Review – War of the Worlds (1953)

Return with us now to the days of yesteryear, when scientists were all rugged, good-looking men who worked for the military and even women with master’s degrees existed only to fetch coffee and whip up some fried eggs as needed. This George Pal version of H.G. Wells’ science fiction classic features special effects that were ahead of their time and still hold up fairly well all these years later. I wish I could say the same for the dialogue, much of which would probably be right at home in an Ed Wood movie. Further, I don’t know that Wells would have thought much of the ultra-Christian preachiness, especially at the end. Otherwise, this is a good example of Pal’s unique contributions to the history of sci fi cinema. Mildly amusing