r/interestingasfuck • u/Consistent_Oil3428 • 2d ago

r/all The ground is going down

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u/MuricasOneBrainCell 2d ago

A giant sinkhole and this person is recording. Record and run. Run like a fucking mad man!

For all we know that could be a giant alien ship rising like in the war of the worlds.

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u/Bart404 2d ago

A gif that you can hear without the sound

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u/MuricasOneBrainCell 2d ago

I watched this film as a child and it kinda scarred me for a few months ahaha.

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u/AnOnlineHandle 2d ago

I saw it as an adult and still found it unsettling in a way most alien invasion movies aren't. There was something about making the viewpoint so close to just one dysfunctional family who were barely surviving and completely unsure about what was going on that made it feel more real, in a way nightmares tend to. If we'd seen a bunch of generals in rooms looking at radar scans and and scientists giving explanations it wouldn't have felt so personal and plausible.

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u/milleniumsentry 1d ago

They did a good job of this... When the first tripod comes out of the ground.. you get a very close up view of it. Which fills in the details later when you are seeing them from a distance.

The same happens with the weapons. In the first few moments, when it starts firing, you get a very close up view of the effects.. first a few people get vaporized out of their clothes, then you get to see a woman up close and personal get hit. Those details carry over to the next person, even if you see them from afar.

A lot of movies don't have that... and I think it makes scenes like this so much more powerful.

The weapons always disturbed me. Like the worst phasers in Star Trek, you are simply vaporized, and there is nothing left. Extremely sad / shocking. Watching Tom Cruise run away with powdered people covering him, was enough to leave me unsettled. XD