22nd February 2006, 5:17 AM
http://imdb.com/title/tt0425638/?fr=c2l0...ft=20;fm=1
This is the movie i was talking about. Why would i say 'That war of the worlds that was directed, staring, writen etc by the same guy' if i was talking about the Spielberg film?
DJ/ There is no 'scientology message' in Spielberg's War of the Worlds. It is more a message of the useless aspects of war and terrorism and how we deal with them through panic and immoral behavior mostly out of pride or spitefulness. In Scientology there are mention of aliens that helped in seeding Earth with life, but these aliens are considerd benevolent and peaceful.
Miller/ The son surived because in the story when we meet him, he's a trouble causing teen who cares about nothing, then is confronted with war and death, and wants to exact his revenge on the aliens by joining the war effort to stop them - a lost cause. In the ideal of the story, God knew we would have to learn the lesson of facing an invincible enemy, that war is useless in any way, and so he formulated a microbial defense to protect us and Earth. In that same way, God teaches Tom to fight for what really matters, the protection of his children either litteraly (protection from death) or protection from being sucked in to a dead end, like when the son despertaley tried to sign up for the army, the son had no direction or guidance from his father, so he was going to throw his life away. Cruise learns this valuable lesson to late and loses his son, but God redeems him and gives him a second chance to make good. The entire war of the worlds was basically a lesson from God to show us the error of our ways. That overtone among others can be found in the original book as well.
This is the movie i was talking about. Why would i say 'That war of the worlds that was directed, staring, writen etc by the same guy' if i was talking about the Spielberg film?
DJ/ There is no 'scientology message' in Spielberg's War of the Worlds. It is more a message of the useless aspects of war and terrorism and how we deal with them through panic and immoral behavior mostly out of pride or spitefulness. In Scientology there are mention of aliens that helped in seeding Earth with life, but these aliens are considerd benevolent and peaceful.
Miller/ The son surived because in the story when we meet him, he's a trouble causing teen who cares about nothing, then is confronted with war and death, and wants to exact his revenge on the aliens by joining the war effort to stop them - a lost cause. In the ideal of the story, God knew we would have to learn the lesson of facing an invincible enemy, that war is useless in any way, and so he formulated a microbial defense to protect us and Earth. In that same way, God teaches Tom to fight for what really matters, the protection of his children either litteraly (protection from death) or protection from being sucked in to a dead end, like when the son despertaley tried to sign up for the army, the son had no direction or guidance from his father, so he was going to throw his life away. Cruise learns this valuable lesson to late and loses his son, but God redeems him and gives him a second chance to make good. The entire war of the worlds was basically a lesson from God to show us the error of our ways. That overtone among others can be found in the original book as well.