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Watch: The War of the Worlds 1953 123movies, Full Movie Online – H.G. Wells’ classic novel is brought to life in this tale of alien invasion. The residents of a small town in California are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is tempered somewhat when they discover that it has passengers who are not very friendly..
Plot: The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 36,258
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	78/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 494 Popularity: 21.245 | TMDB

Reviews:

Not great in terms of the script, acting or the abrupt ending, the practical effects were impressive and a lot of fun with the Martian ships flying and causing mayhem and destruction. I can imagine this wowed audiences back in ’53. **3.0/5**

Smashing sci-fi film that is a landmark for special effects.

Martians invade Earth with total destructive powers, seemingly unstoppable, mankind must find a way to beat them before all is Lost.

In spite of the uproar and considerable success of Orson Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of the H.G Wells novel, War Of The Worlds was a topic that directors were staying well away from. Such high esteemed men like as Cecil B. DeMille & Alfred Hitchcock were mooted to be interested but it always came down to a worry that the special effects needed for the story were too much of a headache. Enter producer George Pal, noted for puppetoon shorts, he managed to sway the big wigs at Paramount that it could indeed be done, and thus the chain of big colour spaceships blasting, sci-fi creatures lurking and blockbuster bums on seats movies began.

Directed by Byron Haskin, this version of the source moves the location from Edwardian England to 20th Century America, and this works a treat because the watching American public were genuinely unnerved at the sight of contemporary America being reduced to rubble by an invading force. The makers further our sense of dread by only letting us glimpse the aliens once in a wonderful scene (respectfully homaged in Stephen Spielberg’s 2005 version of the source), other than that scene we are subjected to attack after attack from shiny flying saucers, slick and ground breaking effects working their magic on an impressionable audience.

Outside of those known to hardcore sci-fi fans, the cast doesn’t contain any stars of note, probably due to all the money being used on the effects? And for sure many of them come across as wooden beyond compare (though the lovely Ann Robinson lights up every scene she is in), while if I’m to be over critical: then the romantic thread in the film is tiresome and the religious overtone is tardily done. But War Of The Worlds 1953 still stands proud as a brave and hugely enjoyable picture thats importance has never been (nor should it be) understated, and even allowing for nostalgic fervour from this particular viewer, I heartily recommend this film to anyone interested in template movies for the sci-fi genre. 7/10

New home for the Martians
The fertile imagination of author H.G. Wells who peered into the future and saw a lot of what came to pass and was purposefully vague enough about said developments. Vagueness allowed his work to be adapted for a 1953 version from Paramount of a book written in 1897.

The original novel was set in the United Kingdom and here it is in southern California. What was thought to be meteors turn out to be space ships from Mars containing Martians whose planet’s resources are being depleted and look to a fertile earth as a new home.

No big stars were used in this film it all went to a budget for George Pal and it netted an uncontested Oscar for War Of The Worlds in 1953. In subsequent remakes said effects were copies.

Gene Barry and Ann Robinson head the cast as the scientists who have an idea what might be the Martian weakness. What happens to them in the end as blind panic at the thought of the end of humankind grips the masses is frightening indeed. A lot of familiar character players are all over the cast.

For the sake of the earth both in the novel and the film and incredible failsafe mechanism from Mother Nature is the planet savior.

War Of The Worlds is dated with the advance of new technology and once again a science fiction classic does not factor in the development of the computer which was just coming into being. It’s still a classic and great entertainment.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 25 min (85 min)
Budget 2000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated G
Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director Byron Haskin
Writer H.G. Wells, Barré Lyndon
Actors Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne
Country United States
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 2 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix 3 Channel Stereo (Western Electric Recording) (5.0) (L-R), Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1 (intended ratio), 1.66 : 1 (theatrical ratio)
Camera Technicolor Three-Strip Camera (uncredited)
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 2,332 m (Netherlands)
Negative Format 35 mm (Three-Strip Technicolor)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2022 remaster), Dolby Vision, Technicolor, Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm