War of the Worlds (2005) - Quotes

The Last War on Earth Begins

Taglines: This Summer, The Last War On Earth Won't Be Started By Humans.

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Invasion is Already Underway

Taglines: They're Already Here.

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Missed Opportunity for a Great Story

Reporter: Hey, were you on that plane?

Reporter: Too bad. Would have made a great story.

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Basement Safety During Uncertain Times

Rachel: If everything's okay, why do we have to sleep in the basement? We have perfectly good beds.

Ray: [looks around] It's, like a slumber-party. This is a nice basement...

Rachel: I wanna sleep in my bed. I got back problems.

Ray: Uh, well, you know how on the Weather Channel, when they say a tornado's coming and they tell you to go to the basement for safety? It's like that.

Rachel: There's gonna be tornadoes?

Ray: Okay, Rachel, no more talking.

Rachel: Could you be a little nicer to me, God?

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Allergy Discovery in Family Conversation

Rachel: I'm allergic to peanut butter.

Ray: Since when?

Rachel: Birth.

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Unexpected Food Choices in Crisis Situation

Ray: Ketchup.. mustard.. Tabasco sauce.. vinaigrette.. This is good, Robbie, I told you to pack food. What the hell is this?

Robbie: That's all that was in your kitchen.

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Urgent Escape Amidst Chaos

Robbie: Where are we going?!

Ray: We gotta go! We got to be the only working car around here. I'm not stopping until we are clear.

Robbie: Clear of what?!

Ray: We gotta go!

Robbie: What is going on?!

Ray: You saw! We're under attack!!

Robbie: By who?! Who is attacking us?!

Ray: Rachel... Rachel you've got to keep it down Rachel!

Ray: Rachel! Shut up, Rachael! I can't think!!

Robbie: You are freaking her out!!

Ray: Well, look, I'm driving!! Do something!!

Robbie: [Rachel copies the formation, still panicking. Robbie holds her arms] Okay, put em up, Rache. Make the arms. This space right here, this is yours. This belongs to you, right?

Rachel: [taking deep breaths, trying to calm herself] Yes...

Robbie: [reassuring her] You're safe in your space.

Rachel: I'm safe in my space...

Robbie: You're safe in your space. Nothing is going to happen to you in your space.

Rachel: I'm really scared...

Robbie: I'm gonna go to the front seat to talk to Dad.

Rachel: No...

Robbie: I will be two feet away, okay. Will you hold my hand?

Rachel: Yes.

Robbie: Are you gonna be okay?

Rachel: Yes.

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Misunderstanding the Source of Danger

Robbie: Is it the terrorists?

Ray: No... this came from someplace else.

Robbie: What, you mean like Europe?

Ray: No, Robbie! Not like Europe!

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A Promise to Protect the Family

Mary-Anne: Take care of our kids.

Ray: Mary-Anne, you've got nothing to worry about.

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Questioning a Plan in Crisis

Harlan Ogilvy: So what are you gonna do? Hide and wait here till they come and get you? Is that your "plan"?

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Determination to Survive Amidst Chaos

Harlan Ogilvy: [laughs, to himself] I'm dead set on living. "Dead set on living".

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Misaligned Perspectives in Uncertain Times

Harlan Ogilvy: You and me - I don't think we're on the same page.

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Extermination, Not War

Harlan Ogilvy: This is not a war any more than there's a war between men and maggots... This is an extermination.

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Questioning the Presence of Others

Rachel Ferrier: Is it them?! Is it them?!

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Concern for Loved Ones in Crisis

Rachel Ferrier: [crying, and softly hitting him] Robbie! What are you trying to do?! Where are you trying to go?! Who's going to take care of me if you go?!

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Existential Question Amidst Chaos

Rachel Ferrier: [unseen] Are we still alive?

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Nature's Unexplained Movement

Rachel Ferrier: [just before the tripods appear] The trees are moving...

Questioning the Threat in War of the Worlds

Rachel Ferrier: [as the family is chased by a tripod] Is it the terrorists?!

Panic Amidst the Chaos of Destruction

Ray Ferrier: [angrily, to a soldier] LOOK AT THE GODDAMN BIRDS!!!!

Urgent Plea for Safety in Crisis

Ray Ferrier: Get in the car, Manny, or you're gonna die!

A Different Approach to the Situation

Ray Ferrier: Let's try a plan that doesn't involve your 10-year-old sister joining the army?

Urgent Departure from the House

Ray Ferrier: We're gonna leave this house in 60 seconds.

A Father's Concern for His Son's Safety

Ray Ferrier: Robbie, you wanna head in that direction?! There's nothing living in that direction, Robbie!

Questioning the Absence of Thunder

Ray Ferrier: [looking out at the teleporter's bolt of lightning] Where's the thunder...?

Sharing Divisions Among Family Members

Ray Ferrier: Two for you, two for Robbie, two for me... One for the house.

Conflicted Love Amidst Hostility

Ray Ferrier: [to Robbie] You can hate me, but I love you!

Establishing Boundaries in Addressing Authority

Ray Ferrier: [to Robbie] Okay, hey, enough of the "Ray" shit, alright! It's Dad, Sir, or, if you want, Mr. Ferrier. It sounds a little weird to me, but you decide.

Humanity's Survival Against All Odds

Narrator: [last lines] From the moment the invaders arrived, breathed our air, ate and drank, they were doomed. They were undone, destroyed, after all of man's weapons and devices had failed, by the tiniest creatures that God in his wisdom put upon this Earth. By the toll of a billion deaths, man had earned his immunity, his right to survive among this planet's infinite organisms. And that right is ours against all challenges. For neither do men live nor die in vain.

The Unseen Observers of Humanity

Narrator: [first lines] No one would have believed, in the early years of the 21st century, that our world was being watched by intelligences greater than our own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns, they observed and studied, the way a man with a microscope might scrutinize the creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency, men went to and fro about the globe, confident of our empire over this world. Yet, across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cruel and unsympathetic regarded our planet with envious eyes...and slowly, and surely, drew their plans against us.