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War of the Worlds: Steven Spielberg
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In "War of the Worlds," Steven Spielberg marshals state-of-the-art tools of cinema and computerized imagery to mount eye-popping scenes of destruction, chaos and horror. Exploring the dark side of his old films "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," Spielberg more than does justice to the granddaddy of all alien-invasion tales, H.G. Wells' still terrifying novel published in 1898. The real question the film raises is whether post-Sept. 11 audiences are ready to view destruction, chaos and horror as entertainment.
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War of the Worlds is a 2005 science fiction disaster film based on H. G. Wells' original novel starring Dakota Fanning and Tom Cruise. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It was released on June 29, 2005.
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War of the Worlds was rushed into production last year when producer George Lucas unexpectedly rejected the then latest draft of the script for the fourth Indiana Jones film, which Steven Spielberg was to direct. Around the same time, Mission: Impossible III lost its director just before shooting was scheduled to begin. Steven and Tom both suddenly had some time on their hands and decided to get the ball rolling on their long-planned updating of one of the most famous sci-fi stories of all time.
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Steven Spieberg's adaptation of "War of the Worlds" opens in theaters across the country today. The original novel by H.G. Wells detailed an alien invasion in Victorian England, a subversive undermining in the golden age of the British Empire.
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A colossal disappointment, given the talent involved behind and before the camera, Steven Spielberg's remake of War of the Worlds is an unwieldy hodgepodge of spectacular set pieces and sappy family drama. Muddled storytelling, stick figure characters, and a grave lack of sustained tension mar what should have been a nerve-fraying sci-fi thriller that builds to a smashing climax. MORE»
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Working in what has emerged over the past three decades as his most comfortable genre, director Steven Spielberg delivers on all fronts in the science fiction big-budget bonanza War of the Worlds. Although access to the most advanced special effects, the priciest talent and a prime summer release date have all but assured this film a hefty box office take, the fact remains that it's difficult to catch Spielberg with a bad science fiction movie on his hands. And in creating a focus for the story, Spielberg and his screenwriters, Josh Friedman and David Koepp (the latter probably rewrote it?), have created a large budget action film that focuses on the plight of a single family's struggle in the middle of a world-wide panic.
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