War of the Worlds 2005 - Final Battle

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This scene happened in Boston but was filmed in Los Angeles (Westlake South).

War of the Worlds 2005 - Crash Scene

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It was my first time at Universal Studio in July 2024 and I think that if you visit LA, it's a must to go there.

The crash scene was filmed on Stage 26/27 at Universal Studios and you can see it if you do the Universal Studio Tour.

War of the Worlds 2025 - It's worse than you think!

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This part is an "aparté" (aside) where I saw the new version of "War of the Worlds" on Amazon Prime...

Well, it was not great!

It seems that this movie (more like an infomercial), reflected my thoughts on the current trend the last couple of years where it sounds that we are in a junk food and microwave era with movies, games, ...

An Infinite loop while(true){...} of reboot, remaster, remake, ... with no real innovation with low cost production content.

I suspect that the movie could have received a better reception and reaction if they didn't use "War of the Worlds" as the name of the movie. Better to do a "hommage" (tribute) to this one and Independence Day (ID4) but it sounds cheap to use this movie name or the writer name: H.G. Wells.

If you want to see a good version, watch the 2005 version with Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning. The peanut butter scene in 2005 is better than this whole movie (2025 version).

Otherwise, there is a location (I don't have a picture about that) inside this movie where I walked there often. Usually to visit the downtown and to go to The Last Bookstore. The Grand Central Market and Bradbury Building are also close to Hotel Barclay.

Thanks for reading,

JS.