I Watched That New War of the Worlds Movie Everyone Likes

Overview

The video is a comedic “review” of the much-beloved (and heavily mocked) War of the Worlds 2025, framed through a very personal, romantic setup.

• The narrator and his girlfriend choose to watch the movie during a sunset beach moment, turning what could’ve been an intimate proposal into a shared viewing of a “god-awful” film he insists is so bad it’s funny.
• From there, the standout through-line is that the movie largely plays like Ice Cube staring at alien news footage and reacting with deadpan disbelief—about 60% of the runtime is basically him saying things like “Damn,” even while people get vaporized.

Recurring Humor and Criticisms

The narrator focuses on the film’s direction and editing, arguing they’re intentionally disjointed and corny, making deaths look unintentionally goofy—especially with punchy, rapid zoom-in “cut” timing for repeated lines (for example, mocking the framing around “touchdown three times” as something they could’ve filmed more efficiently).

He also leans into the film’s tech-satire and product-placement chaos:

• Alien data destruction spreads everywhere—reportedly even wiping a dead wife’s Facebook.
• Characters constantly use modern apps and services, leading to gag moments involving:
  • Gmail
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Twitter/X
• Emergency Zoom prompts and overly convenient “Amazon” solutions feel “baked into the plot.”
• The narrator especially mocks the implication that it’s an “Amazon Prime movie,” including the idea that Ice Cube could order what he needs and have it delivered via Amazon drones.

Notable (Mocked) Plot Beats

• Ice Cube’s son is a master hacker, restoring access to systems after roughly a minute—despite the movie treating temporary loss of internet access as dramatically significant.
• Ice Cube’s daughter, Faith, delivers intense psychoanalysis even while badly injured, culminating in a pun: she tells him, “Dad, you need to have a little faith” (because her name is Faith).
• A twist villain appears so briefly that the narrator calls him out as getting “two scenes” worth of screen time total before being gone again.
• The narrator questions logic and world consistency, including:
  • Why websites supposedly still work perfectly after the aliens steal all data
  • Why the government would display a preset “All data lost” message
  • How plane crashes include overly obvious, cheap-looking effects, including blaming “terrible screen shake” as “definitely not added in post”

Parody of Surveillance (and the Film’s Moral Framing)

The video parodies the movie’s moral stance on surveillance:

The narrator jokes that it’s “okay” to monitor family and remotely hijack a Tesla, but “too much government surveillance” is bad—while the movie still frames everything as justified.

Ending and Final Verdict

The video ends by praising the film as an absolute laugh-fest, calling it “absolute cinema,” and comparing its hilarity to Smurfs 2025—even though it’s “somehow even worse.”

• The narrator rates it “2 out of 10” purely because it’s too funny to justify giving it a lower score.
• The final laugh is a last-shot parody/fake post about Joe Rogan claiming Ice Cube and his kids saved the world.

Jokes / Highlights That Stand Out

• Mock-romantic framing: the beach sunset proposal moment immediately becomes watching War of the Worlds on his phone.
• Repetitive reaction shots: Ice Cube repeatedly reacting with lines like “Damn” and “Oh, it’s seriously the funniest thing in the world…”
• Tech/app integration: comedy driven by Zoom messages and references to major apps and services.
• Convenient delivery solutions and product tie-ins: especially the “Amazon Prime” vibe and Amazon drones.
• Editing gags: choppy cuts, unnecessary zoom-ins on repeated lines, and cheap-looking death beats.

Main Personalities Mentioned

Characters / Real People

• Ice Cube (main character)
• Ice Cube’s son (master hacker)
• Ice Cube’s daughter, Faith (psychoanalysis + “faith” pun)
• The twist villain (brief appearances)
• Nathan Fielder (referenced via Nathan for You’s “fake movie” vibe)
• Joe Rogan (parodied in a fake final post)

Brands / References

• “Rocket Money” (sponsor ad parody/segment in the middle of the review)
• “Smurfs 2025” (comparison point)