My friend Jim and I saw this movie this afternoon. Earlier this week I had taped it from the American Movie Classics channel (AMC). We both liked this movie. It was very dramatic and it had some romance between Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. Leonard Maltin, the movie reviewer said, "Vivid, frightening adaptation of H. G. Wells' story about a Martian invasion. Dramatically sound and filled with dazzling, Oscar-winning special effects; superior sci-fi." The U. S. Army has a big presence in this movie and there is a lot of shooting on both sides; so it's probably not appropriate for children.
It was made at the height of the Cold War with Russia in 1953. Fear of nuclear holocaust was very great throughout the 1950s and 1960s. I felt dread throughout the movie and I kept asking myself, "Will humanity on the earth survive this destruction?" Because they stated that half of the people of the world had died. But they didn't show any graphic violence in this movie.
Now for the good news. Near the end of the movie, many people are having a religious service in a big church in Los Angeles. But I will not reveal any more.
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