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War of the Worlds (2005)
Close but no cigar
This rendition of the classic H.G.Wells novel not is on the button with it following the original. It is the first rendition to show that the Martians were eating humans. The rest is a 21st century "feel good" adaptation of a 19th century novel. By doing that they corrupted a great story. It completely missed that Wells openly implied that venereal diseases were what killed the Martians. I gave it 2 stars because of the special effects. This is a real stinker. Stephen Spielberg made a real mistake releasing this movie. Wells must have rolled in his grave. The story was written a certain way and the movie should have followed it completely if for no other reason than out of respect to Wells. Maybe someone should do a 21st century rewrite of " E.T." making the alien look and act scary.
Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
The worst
Where do I start. Hellcats was the name for naval aircraft the F6F Grumman not submarines.They were Gatos. The submarine goes from a normal sized tube for a Gato class sub to a tube large enough to hold a 10' ceiling. Ronald Reagan's acting was as stiff as it gets. The dialog between him and Nancy Davis was as contrived as it gets. The dialog in general sounded like it was a Mark 7 production. There was a scene where a Japanese sub was firing its deck gun while the muzzle of the deck gun was still moving. Miraculous gunners they were because that shot and every other hit target. There were enrichment shots in the film that looked more like U boats than Gatos. The important thing is this movie ruined Ronald Reagan's film career. From this movie came TV and a B movie or two(made for big and little screens) and finally life in the desert as narrator of "Death Valley Days".