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...which was the best film of 2002...
MINORITY REPORT was the best film of 2002 until that lame third act! Sorry but I feel that Speilberg whimped out on that film. He went out of his way to give it a happy ending. I felt it went against the grain of the entire first and second act. Which ending would you remember? The one where Cruise gets put into a deep freeze, a victim of the system he once embraced or the "Scooby Doo" ending? Oh my God...It's Max Von Sydow!! "And I would have gotten away with it too...if it weren't for your meddling wife"!! A film with great ideas and the wrong ending. IMHO.
I have to say I'm a little apprehensive about this WAR OF THE WORLDS remake because of the screenwriter. JP:THE LOST WORLD was a pretty lame script. Speilberg makes the film worthwhile with some good set pieces. But the response that this thread is getting me tells me this film is going to be a HUGE hit regardless!!!
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I can't speak for the others, but the reason I am disappointed is because I think Spielberg IS a great filmmaker!!
To me, directing another TWOTW would be like Spielberg saying his next film will be JURASSIC PARK IV.
As for his collaborating with Cruise again(oi!)I have two words to say about that: MINORITY REPORT
Well, this Thanksgiving I am eating crow instead of turkey!
Saw it last night.
The tack SS took, to show one town and one family trying to survive, was perfect.
A truly frightening film (then again giant ANYTHING scare me!).
Yes, the broken family theme is getting tired, but if you ignore the first few minutes and the last, you will experience a classic horror film.
Chomp, chomp!
Bruce Marshall
P.S. Cruise was o.k.- not really an actors showcase.
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I revisit this move once in a while and think it's aged quite well. Williams' score is one of his most uncompromisingly violent affairs. The level of dread he imbues in the over all tone of the score is pretty unique for him. I like how he uses reinforced brass for the alien machines of destruction. It was his ode to the kaiju genre
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Jul 4, 2013 - 2:50 PM
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dogplant
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After all my whining earlier in this thread, prior to the film's release, I enjoyed Spielberg's movie, and I've come to appreciate how it fits in with the book's legacy. Different generations put their spin on the source material.
I mentioned earlier how H.G. Wells took inspiration from thoughts about Victorian industrialization and colonization, applied to an interplanetary scenario. In 1938, Orson Welles' radio show tapped into fears about the threat of a second World War in Europe. George Pal's 1953 movie arrived at the onset of the Cold War. And many critics noted how Spielberg's 2005 movie seemed to fit into a post-9/11 trilogy, along with 'Minority Report' and 'Munich'.
I tend to think each 'War of the Worlds' adaptation has been instinctive, rather than an intellectual allegory, but I find it fascinating, and more than a little chilling, how this story keeps reinventing itself. Spielberg's film was different enough from previous adaptations to stand on its own -- certainly, visually it was pretty extraordinary -- and I felt he made it personal again.
P.S. Not sure how Jeff Wayne's 1978 musical version fits into this pattern, or the 1988 TV series. And I am not counting 'Mars Attacks' (ack! ack!), or the amateurish Asylum or Pendragon cash-ins (ack).
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. . . And I am not counting 'Mars Attacks' (ack! ack!), or the amateurish Asylum or Pendragon cash-ins (ack).
That's cold, man.
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