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"The apex of what critic Matthew Wilder astutely pinned as the summery popcorn movies finally wrestled with the aftermath of 9/11 (along with Land of the Dead and Red Eye), Steven Spielberg’s relentless update of H.G. Wells’s creaky, pre-Cold War property often feels like a regression into the cheap safety of a zero-relativity “Us vs. Them” mentality. Which is exactly why it still seems like the most upsetting mass entertainment in Spielberg’s entire career. Stuffed with all the brutall"
" Directed by: Steven Spielberg Produced by: Damian Collier, Kathleen Kennedy, Paula Wagner, and Colin Wilson Written by: David Koeep and Josh Friedman Based on the novel by: H.G. Wells Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski Edited by: Michael Kahn Music by: John. Williams Distributed by: DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures"
"(FLAWED BUT) GUILTY PLEASURE MOVIE! Review coming soon... *Official Time Out's "1000 Films to Change Your Life" entry* "
“Contrary to Spielberg's customary treatment of aliens, the extra-terrestrial beings in War of the Worlds are not friendly. In fact, they're downright ”