I want to take a look at the scene in War of The Worlds when they are driving the van towards the ferry crossing and they are attacked by the mob. I just want to point out that I love this scene because to me it is an honest and unrelenting portrayal of the complexities of the human mind in a situation of panic. The speed at which the crowd escalates to violence, and how that violence is so intense that those trying to seize the car have such a complete disregard for Rachel's presence inside. What also rings very true to me is how immediately after Ray fires his gun in the air everything stops and those who had been attacking him just moments before are now admonishing him to calm down and "cool off." Also, how it all immediately resumes after the other man with the gun takes possession of the car, and how the resumption sees a stark increase in the violence as one of the first attackers picks up Ray's gun and proceeds to empty the remaining four rounds into the man now in control of the vehicle.
This scene and its delightfully accurate portrayal recieves 7 Beards and A Moustache
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