote this.
When I read this, that ending was so fantastic. Saved by the things that kill us every year, by the things we ourselves are trying to eradicate. I bet it was even better when people were reading it when first published.
My problem with the ending isn't that microbes killed the aliens. That's exactly what happened when European people came to the Americas. My problem was that if the tripods were buried in the ground, why were they not gathering such information to be ready?
@@JeshuaSquirrelWho knows. Maybe the aliens haven't encountered a world in which bacteria and viruses don't exist. This may be the first time they have ever gotten sick!
Many people have trashed on this movie over the years but (1) I think it's one of Spielberg's most underrated movies as his direction throughout was exceptional, and (2) for me this is one of Tom's best performances as he did an amazing job of being the regular guy adapting to chaos for his kids, really bought into his character from jump...and the whole sequence with him and Tim Robbins should be studied in acting classes as both were outstanding...and really defined Tom's character.
It's really intense when he kills the guy to keep his daughter safe, while Dakota sings the lullaby. That scene really speaks to you if you have a child you love more than anything.
I was never much of a Tom Cruise fan. Not that I didn’t enjoy a lot of his movies, but just always thought he was overrated. THIS is the movie that Tom really impressed me in. I loved this movie and for the first time I didn’t find him kind of annoying. His performance was very real. I think Tom’s acting has really improved in the last 20 years. And Dakota Fanning was also just so good.
These two remind me of my wife talking during a movie asking me questions at the exact time the characters are answering her question if she would just shut-up and watch the movie.
This is what I personally call a "Friday Night Movie". When you're done with school and work and ready for the weekend, this is one of those movies I loved watching on a Friday night to start the weekend.
I'm gonna say it again. With their constant asking about how these effects and shots were done, especially that huge oner at the beginning, I wish they could watch the corridor crew breakdowns of the visual effects from movies they watch on this channel. It's so much fun and super informative
20:11 That's the car the mechanic was trying to fix earlier when Ray came by and told him how to. So he fixed the car already and was telling Ray he was right about the problem after already fixing the car. That's why it just worked.
The car worked because Ray said to his friend ‘replace the solenoid’ , the aliens died because of the microbes, that’s why the narrator said they were doomed the moment they entered and they eat and drank here
It originally was a radio broadcast back in the day that scared majority of the people listening because they believed it was happening . Research that 😂
The screaming everything. Guys. You have mikes on. Anyways, yes that is the actual plane crash set from the movie at Universal Studios. I use to work at the studio lot and walked up there to take pictures on it all the time. Tour buses would drive by and think I was reacting parts of the scene. 😂. The house is there across from the plane as well....well the front of it that is with the turbine.
I’ve noticed this with other videos on the channel and I think it’s bc they have the volume so loud in their headsets. It probably helps their reactions, but yeah, it makes them yell their comments to each other.
H.G. Wells is the father of Science Fiction and many of his novels have been adapted to film. War of The Worlds (1898) is the original Alien Invasion story. No particular main characters of the novel. You just see how many of them deal with this unforseen event. First on audio, the 1938 radio play broadcast on Halloween narrated by Orson Wells threw the audience into a major panic like the invasion was real and it made headline news as an major spectacle. Then on the big screen as an George Pal production with award winning effects in 1953, ahead of it's time in filmmaking followed by a syndicated tv series (1988-1990) that was an continuation from the film and pushed the envelope of Sci-fi/suspense/horror . This 2005 adaption is Spielberg's 3rd Sci-Fi film of the 2000s. The fear and paranoia of a post 9/11 world reacting to an attack from beyond. Cruise's role as not a hero, a father trying to measure up and at least guide his kids through this ordeal does make good storytelling. The cast, the crew, the sets, the effects and every moment till the end shows you why Spielberg is the legend he is. Following his other efforts with Kubrick's final production, Artificial Intelligence (2001) and his first collaboration with Cruise, Minority Report (2002).
Okay, so this is theory only (because I know there are other cars in the movie that were manufactured after this date), but computers weren't in cars until 1968. The car that he drives off in at the beginning of the film is a 1966 Shelby GT 350 H. This means it came out without a computer system, it's all analog. I THINK what happens that knocks out the power in the opening is an electromagnetic pulse, which would short circuit electrical systems (computers, radio, satellite, etc).
You thought way to much into it lol but good theory. Per Rays suggestion to Manny before all the Aline’s show up Ray tells him to change the solenoid in the car, Manny does this. He was saying he changed the solenoid when Ray and fam showed up to get the car. “In the automotive sector solenoids are used for a range of applications, from starting the engine to shifting the transmission.”
The grenade explosion killed one tripod, The Bacteria is what killed the entire invasion, Morgan Freeman even says it at the end of the film, and the lights at the moms house worked because the EMP hadn’t reached that area yet
They didn’t notice that the dad’s friend that he hooked up with at the ferry, the red head with the daughter, is the tough talking teacher from Abbott Elementary. Lisa Ann Walter is the actress’s name. She was supposed play his girlfriend, but most of her scenes were cut for time, so Spielberg gave her this small role after.
This is one of those films that I can watch again and again and not get bored. With how saturated the alien invasion genre is, this is one of those gems that stands the test of time.
You can't really criticize a plot point five times as an inexplicable mystery when the movie explained it at length. The car was running because Tom Cruise -- in the movie -- had a conversation with the neighbor about the minivan not starting and told him that the electrical event had probably fried the selenoid which is a pretty easy part to replace and later the guy had just gotten it fixed when Cruise and family piled into the car. The guy is walking out if the auto place and says Cruise was right about the problem. The army had many hours to replace the damaged part in their vehicles. Some people handy with cars would have done the same, though 99% of cars would not be running.
Funny you should say that. I remember back in 2020 hearing some goofy midnight caller on George Noory's Coast to Coast AM radio show; That covid was made and released on purpose to immunize us and try to protect us from the future alien invasion that the UN knows is coming. Any people that caught and died of Covid were simply collateral deaths until the virus could be adjusted and perfected.
It blows my mind the amount of stuff people miss or misinterpret. He said to the mechanic. "Try changing the Solanoid" then when they came back and grabbed the van. He said "you were right, I had to change the salanoid" they gave you a literal word for word explanation. It couldn't have been dumbed down any further. The stone being freezing from the lighting is just showing that it's not normal lighting. The moms house lights were on because it didn't disable all power across the world. It blew it out in that area. When they pulled up the girl said "why are the lights on here?" And Tom said "because nothing bad has happened here" again. Literally word for word explaining it to you. And at the end where Morgan freeman says "the moment they breathed our air, drank our water they were doomed. Defeated by the tinest organizims god had created." And then shows bacteria cells or whatever. Literally everything your confused about is explained in the most basic way imaginable. That's like if you watched someone die in a movie. And someone says. "Oh my god! He was shot!" And your over here like "what killed him! It's a complete fricken mystery!" Like ????
In regards to some comments, to be fair, the reason why the actual shields started to go down did seem a bit ambiguous. It's explained that bacteria killed the aliens but why would that affect their technology and the shields on the tripods... So to be fair that part to me at least is a bit vague. I understand the bacteria that humans have evolved to survive killing the aliens, but to be fair the shields did only go down after the first tripod got destroyed, so it could look like that was the reason, like it could appear that the destruction of the first tripod was the catalyst for the shields coming down - even if that wasn't the actual reason for the shields coming down. Which like I say remains a little mysterious.
I really like the bit after Ray has to kill Tim Robbins' character when Rachel just sits with him and comforts him as he comes to terms with what he's just had to do. Neither of them says anything, and there's no music, just ambience. It's a really tender but also traumatic father-daughter moment.
I actually did see this movie at the theater. It stands out as one of the better theater experiences I've had. I got the feeling like most of the audience was worn out by the end of it. So many intense scenes.
I assumed they put them there before there was a huge population, so they waited until there was a big enough population for them to consume and make the planet habitable to them.
they where using the Humans Blood to terraform the planet, so they needed humans to reach a sort of "critical mass" in population size so they would have enough blood to complete the terraforming.
And why didn't any humans ever find a single alien ship? With all the tunneling, excavating, archaeological digging, and deep ground surveying we've done as a species throughout human history, no one ever stumbled upon one?
We totally missed what he said at the end that’s our bad! I think Aaron was asking about the stuff and we probably had some talk over the dialogue. We try not to do that but sometimes it happens. ❤❤ love you anyway.
When it came to the people saving Tom Cruise from the machine, I wouldn't doubt that instead of having the mentality of let's save this stranger, they got an adrenaline rush to save this man from being killed right in front of his daughter.
Seeing this film in the theater was amazing. It was so soon after September 11th that it was even more surreal. And the H.G. Wells ending with the smallest microbes, that mankind had become immune to over millennia, killing the invaders is still effective.
Out of the many, many reactors to this movie, you both were the first ones to point out my favorite movie effect. The camera shot of them going down the Freeway in one long continuous circle in close almost entering the car , pull out and go around it and coming back in the window. I look forward to it every time. So smooth you don't notice it.
Y'all seriously never pay attention 🤦♀️ one of the best sci-fi blockbusters ever made, and you missed hard-to-miss moments (examples: the car repair, the "red weeds," the news broadcasts).
@@coltenparks9642 it's not even remotely his worst, and if you can't accept valid criticism, than you can move on. And if you hate the movie so much, why are you here?
@@TaraEricksonfor some yes its hate, but for others i.e. including me the yelling into a mic is just intense af with headphones on. Especially when you're not expecting it. And I will say it cause I have no filter, the yelling is somewhat annoying. But hey! Good news! I actually really really love this channel, I've watched since way before the 1mil subs! And I love every single reactor that's on here! Much loooove....❤❤❤❤❤❤
The one thing about this movie that I couldn't stand was her screaming. It was deafening in the movie theater and made me want to give her to the Martians.
I loved this review but they missed a few things 1. The car worked because Tom Cruise told him to change the catalytic converter or some cylinder which would be damaged by an EMP 2. The grenade didn't stop all of them just that 1 from the inside 3. the water and microbes in the atmosphere destroyed the aliens
Catalytic Converter, dude thats an emissions thing it has nothing to do with the car starting, he told him to replace the Solenoid, most likely this is referencing the Starter Solenoid which is the part that engages the starter to the flywheel to turn the engine over to start the car.
I could never understand why Ray made Peanut butter sandwiches at hie ex's house when the power was obviously still on and there had to be a whole kitchen fridge and pantry full of food.
I love how Tara says that Justin Chatwin is an “amazing actor” and then Praper edits in a picture of him as Goku, which he literally apologized for when Akira Toriyama passed away. 😂😂😂 (yes, I know it wasn’t the actors fault for the movie being bad.)
You'll find that when you occasionally don't scream over dialogue, you learn things, like Tom's mechanic saying he already replaced the solenoid in the van, not "was going to replace".
Did you ever notice how it's every video with HER in it that people seem to miss important facts 🙄 None of the others I've watched ever seem to have a problem when she isn't present, and that's because they're QUIET until a comment is needed
THANK YOU! I feel like that’s the problem with most of these TH-cam reactors. They feel like they have to fill every empty space with sound they don’t have to. You can let the movie breathe so that you can take in some important info. Popcorn In Bed is a great example of a channel with genuine reactions.
I still remember seeing this in theaters opening weekend in my very early teens. It was honestly the most terrifying experience at the time watching people getting vaporized like that. I got so tense hearing the sound the tripods made before attacking. What I wouldn't give to experience that again.
You really don't see it weird that you would pay someone to watch something you have already seen and had to pay to see yourself? Did someone pay you to watch it? 😅
This movie, along with Munich, is Spielberg's tribute to 9/11. Robbie's behavior is reflective of how a lot of us felt after the attacks. He was angry, he wanted to fight back, and he wanted to help in any way he could.
The comments below are all so good. The M. Freeman epilogue was perfectly stated, and the last half of the move helped explain everything. Not confusing yall...
The Parent in laws also played in the original War of the World's movie from 1953 the woman's name is Ann B Robinson and the guy I can't remember his name
I'll never forget seeing this at the cinema. Your reaction was the entire audiences reaction! Such a rollercoaster of a film. I also saw that scene at Universal Studios backlot in LA when I went there. So very cool.
@MrDeandre55, @TaraErickson Juice is a fluid. But, not always the way Tara uses it. Correct me if I'm wrong Tara, but the "Juice" can mean anything really so one must follow contextual markers in the conversation to dercern what , if fact, the "Juice" is in any instance. Tara, uses it as a way to talk about the power of a scene. Maybe what the power comes from, be it the acting or whatever. I.E. "Sandra Bullock always brings the "Juice". She's also used it to denote disgust. (Snarled face, obviously uncomfortable) Watching a horror film, "Oh.....Ya......it's the "Juice". WHich might be combined with one of her other frequently used phrases, "Oh.....Ya......it's the "Juice". I don't want it, I don't want it. EWWWW HAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA." (Haha is actually what she's saying not used here as laughter.) I'll offer one more example. The "Juice", is often sex or sexual in nature. I.E. "Oh, yaaaaaaa...LOL, he's about to bring the Juiiii....HEY OHHHHHHHHHHH." She didn't finish the word in this case, but you get the point. This word, along with I don't want it, although I'm not sure who started that one, are becoming frequent go to's for the entire Reel Reject Gang. Other merch ideas, TV in center frame of Tshirt, you can the back to of the TV from our POV. Just above, we see Tara, cartoon version, big eyes, looks like she's about to watch something "Juice worthy." Then above her head you put the phrase, "The Juice Is Loose." Another idea is maybe instead of a book of definitions for Juice, in which you'd need someone to go through and write a proper book like the analysis I just did or similar. It might be cool to just put a pic of an old Hogwarts book up and on the cover you put in cool font, Juice: The Many Definitions by Tara Erickson.
"its PG-13, not a lot of blood." then cut to 54:20 LMAOOOO But seriously tho, the grenade thing Tom Cruise did was just for that one ship/tripod. But for everyone else, it was the climate, the bacteria, the atmosphere of the earth that killed them. So we can kinda say Mother Earth saved herself.
Watched this at the cinema, when I had very little children at home, I usually love sci fi, but honestly at the time this was terrifying to me, because I was just thinking about my then babies.
My friends and I saw this when it came out at a midnight screening. No joke, we walked outside afterwards and it was nothing but fog. Dense, thick fog. Few cars in the parking lot. No cars driving by on the road at all. And a little bit of amber illuminating the dense foggy sky in the background. It was so eerie.
11:03 That scene and everything from the beginning of the film was actually filmed in Newark, New Jersey. My city lol. I was 22 when they were filming and I remember leaving work just a few blocks away from that area to see Tom Cruise film that scene on Ferry Street in the ironbound section of Newark
I’m not lying…picked up my glass of orange juice and was taking a drink right when the alien ship was taken down and that tube opened up gushing orange liquid and an alien popped out. I’ve never regretted a drink of orange juice so much in my life.😂
This was the first time Tom Cruise ever met Dakota Fanning. While filming she had her 11th birthday and he gifted her a Motorola RAZR. Since then, every year for her birthday Tom Cruise buys her a pair of shoes as she's gotten older 💛🫶🏽
@@carladavis1473 Lol your right They're very good but not Great, better than whatever was out at the time and everybody moaning Spielberg using a different type of film for those movies aswell
Okay first off, amazing reaction doods! I loved how you guys got so into it! This movie gives me the biggest heebie-jeebies with how incredibly subtle but creepy many of the scary moments are when you don't know what's coming or the slow build up of silent horror. That River scene with the bodies just appearing as she watched was probably the creepiest scene in the whole movie for me. Loved it! 2nd, some of ya'll in the comments are being a bit too hard on them. People, I think they were so blown away at how great the movie was that it got a bit overwhelming. I'm often a very observant person and this has happened to me at times for a movie I was super hyped about and was overwhelmed by how incredible it was. The doods were just a bit overwhelmed, sometimes things might take a second watch to fully grasp everything cuz this movie literally puts the pedal to the medal and rarely gives you any time to breathe with how random and abrupt every creepy incident and encounter happens. Some of you might not like what I had to say, but seriously, back down a little bit peeps.
Seriously! Like I understand the frustration when they missed Morgan freeman’s explanation in the end but so many people are complaining about things that are easy to miss upon first viewing. And complaining about the screaming when they’re simply just reacting to the craziness that’s going on
Symbolically the film opens on a droplet of water on a leaf… while discussing bacteria. Then, the film bookends with the explanation of how we have evolved and survived bacteria and sickness… earning our place on the earth and the aliens came in naivety… not planning on being bested by the smallest of organisms on the planet
@taraerickson and @therealaaronalexander They literally explained and showed EVERYTHING you are saying they didn't. It was Clear and apparent, but you missed it. Sorry I love you guys, but you seriously missed EVERY SINGLE answer you had an issue with in this one. Read the comments below, I won't "RE-EXPLAIN" it because there are a LOT of comments SCREAMING that you both missed every point you had against this movie and explaining it all for you. *LOL* It's all good, you can't catch everything I suppose. Cheers! Love ya!
We literally HAVE to talk during reactions otherwise we are just playing footage of a movie which will get taken down. We are watching it for the first time having to balance this being a watch along/ commentary while also being engrossed in what’s happening on screen then immediately have to talk about it and have a fully formed opinion seconds after the movie is over. It’s a balancing act that isn’t as easy as it looks. I appreciate the engagement and letting us know what we missed. We ultimately really enjoyed the movie tho
@@TheReelAaronAlexander I hear you, fam! Love the reactions, super entertaining [I also run a reaction channel, so I feel the struggle. *LOL*] No worries 😆! It was just funny that each issue you had with the movie was exactly the opposite of what you were saying. But again, it's tough catching it all on first go.
I’m ngl ray staying to see the destruction in the beginning was a smart move. Everyone always says to run but by him staying, he got critical information on what the aliens do that led to the survival of him and his kids
To answer why the minivan didn't get fried like everything else is because the mechanic was working on it at the time. It was off. EMP's only effect active electrical equipment. If it was off when it happened, it didn't get fried.
Yes you missed something as you are want to do because you are talking way too much. Don't need a commentary or a joke on everything, that is part of what ruined(one of many things) Glory, that debacle is still disgusting. Ray told Manny how to fix the van, what the issue likely is. When he goes gets the van, Manny is just finishing fixing it, you see him close the hood, and he says to Ray, about how he was right. You caught that, but just do not pay enough attention...
They are hella annoying. It amazes me today how people have completely lost sight of what "reacting" was and is supposed to be. The premise is to watch people watching media as if they were friends watching it with you per se. They are supposed to be people you would watch things with. There is absolutely zero percent I would ever watch anything with these two. They are exactly the opposite of who I would watch anything with. Watching people scream unnecessarily and have delusions of comedic grandeur while missing key elements of the film (which is the star...not them...never them) is not entertaining to me. And the fact that people PAY people to watch stuff they have already seen boggles my mind. It is the weirdest thing to me. Nobody paid me to watch it. Why do they deserve to be paid to watch it? They're doing the exact thing everyone watching them has already done and paid to do. The whole concept is just a big fat "huh?" logically to me.
I saw this with my mom in theaters when it first came out. When I tell you the sound effects from this movie were LOUDDD! lol such a great film and happy I could experience it
I love the subtle callback to the scene where Ray cracks his window when Robby dodged the baseball, and he is in shot of the hole. Then the tripod bursts the car window, and we see Rachel in the shot of the hole.
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They should have made the ex-wife a lesbian and Dakota fanning's character Trans. This movie is soooo Not inclusive. The fact that Tom Cruise is sis in this makes me so angry. Where are all the people of color? I can't believe the rejects reacted to this movie and posted it online. It is very much not progrssive.
The Bacteria of our world killed them, not the grenades killing the one. Only because they were inside the shields was that possible.
Out of the many, many reactors to this movie, you both were the first ones to point out my favorite movie effect. The camera shot of them going down the Freeway in one long continuous circle in close almost entering the car , pull out and go around it and coming back in the window. I look forward to it every time. So smooth you don't notice it.
Movie request for your next reaction The mist starring Thomas Jane . Excellent movie!!! Sci fi horror
@@thesilentnim I really hope you're being facetious. The alternative is you are nuts.
The grenades didn't stop the alien invasion, it just stopped that specific tripod war machine since it blew up from the inside because of the grenades.
The lack of knowledge or preparation against any bacteria indigenous to Earth caused the aliens to die, even Morgen Freeman explained it at the end of the movie.
Yeah, I really didn’t understand where they got the idea that one grenade stopped the invasion. They got so stuck on this “hive mind” theory they came up with that they completely ignored Morgan Freeman literally telling them that it was bacteria that the aliens had no immunity to is what killed them. They breathed our air and drank our water, the pathogens that humans have long developed immunity to through countless deaths in the past is what destroyed the aliens.
That bugged me, because it’s a huge part of the ending and how the aliens were beaten. They all got infected the second they breathed our air and in less than 24 hours their systems became overwhelmed by millions of pathogens that humans don’t need to worry about any longer.
Yeah and in the alien’s arrogance their last biosphere check was at least more than a century prior the machines were 20,000 years old I believe
They heard it at the end. I am not sure why they didn't remember it during the discussion.
That literally flew right over their heads for some reason. Because Morgan Freeman didn't specifically say the term "germs" or "bacteria" and only showed and animation, I can see why some folks wouldn't know what that animation represents. Know what I mean?
@@pen1208 I understand what you’re saying, but if they were paying attention I feel it was pretty clear what he meant. I know he didn’t spell it out, but the wording made it really clear that it was bacteria he was talking about, especially with the animation. They seemed to latch on to the hive mind theory and that the grenades that killed the one alien craft is what caused them all to die and that feels like why they didn’t understand what Freeman was saying.
He told the mechanic to change the solenoid when he was heading to the lightning strike. The mechanic told him it worked as they were walking there. A solenoid is an electromagnet so the EMP fried the one in there. The people in the river unlifed-ed themselves. The tripods were using human blood as part of their terraforming, they were "watering" the vein-like vines with it.
People only watch movies these days, they don't listen to them, though TBF it is a bit more excusable when reacting as things get missed.
That is also a much older Van, Noi computer or ciruit boards, so once they replaced the one fried part it would still run, versus any modern car with all the computer componets the EMP would have fried them
Yh I was a tad confused why they were first vaporising humans, then collecting them, and then occasionally draining them from the straw, just to spray their blood! But I can see how the vaporising and spraying were part of the terraforming, but what’s with the straw? What I gathered by the end was this sit or marinate in our fat? Like the juices coming out of the machine looked like fat oils you can see from humans? And I know not all the tripods are the same, seems like some clear the path(vaporising) others sew the seeds and water them. But that straw one really threw me for a loop 😅
@@jessimarim_m9387 They vaporised just to cull as they didn't need all humans for blood.
The pipe thing that punctured humans sucked out their blood for it to be sprayed later for the terraforming as the weird alien weed thing fed on it like Earth plants feed on water.
They collected them to store until they were to be used for their blood to terraform another part.
The leakage from the actual machines was just them venting some biproduct of whatever was fuelling them.
I was like 10 when I first watched this movie, and I got every premise of it. I was understanding the background moments and the listening to the dialogue. so seeing comments like these, explaining the sort of obvious hints and story telling about how things work and what certain were doing, makes me feel better in that I wasn’t alone in knowing what was going on.
They literally said the bacteria caused the extinction. Y’all are blowing my mind right now that you just didn’t listen to Freeman’s voiceover at the end. What did you think that epilogue meant?
in one ear and out the other, then back around swirling over their heads
I think it would be helpful if they watched with subtitles on. That way, when they're speaking, they won't miss any dialogue.
They're entertaining but neither one can stop talking so they're always going to miss a lot of stuff.
@@greeneyesinfl9954exactly. I hate when these two react together
@@liamdamonspeaking ? Screaming* 😆
Reel Rejects - The grenades took out just the one Tripod because they exploded inside. The invasion as a whole was defeated by bacteria. Very simply, the Martians got sick and died.
Yh I remembered as Morgan finished talking I was like oh yh! I remember the meme that went around that germs killed the aliens 😂 it was like a whole joke on the internet back in the day, and it came back just as the zoom in, cause not gonna lie, at first my mind said, ‘ah yes, tape worms, they’re a bitch’ 😂😂😂 but tbf I recently saw a video about them, so I see lines I think worms!😂
Throw the cheese!
they are not martians
The sound the tripods make is one of the best sounds in the history of movies!
Ripped straight out of the book too.
It's a standard horn sound man, nothing really special if you heard it without the visuals of an alien vehicle 🧐
Why?...just sounds like a ship horn
@shawnjohnson2837 are y'all always this miserable?
@codywalsh2075 that's usually how people are when no one gives them that type of attention or love or admiration.
Y’all missed A LOT!
The grenade did NOT stop the invasion. The narrator literally explains it in the end. The aliens died because they had no immunity. This is foreshadowed with Dakota’s splinter line. The earth pushed the aliens out.
The car was explained at the start with the solenoid being changed.
It’s only the lightning storm that shuts the power.
The tripods use the blood and spray it to grow the vines.
Come on people!… I loved the reaction though
Welcome to a Tara and Erin reaction 😂
Fr it was right there in their faces😂
When you're talking too much you miss a lot. I can see why all reactors not just them miss a lot to keep 'us' entertained with their comments.
They weren't paying attention
Missing the blood was driving me crazy L O L. Tara was like it’s PG-13 so there’s not that much blood and I’m screaming. There is blood all over the surface outside. They’re literally harvesting humans and spraying their blood like fertilizer
C'mon guys pay attention, they answer 90% of ur questions in the movie. The EMP with the cars and bacteria killing the aliens were explained.
I know this is a reaction channel and they are doing their duty but the clear " I am not paying attention to the movie" I in full effect right now.
She's busy to fking screaming and overreacting...
They literally watched last scene, where there was explained, that aliens were defeated by bacteria and yet still in the review they convinced that the grenade couse this. Like I understand enjoying the movie but that's some next level of not pay any attention to the movie.
And I would love if they pause the movies when they have a longer conversation because they missing so much.
Nah, skip the conversations during the movie and wait till it's over....
@@JohnDAmico-ci2hz No I like when they talking and giving they opinion straight away because I don't want to just watch people sitting in silent watching a movie, where is a fun with that. I just want them to pause it or rewind a little bit if they talking a lot.
thats the problem with kids these days, they don't listen to the exposition, they've already formulated their own idea of what happened and the reality no longer matters.
@@DanielRichards644 But they're not kids. They're grown ass adults. They have no excuse.
@ChrisTheAspergerGuy woooossssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh, no they are millennials and the worst part of it, they never grew up.
As many pointed out: The Aliens won the "macro war of the worlds," but lost the "micro war of the worlds." Our bacteria wiped them out.
One of the most brilliant lines in “where is the thunder” because that only lets you know this isn’t normal
This line is also a wink and a nod to the H.M.S. Thunder Child that's in the novel and Jeff Waynes 1978 musical version of War of the Worlds.
Steven Spielberg’s most underrated film.
I’m ashamed. I’m a Spielberg fan and didn’t realize this was his movie. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen it though
Big agree
FOR SURE!!!
I’d say War of the Worlds, Minority Report, The Color Purple and Amistad are his most underrated
Right? I love this movie! Anytime I mention it to someone they always throw it under the bus
The parents of the ex wife at the end are cameos by Gene Barry and Ann Robinson who were the main stars of the 1953 version of WOTW.
And I never caught that. Thanks my man!
them popping up was super weird to me bc it lingered for long enough to let me know they were somehow important but I didn’t know how or why 😂
Damn broh, I didn't even realize that till you mentioned it, 😳
If he was such a good brother, he would have stayed with his sister the entire time to make sure she was okay!
THANK YOU!!!
I really think the brother should've died. He was selfish and totally unprepared to run straight into battle (and then there were huge explosions exactly where he had run over the hill)
The brother just being there safe and sound at the end of the movie was just ridiculous. I'd much rather have a more realistic, sadder ending than this forced happy family reunion ending that made no sense.
Lesson would be, sometimes people you love make really stupid self destructive choices, and no matter what you try to do to stop them they keep going down that path anyway.
He wanted to fight the enemy of humanity to protect her, why don't ppl get that. Some ppl have more of a warrior spirit and we need ppl with that spirit.
Watch the mist you would love the ending I know I do.@planetofsoundpodcast9859
It’s frustrating watching people NOT pay attention to the movie they’re supposed to be watching and reacting to.
there watching it just not taking it to crazy, which is ok bc its a MOVIE… who cares
@@creepydoll6023no one asked
@@Dr.HooWho you 🤡🤡🤡 you disgust me 🤮🤮🤮
@creepydoll6023 thats exactly what they're doing. Theyre just watching it, not paying attention at all. Then spend the whole time asking questions about something that was clearly explained and connecting dots that arent there
I don't mind them not paying attention so much, it is a reaction after all, what really bothers me is the complaining something didn't make sense or complaining that the movie didn't explain something, when it did and the only reason they missed it was because they were to busy complaining to pay attention
The grenade didn’t stop the invasion, the bacteria of earth did. They literally explained this at the end.
The grenade wasn't what killed the aliens. It was bacteria.
Like from in the water right? Or did they say it came from humans blood I can't fully remember
@@Problematic_ScorpioFrom the air and water. The second they breathed the air, they were doomed. Millions of bacteria that humans developed full immunity to destroyed the aliens in less than 24 hours due to them having no immunity at all. Their systems were overwhelmed with every illness all at once.
@@Problematic_Scorpioits from everything
@@Problematic_Scorpio our atmosphere and water and our blood killed them
Yeah y’all talked right through it lol, But their car worked because Tom Cruise told the mechanic to try changing out the solenoids when he first passed him. When he encountered him again the mechanic was like you were right. Changing the solenoids did the trick. Solenoids in this case connect the ignition to the engine. Makes the connection so turning the key magically starts the engine.
Talked or yelled, right into the microphone. I wanted to watch this one but honestly got such a headache 18 minutes in, maybe the next one.
@@HelTra91 lol. Indeed. But it’s all fun.
@@HelTra91agreed, I’m watching less and less reactions from this channel because I can’t handle the reactors constantly trying to out scream each other. It’s too much constantly. It’s a shame, I used to love this channel.
@@marybrown6128agreed same here
@@marybrown6128really? I never noticed. Now I’m gonna be looking for that lol. I didn’t create this post to hate on the channel. I think any movie lover goes insane when people talk through a movie. But I also understand they have to entertain. So. Idk. Just something I have to get used to.
This is such a classic Aliens from Beyond film! Almost every second of this film is not only iconic but holds up 20 years later.
Tom Cruise running in every scene is epic.
Lol jesus and crackers this movie really is 20 years old now 😅
I remember seeing it in the theater like it was yesterday. 😂
At least Robbie didn’t have to write that paper. “If only aliens could invade this weekend.”
He can write a paper about the alien occupation of earth instead.
god i hate it when people have a problem with a movie they dont understand cuz they were yapping the entire time🙄
Says she wasn't distracted yet missed everything 😂
Facts
Ikr.😒
Dude their job is literally to talk and give reactions and thoughts throughout the film
@@animaddict5146 I know.
Hey guys I don’t understand how you guys didn’t catch that the mechanic fix the car due to the main character telling him how to fix the car, or how the grenade didn’t stop the invasion just the one pod itself 😂 or how due to them not understanding that us as human have survive this long with many viruses, diseases and etc. the alien bodies couldn’t survive drinking our blood, water food and etc. they were doom from the start the moment they thought they could live like us 😂.
Probably one of Spielberg's most underrated films. I know a lot of people complain about the ending being anti-climatic given how much they built up the depressing severity of the situation in order to feel satisfied seeing humanity win in an epic climax, but honestly I actually dont mind the ending and I think the idea of these aliens ultimately falling to something as small yet deadly as human bacteria is kinda hilarious. I really like the designs of the Tripods as they truly made them feel menacing, terrifying and almost unbeatable. The moment you hear that horn you know you're cooked, and you can either try and escape your fate or accept it.
I think my favourite scene is probably the car scene where everyone is desperately trying to get into one of the only working cars, willing to beat and kill fellow humans suffering and terrified for their lives, smashing and ripping glass with their bear hands, pulling kids out to save themselves. Truly shows both the worst and the unspoken truth about humanity
I mean the ending made a lot of logical sense. We have gone through millions of years of evolution so it's kinda narcissistic of aliens to think that they can come in and not be affected by something as basic as bacteria. It took us a long time to build our immunity. This is not a take we would expect films like these to take but HG Wells was a genius when he wrote this.
I'm glad they stayed true to the book ending and didn't change it to something more Hollywood. This, to me, was a lot more logical.
When I read this, that ending was so fantastic. Saved by the things that kill us every year, by the things we ourselves are trying to eradicate. I bet it was even better when people were reading it when first published.
My problem with the ending isn't that microbes killed the aliens. That's exactly what happened when European people came to the Americas. My problem was that if the tripods were buried in the ground, why were they not gathering such information to be ready?
@@JeshuaSquirrelWho knows. Maybe the aliens haven't encountered a world in which bacteria and viruses don't exist. This may be the first time they have ever gotten sick!
Many people have trashed on this movie over the years but (1) I think it's one of Spielberg's most underrated movies as his direction throughout was exceptional, and (2) for me this is one of Tom's best performances as he did an amazing job of being the regular guy adapting to chaos for his kids, really bought into his character from jump...and the whole sequence with him and Tim Robbins should be studied in acting classes as both were outstanding...and really defined Tom's character.
It's really intense when he kills the guy to keep his daughter safe, while Dakota sings the lullaby. That scene really speaks to you if you have a child you love more than anything.
I was never much of a Tom Cruise fan. Not that I didn’t enjoy a lot of his movies, but just always thought he was overrated. THIS is the movie that Tom really impressed me in. I loved this movie and for the first time I didn’t find him kind of annoying. His performance was very real. I think Tom’s acting has really improved in the last 20 years. And Dakota Fanning was also just so good.
@@emmadoggy same same 😊
These two remind me of my wife talking during a movie asking me questions at the exact time the characters are answering her question if she would just shut-up and watch the movie.
This is what I personally call a "Friday Night Movie".
When you're done with school and work and ready for the weekend, this is one of those movies I loved watching on a Friday night to start the weekend.
I'm gonna say it again. With their constant asking about how these effects and shots were done, especially that huge oner at the beginning, I wish they could watch the corridor crew breakdowns of the visual effects from movies they watch on this channel. It's so much fun and super informative
Nah, reels are for movies.
They could just do more trivia like Tara/Roxy do for their movies.
From the thumbnail, I predict a lot of panic screaming is going to happen lol
Way to much screaming into the mics.
It isn't that scary of a movie...
@@JohnDAmico-ci2hz I wouldn't call it scary either, just stressful situations
20:11 That's the car the mechanic was trying to fix earlier when Ray came by and told him how to. So he fixed the car already and was telling Ray he was right about the problem after already fixing the car. That's why it just worked.
Dudee.....the grenades did not kill the Aliens. It was the earth itself.
The car worked because Ray said to his friend ‘replace the solenoid’ , the aliens died because of the microbes, that’s why the narrator said they were doomed the moment they entered and they eat and drank here
It originally was a radio broadcast back in the day that scared majority of the people listening because they believed it was happening . Research that 😂
There was even a movie about that phenomenon. Lol. How ppl really freaked out in real life. Can’t remember the name and I haven’t seen it in yrs.
someone had a quadruple shot of caffeine before this video lol
The screaming everything. Guys. You have mikes on.
Anyways, yes that is the actual plane crash set from the movie at Universal Studios. I use to work at the studio lot and walked up there to take pictures on it all the time. Tour buses would drive by and think I was reacting parts of the scene. 😂. The house is there across from the plane as well....well the front of it that is with the turbine.
I’ve noticed this with other videos on the channel and I think it’s bc they have the volume so loud in their headsets. It probably helps their reactions, but yeah, it makes them yell their comments to each other.
yep 14:00 they were screaming too much, like c'mon
the yelling and screaming i just can’t finish 😭
I'm glad I'm not alone
I can’t tolerate it anymore.
@@marybrown6128 lol i was expecting lot of hate to my comment.. Like i want to finish because I really like this movie
@@Jaybeast5x This is not a hate, she's just acting inadequately most of the times but this is just a top "performance" 😄
@@dicekolev5360 meant hate to my original comment
H.G. Wells is the father of Science Fiction and many of his novels have been adapted to film.
War of The Worlds (1898) is the original Alien Invasion story.
No particular main characters of the novel.
You just see how many of them deal with this unforseen event.
First on audio, the 1938 radio play broadcast on Halloween narrated by Orson Wells threw the audience into a major panic like the invasion was real and it made headline news as an major spectacle.
Then on the big screen as an George Pal production with award winning effects in 1953, ahead of it's time in filmmaking followed by a syndicated tv series (1988-1990) that was an continuation from the film and pushed the envelope of Sci-fi/suspense/horror .
This 2005 adaption is Spielberg's 3rd Sci-Fi film of the 2000s.
The fear and paranoia of a post 9/11 world reacting to an attack from beyond.
Cruise's role as not a hero, a father trying to measure up and at least guide his kids through this ordeal does make good storytelling.
The cast, the crew, the sets, the effects and every moment till the end shows you why Spielberg is the legend he is.
Following his other efforts with Kubrick's final production, Artificial Intelligence (2001) and his first collaboration with Cruise, Minority Report (2002).
Okay, so this is theory only (because I know there are other cars in the movie that were manufactured after this date), but computers weren't in cars until 1968. The car that he drives off in at the beginning of the film is a 1966 Shelby GT 350 H. This means it came out without a computer system, it's all analog. I THINK what happens that knocks out the power in the opening is an electromagnetic pulse, which would short circuit electrical systems (computers, radio, satellite, etc).
You thought way to much into it lol but good theory. Per Rays suggestion to Manny before all the Aline’s show up Ray tells him to change the solenoid in the car, Manny does this. He was saying he changed the solenoid when Ray and fam showed up to get the car. “In the automotive sector solenoids are used for a range of applications, from starting the engine to shifting the transmission.”
no. for emps to work the electronics must be on and working to be disabled.
@@WHADATBOYNAMEIS depends on how powerful the EMP is, look at the Carrington Event, it charged equipment that was disconnected.
@@DanielRichards644 sure. but a car that age that is off during an emp should be able to start up
But the battery would be fried I thought. @@WHADATBOYNAMEIS
The grenade explosion killed one tripod, The Bacteria is what killed the entire invasion, Morgan Freeman even says it at the end of the film, and the lights at the moms house worked because the EMP hadn’t reached that area yet
They didn’t notice that the dad’s friend that he hooked up with at the ferry, the red head with the daughter, is the tough talking teacher from Abbott Elementary. Lisa Ann Walter is the actress’s name. She was supposed play his girlfriend, but most of her scenes were cut for time, so Spielberg gave her this small role after.
This is one of those films that I can watch again and again and not get bored. With how saturated the alien invasion genre is, this is one of those gems that stands the test of time.
I don’t understand why this movie is forgotten all the time. This is truly one of the best sci fi films of that time. It is just so f*cking good!
You can't really criticize a plot point five times as an inexplicable mystery when the movie explained it at length. The car was running because Tom Cruise -- in the movie -- had a conversation with the neighbor about the minivan not starting and told him that the electrical event had probably fried the selenoid which is a pretty easy part to replace and later the guy had just gotten it fixed when Cruise and family piled into the car. The guy is walking out if the auto place and says Cruise was right about the problem. The army had many hours to replace the damaged part in their vehicles. Some people handy with cars would have done the same, though 99% of cars would not be running.
The aliens basically got covid and died☺️
Pretty much. 😆
Funny you should say that. I remember back in 2020 hearing some goofy midnight caller on George Noory's Coast to Coast AM radio show; That covid was made and released on purpose to immunize us and try to protect us from the future alien invasion that the UN knows is coming. Any people that caught and died of Covid were simply collateral deaths until the virus could be adjusted and perfected.
It blows my mind the amount of stuff people miss or misinterpret. He said to the mechanic. "Try changing the Solanoid" then when they came back and grabbed the van. He said "you were right, I had to change the salanoid" they gave you a literal word for word explanation. It couldn't have been dumbed down any further. The stone being freezing from the lighting is just showing that it's not normal lighting. The moms house lights were on because it didn't disable all power across the world. It blew it out in that area. When they pulled up the girl said "why are the lights on here?" And Tom said "because nothing bad has happened here" again. Literally word for word explaining it to you. And at the end where Morgan freeman says "the moment they breathed our air, drank our water they were doomed. Defeated by the tinest organizims god had created." And then shows bacteria cells or whatever. Literally everything your confused about is explained in the most basic way imaginable. That's like if you watched someone die in a movie. And someone says. "Oh my god! He was shot!" And your over here like "what killed him! It's a complete fricken mystery!" Like ????
In regards to some comments, to be fair, the reason why the actual shields started to go down did seem a bit ambiguous. It's explained that bacteria killed the aliens but why would that affect their technology and the shields on the tripods... So to be fair that part to me at least is a bit vague. I understand the bacteria that humans have evolved to survive killing the aliens, but to be fair the shields did only go down after the first tripod got destroyed, so it could look like that was the reason, like it could appear that the destruction of the first tripod was the catalyst for the shields coming down - even if that wasn't the actual reason for the shields coming down. Which like I say remains a little mysterious.
I really like the bit after Ray has to kill Tim Robbins' character when Rachel just sits with him and comforts him as he comes to terms with what he's just had to do. Neither of them says anything, and there's no music, just ambience. It's a really tender but also traumatic father-daughter moment.
It's also really emotional when Ray hugs her right before he kills the guy.
You guys thinking the grenades killed them all is so ridiculous
I actually did see this movie at the theater. It stands out as one of the better theater experiences I've had. I got the feeling like most of the audience was worn out by the end of it. So many intense scenes.
I still never understood as to why the aliens buried them into the ground centuries prior but just didn't invade at that time
Now THAT is the question everyone should be asking!
I assumed they put them there before there was a huge population, so they waited until there was a big enough population for them to consume and make the planet habitable to them.
Maybe it was an escape/evacuation backup plan.
they where using the Humans Blood to terraform the planet, so they needed humans to reach a sort of "critical mass" in population size so they would have enough blood to complete the terraforming.
And why didn't any humans ever find a single alien ship? With all the tunneling, excavating, archaeological digging, and deep ground surveying we've done as a species throughout human history, no one ever stumbled upon one?
We totally missed what he said at the end that’s our bad! I think Aaron was asking about the stuff and we probably had some talk over the dialogue. We try not to do that but sometimes it happens. ❤❤ love you anyway.
When it came to the people saving Tom Cruise from the machine, I wouldn't doubt that instead of having the mentality of let's save this stranger, they got an adrenaline rush to save this man from being killed right in front of his daughter.
Seeing this film in the theater was amazing. It was so soon after September 11th that it was even more surreal.
And the H.G. Wells ending with the smallest microbes, that mankind had become immune to over millennia, killing the invaders is still effective.
Out of the many, many reactors to this movie, you both were the first ones to point out my favorite movie effect. The camera shot of them going down the Freeway in one long continuous circle in close almost entering the car , pull out and go around it and coming back in the window. I look forward to it every time. So smooth you don't notice it.
They had one job: watch the movie. And over and over, their comments reveal they weren’t watching this brilliant movie.
Y'all seriously never pay attention 🤦♀️ one of the best sci-fi blockbusters ever made, and you missed hard-to-miss moments (examples: the car repair, the "red weeds," the news broadcasts).
They were busy enjoying this masterpiece, give them some grace. 😂
And their predictions are terrible 😂
This is Spielbergs worst movie. I understand you like it but if you are gonna be negative just move on
@@coltenparks9642 it's not even remotely his worst, and if you can't accept valid criticism, than you can move on. And if you hate the movie so much, why are you here?
glad I saw your comment, I was already getting irritated when they missed the whole car repair explanation, going to skip the rest of this one
As someone who lives in Hawaii, it's true we probably wouldn't give two turtle poops about the outside world in a situation like this. 🤣
Tom told Manny to try changing the starter solenoid on the van.. and it worked, that's how the van starts.
The way yall is Screaming through out this movie is hilarious 😂😂😂😂
Thank you for loving it and not hating it like the others ❤❤❤😂
@@TaraEricksonfor some yes its hate, but for others i.e. including me the yelling into a mic is just intense af with headphones on. Especially when you're not expecting it. And I will say it cause I have no filter, the yelling is somewhat annoying. But hey! Good news! I actually really really love this channel, I've watched since way before the 1mil subs! And I love every single reactor that's on here! Much loooove....❤❤❤❤❤❤
The one thing about this movie that I couldn't stand was her screaming. It was deafening in the movie theater and made me want to give her to the Martians.
I thought you meant Tara here lol
@@Hulk_Be_Smashin Not at all. I'm talking about Dakota Fanning in the movie. It was extremely loud in the theater.
I agree 💯
I loved this review but they missed a few things
1. The car worked because Tom Cruise told him to change the catalytic converter or some cylinder which would be damaged by an EMP
2. The grenade didn't stop all of them just that 1 from the inside
3. the water and microbes in the atmosphere destroyed the aliens
Catalytic Converter, dude thats an emissions thing it has nothing to do with the car starting, he told him to replace the Solenoid, most likely this is referencing the Starter Solenoid which is the part that engages the starter to the flywheel to turn the engine over to start the car.
They explained the car and the aliens hadn’t gone to the mom’s neighborhood yet so their power still worked but phone lines are a broader system.
I could never understand why Ray made Peanut butter sandwiches at hie ex's house when the power was obviously still on and there had to be a whole kitchen fridge and pantry full of food.
I love how Tara says that Justin Chatwin is an “amazing actor” and then Praper edits in a picture of him as Goku, which he literally apologized for when Akira Toriyama passed away. 😂😂😂 (yes, I know it wasn’t the actors fault for the movie being bad.)
No lie, if yall watched more than talked you probably would’ve understood the movie 😂 Greg and John should’ve reacted to this movie honestly 💯
The noise the ships make is ripped straight out of the original HG Wells book.
The ships are called Tripods, for obvious reasons 😊
You'll find that when you occasionally don't scream over dialogue, you learn things, like Tom's mechanic saying he already replaced the solenoid in the van, not "was going to replace".
Exactly. My god are these people 12 or something. You can react to something without screaming all the bloody time.
Did you ever notice how it's every video with HER in it that people seem to miss important facts 🙄 None of the others I've watched ever seem to have a problem when she isn't present, and that's because they're QUIET until a comment is needed
@@SutraRein-xy4qr God I hate it when people watching movies are constantly asking "wHY aReNT tHeY rUnnINg!?"
Yes. He had just told him that he replaced the part. That's why the car works.
THANK YOU! I feel like that’s the problem with most of these TH-cam reactors. They feel like they have to fill every empty space with sound they don’t have to. You can let the movie breathe so that you can take in some important info. Popcorn In Bed is a great example of a channel with genuine reactions.
I still remember seeing this in theaters opening weekend in my very early teens. It was honestly the most terrifying experience at the time watching people getting vaporized like that. I got so tense hearing the sound the tripods made before attacking. What I wouldn't give to experience that again.
The tripod horn made ppl dang near pi$$ themselves in my theatre. Scared the hell outta me, too!
I'm laughing so much with the reaction lmao. I'd literally pay for anyone that hasn't seen it to react to Cloverfield
You really don't see it weird that you would pay someone to watch something you have already seen and had to pay to see yourself? Did someone pay you to watch it? 😅
This movie, along with Munich, is Spielberg's tribute to 9/11. Robbie's behavior is reflective of how a lot of us felt after the attacks. He was angry, he wanted to fight back, and he wanted to help in any way he could.
You need to check out the radio play of this story. It caused mass panic as people thought it was really happening.
The easiest explanation for the cars on the ferry is that they were nowhere near lightning strikes when everything went down.
Today marks 20 years, this film was released in 2004
2005
The comments below are all so good. The M. Freeman epilogue was perfectly stated, and the last half of the move helped explain everything. Not confusing yall...
The Parent in laws also played in the original War of the World's movie from 1953 the woman's name is Ann B Robinson and the guy I can't remember his name
I'll never forget seeing this at the cinema. Your reaction was the entire audiences reaction! Such a rollercoaster of a film. I also saw that scene at Universal Studios backlot in LA when I went there. So very cool.
40:18 Dude, this is one of the most realistic-looking battle scenes. It’s crazy.
Just a suggestion for the Reel Rejects store. A book called Juice: The Many Definitions by Tara Erickson
The juice is fluid, it can mean anything 🤣
😂😂😂 I love this
@MrDeandre55,
@TaraErickson
Juice is a fluid. But, not always the way Tara uses it. Correct me if I'm wrong Tara, but the "Juice" can mean anything really so one must follow contextual markers in the conversation to dercern what , if fact, the "Juice" is in any instance. Tara, uses it as a way to talk about the power of a scene. Maybe what the power comes from, be it the acting or whatever. I.E. "Sandra Bullock always brings the "Juice". She's also used it to denote disgust. (Snarled face, obviously uncomfortable) Watching a horror film, "Oh.....Ya......it's the "Juice". WHich might be combined with one of her other frequently used phrases, "Oh.....Ya......it's the "Juice". I don't want it, I don't want it. EWWWW HAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA." (Haha is actually what she's saying not used here as laughter.) I'll offer one more example. The "Juice", is often sex or sexual in nature. I.E. "Oh, yaaaaaaa...LOL, he's about to bring the Juiiii....HEY OHHHHHHHHHHH." She didn't finish the word in this case, but you get the point.
This word, along with I don't want it, although I'm not sure who started that one, are becoming frequent go to's for the entire Reel Reject Gang.
Other merch ideas, TV in center frame of Tshirt, you can the back to of the TV from our POV. Just above, we see Tara, cartoon version, big eyes, looks like she's about to watch something "Juice worthy." Then above her head you put the phrase, "The Juice Is Loose."
Another idea is maybe instead of a book of definitions for Juice, in which you'd need someone to go through and write a proper book like the analysis I just did or similar. It might be cool to just put a pic of an old Hogwarts book up and on the cover you put in cool font, Juice: The Many Definitions by Tara Erickson.
"its PG-13, not a lot of blood."
then cut to 54:20 LMAOOOO
But seriously tho, the grenade thing Tom Cruise did was just for that one ship/tripod. But for everyone else, it was the climate, the bacteria, the atmosphere of the earth that killed them. So we can kinda say Mother Earth saved herself.
I love this film so much. Spielberg gave us an invasion movie. Close encounters and ET were fun, but what if Aliens just came to kill us all?
Watched this at the cinema, when I had very little children at home, I usually love sci fi, but honestly at the time this was terrifying to me, because I was just thinking about my then babies.
My friends and I saw this when it came out at a midnight screening. No joke, we walked outside afterwards and it was nothing but fog. Dense, thick fog. Few cars in the parking lot. No cars driving by on the road at all. And a little bit of amber illuminating the dense foggy sky in the background. It was so eerie.
11:03 That scene and everything from the beginning of the film was actually filmed in Newark, New Jersey. My city lol. I was 22 when they were filming and I remember leaving work just a few blocks away from that area to see Tom Cruise film that scene on Ferry Street in the ironbound section of Newark
These people had some of the worst guesses ever lol
I’m not lying…picked up my glass of orange juice and was taking a drink right when the alien ship was taken down and that tube opened up gushing orange liquid and an alien popped out.
I’ve never regretted a drink of orange juice so much in my life.😂
I'm not gonna lie, her screaming the whole video was insufferable. I had to mute it so many times
Sorry I get excited yall! This movie was fun! Just being me.
This was the first time Tom Cruise ever met Dakota Fanning. While filming she had her 11th birthday and he gifted her a Motorola RAZR. Since then, every year for her birthday Tom Cruise buys her a pair of shoes as she's gotten older 💛🫶🏽
Spielberg casually banging out 3 great sci-fi films in as many years in the early noughts! War of the worlds, Minority Report & A.I!
These movies are not universally thought of as great but I get your point
@@carladavis1473 Lol your right They're very good but not Great, better than whatever was out at the time and everybody moaning Spielberg using a different type of film for those movies aswell
Tara hitting a whole range of new notes just proves this movie deserves way more praise than it got!
Okay first off, amazing reaction doods! I loved how you guys got so into it! This movie gives me the biggest heebie-jeebies with how incredibly subtle but creepy many of the scary moments are when you don't know what's coming or the slow build up of silent horror. That River scene with the bodies just appearing as she watched was probably the creepiest scene in the whole movie for me. Loved it!
2nd, some of ya'll in the comments are being a bit too hard on them. People, I think they were so blown away at how great the movie was that it got a bit overwhelming. I'm often a very observant person and this has happened to me at times for a movie I was super hyped about and was overwhelmed by how incredible it was. The doods were just a bit overwhelmed, sometimes things might take a second watch to fully grasp everything cuz this movie literally puts the pedal to the medal and rarely gives you any time to breathe with how random and abrupt every creepy incident and encounter happens. Some of you might not like what I had to say, but seriously, back down a little bit peeps.
Seriously! Like I understand the frustration when they missed Morgan freeman’s explanation in the end but so many people are complaining about things that are easy to miss upon first viewing. And complaining about the screaming when they’re simply just reacting to the craziness that’s going on
You’d think Tara and Aaron crapped in their breakfast based on how personal they took this 🤣
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I think because it's constant with them.
Symbolically the film opens on a droplet of water on a leaf… while discussing bacteria. Then, the film bookends with the explanation of how we have evolved and survived bacteria and sickness… earning our place on the earth and the aliens came in naivety… not planning on being bested by the smallest of organisms on the planet
@taraerickson and @therealaaronalexander They literally explained and showed EVERYTHING you are saying they didn't. It was Clear and apparent, but you missed it. Sorry I love you guys, but you seriously missed EVERY SINGLE answer you had an issue with in this one. Read the comments below, I won't "RE-EXPLAIN" it because there are a LOT of comments SCREAMING that you both missed every point you had against this movie and explaining it all for you. *LOL* It's all good, you can't catch everything I suppose. Cheers! Love ya!
We literally HAVE to talk during reactions otherwise we are just playing footage of a movie which will get taken down. We are watching it for the first time having to balance this being a watch along/ commentary while also being engrossed in what’s happening on screen then immediately have to talk about it and have a fully formed opinion seconds after the movie is over. It’s a balancing act that isn’t as easy as it looks. I appreciate the engagement and letting us know what we missed. We ultimately really enjoyed the movie tho
We missed it! It’s our bad! ❤
@@TaraErickson It's all good! You're fine! Love ya lots!😄😄
@@TheReelAaronAlexander I hear you, fam! Love the reactions, super entertaining [I also run a reaction channel, so I feel the struggle. *LOL*] No worries 😆! It was just funny that each issue you had with the movie was exactly the opposite of what you were saying. But again, it's tough catching it all on first go.
I’m ngl ray staying to see the destruction in the beginning was a smart move. Everyone always says to run but by him staying, he got critical information on what the aliens do that led to the survival of him and his kids
To answer why the minivan didn't get fried like everything else is because the mechanic was working on it at the time. It was off. EMP's only effect active electrical equipment. If it was off when it happened, it didn't get fried.
It was also analog i think.
This movie was hated by many people... I don't understand. I thought it was incredible! Steven Spielberg is soooooooo good!
Yes you missed something as you are want to do because you are talking way too much. Don't need a commentary or a joke on everything, that is part of what ruined(one of many things) Glory, that debacle is still disgusting.
Ray told Manny how to fix the van, what the issue likely is. When he goes gets the van, Manny is just finishing fixing it, you see him close the hood, and he says to Ray, about how he was right. You caught that, but just do not pay enough attention...
They're reacting to a movie, not watching or reviewing.
They are hella annoying.
It amazes me today how people have completely lost sight of what "reacting" was and is supposed to be. The premise is to watch people watching media as if they were friends watching it with you per se. They are supposed to be people you would watch things with. There is absolutely zero percent I would ever watch anything with these two. They are exactly the opposite of who I would watch anything with. Watching people scream unnecessarily and have delusions of comedic grandeur while missing key elements of the film (which is the star...not them...never them) is not entertaining to me. And the fact that people PAY people to watch stuff they have already seen boggles my mind. It is the weirdest thing to me. Nobody paid me to watch it. Why do they deserve to be paid to watch it? They're doing the exact thing everyone watching them has already done and paid to do. The whole concept is just a big fat "huh?" logically to me.
I saw this with my mom in theaters when it first came out. When I tell you the sound effects from this movie were LOUDDD! lol such a great film and happy I could experience it
Oh! Please! Watch Invisible with the actor that does the son, he is very good in it.
I love the subtle callback to the scene where Ray cracks his window when Robby dodged the baseball, and he is in shot of the hole. Then the tripod bursts the car window, and we see Rachel in the shot of the hole.
The lack of an attention span for these 2 is infuriating
Same.
Any vehicle pre-1984 doesn't have a computer. The EMP knocked out the computers in every vehicle made after 1984.