When I was 5 I was off of school for a day. my mother stayed home that day and rented a bunch of old classics for us to watch. I can't remember for the life of me what else we watch aside from the birds. But this movie and that memory has stuck with me all these years. Not only is this one of the greatest sci-fi movies ever, it holds sentemental value for me as well. anyone else remember their first time watch this great film?
shareYep, it was back in the 60's, and I was just a little kid 8, 9 years old...IT FREAKED ME OUT........And yes, one of the all time great Sci-Fi Flicks....
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I saw it in my English class after we'd finished reading the book. Big mistake, cos I hated it and have hated it ever since. The book was great, but the film in comparison was pathetic.
shareI saw it in my English class after we'd finished reading the book. Big mistake, cos I hated it and have hated it ever since. The book was great, but the film in comparison was pathetic.
Same here, which is why neither of the movie adaptations were really any good.
The fact is, movie adaptations are often pretty good in their own right, but they never fully do justice to the book, often they don't even come close. That's why I usually try to see the movie first, so I can enjoy it on its own merits. (Books are usually good enough even if you've already seen the movie, whereas the reverse is not true).
Keep flying, son. And watch that potty mouth!
I remember watching this on Creature Feature Saturdays on TV when all the cheesy monster and sci-fi movies were played. The heat ray sound and it's probing eyeball definitely freaked me out. I was too young to understand why the aliens suddenly died at the end.
shareI watched it with my grandparents when they were babysitting for me one day. Cant really remember how old I was, but it was definetely pre-teen. Probably around 6 to 8.
Scared the hell out of me in parts, but I thought it was great! Especially the first big battle.
I saw it when it was new in 1953, in a movie house, when I was 9 years old. Not having been jaded by all the sci/fi- shock movies that have since been made, I found it very frightening. Almost as much so as The Thing, which I also saw new in a movie house.
Though I don't much care for science fiction, I've read the book a couple times and it has not kept me from enjoying the movie. No one ever needed to write another sci/fi novel. H. G. 's WOTW is still the best.
He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good... St. Matthew 5:45
Saw it in the movie house in Ft Worth Texas (First showing!)....walked home, then there was a storm, lightning hit a transformer across the street...I thought the Martians were coming!!! The transformer fell off the pole and hit the street, very spectacular!!
Dale
"If those sweethearts won't face German bullets--They'll face french ones!"
Dale (vonmazur):
Nobody on this thread will ever (truthfully) top that one! I was once a block away from a transformer that got hit by lightning. I was painting a house and thinking about closing shop for the day because of the way the sky looked. After the blast, I got my gear put away in record time and headed for the house!
Glad to see there is someone else as old as I am still able to creak along a compooter keyboard. Especially a fellow Texian.
He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good... St. Matthew 5:45
I first saw it on a black-and-white television set when ABC-TV ran it as one of their evening movies during the mid-60s.
If you think the Martians couldn't look any more menacing, try watching the film in black-and-white.
"I'm not reckless . . . I'm skillful!"
I don't remember anything about the day or my viewing of it, unless I watched it the day I purchased it. I remember that quite fondly. I was unimpressed by the movie itself. Rewatched it for the first time the other day (7-or-so years later). A bit more impressed. Particularly liked the city scenes towards the end. Really got a feeling of desolation and/or isolation as he ran through it... Gave the movie twice the believability.
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Saw it in 1953 on its first release. I was 13 years old. It has remained one of my favorite science-fiction movies, after all these decades.
shareI first saw this classic back in the early 70s at a drive-in with my parents. It was part of a double feature with "When Worlds Collide". I was 5 at the time but had an absolute blast. Long live George Pal!
shareI first saw it at the Northside Drive-In Theater in Lansing, Michigan, shortly after it was released in the mid-1950s. The Northside no longer exists.
shareI too saw this in the theater when it was released. Why my mom thought this would be good for a 5 year old, I don't know, but I LOVED it!
It started me reading Sci Fi, and a lifelong interest in Science.
Also saw Invaders from Mars, Forbidden Planet first run. Loved them all.