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<p dir="auto"><strong>sophiepritchard1</strong> — <em>13 years ago(August 12, 2012 12:25 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Hey, not looking for an argument but I am really curious as to why this movie got quite a bit of hate?<br />
I have not read the novel and would like to know what was changed or how they differ? Regardless, I stand by that the acting was top, whether the story was up to scratch or not. Thanks <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":)" alt="🙂" /></p>
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<p dir="auto">You're the troll my dim friend.<br />
"There was no blood spraying all over the place<br />
unless you are talking about the red weeds.<br />
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Hooked on phonics didn't work for you apparently. <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":)" alt="🙂" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2008285</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2008285</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:18:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Why did a lot of people hate this movie? Genuinely interested? on Mon, 04 May 2026 12:18:06 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>degree7</strong> — <em>12 years ago(June 21, 2013 03:21 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Troll.<br />
There is a scene in the film that clearly shows the Martians sucking the blood out of a captured human and fertilizing the red weed with it.<br />
Nitwit.<br />
Limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief: directly proportional to it's awesomeness.</p>
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<p dir="auto">There was no blood spraying, you are the one that is blind, and quite obviously very dim as well. <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":)" alt="🙂" /></p>
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<p dir="auto">"There was no blood spraying all over the place unless you are talking about the red weeds."<br />
There was blood spraying all over the place, are you blind?<br />
Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything.</p>
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<p dir="auto">There was no blood spraying all over the place unless you are talking about the red weeds.<br />
I couldn't care less about the plot holes, the movie sucked because of the kids and everything I mentioned before.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I always got the impression that this film was not well regarded by most. I was shocked to see the Metascore was so high. I like the film quite a bit, but I can understand some of the criticisms.<br />
The idea of plot holes and annoying performances seems valid, but this is a movie about aliens invading. I can't say I care about those plot holes in light of that.<br />
This is also a lot darker than I would expect from Spielberg. He cuts the violent scene from "Jaws," yet in this film aliens vaporize people left and right, and spray blood all over the place.  I would not have guessed he made this if I did not know any better.</p>
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<p dir="auto">the girl is so damn annoying.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2008279</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2008279</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Why did a lot of people hate this movie? Genuinely interested? on Mon, 04 May 2026 12:17:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>LookielouE1705</strong> — <em>13 years ago(February 02, 2013 10:51 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">TR's character did not give up - quite the opposite, he was ranting about how they had to dig a tunnel to connect up with the resistance because it's a fact of history that occupiers can never hold territory against insurgencies. You are projecting your ideology into your memory of the film.</p>
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<p dir="auto">No it wasn't extraneous, it was a metaphor between the two types of personalites. Those who want to live(cruise) and those who have basically given up(Tim robbin's character) or something along those lines.<br />
I rather them keep the book ending, because there is no way in hell you destroy alien technology with our technology right now. Unless you want to upload a virus via mac.<br />
HI <em>beep</em> YA<br />
Nicholas Cage Deadfall</p>
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<p dir="auto">I think it fails because:<br />
-The Robby subplot was just dead weight.<br />
-The farmhouse scene went on too long, and the  threatening situation with Tim Robbins's character was extraneous to the plot.<br />
-The story ending from the book is only semi-credible and anti-climactic. Both films suffer as a result.</p>
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<p dir="auto">This.<br />
Archeoterrex is a 13-15 years old adolescent.<br />
Case closed.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Yes. This. And referring to someone as a child simply because they disagree with you is the most childish thing I can imagine. Archeoterrex: your own words betray you and expose your insecurities.<br />
(Sorry for the year-late post!)</p>
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<p dir="auto">really?dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb do you not have any other words in your vocabulary?personally I find people who have to use the  adjectives "dumb" and "stupid" to describe something,as fairly uneducated themselves<br />
Hello,Mister sniper sir!!-Riggs<br />
I count six shots n*****!!<br />
I count two guns n*****</p>
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<p dir="auto">Archeoterrex is a 13-15 years old adolescent who hates himself due to being a child and calls others dumb child to relieve himself. Poor kid.<br />
Case closed.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Hahaha, you're so easily pissed off. So predictable, like Pavlov's dogs. <em>strikes tuning fork</em> <em>grins</em> <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":)" alt="🙂" /></p>
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<p dir="auto">It's not an insult, it's an accurate representation of your mental capacity. Sorry dumb child. <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f61e.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--disappointed" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":(" alt="😞" /></p>
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<p dir="auto">Why are you trolling dumb child? This isn't Facebook.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Haha, aww I love these dumb children. They are so easily angered. <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":)" alt="🙂" /></p>
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