Well, I have seen the bottom of the barrel

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My father in law, who loves this crap, forced us to endure Spielberg's War of the Worlds. What a piece of garbage that has to be one of the worst movies I've seen. Why is it one of the worst?
SPOILER alert (for anyone who cares)
Because
1). Spielberg is a far more acomplished director than the movie suggests, ad he failed miserably. I know we can debate Spielberg's auteur, but the fact is he has made high quality films, and this is beyond a mere lapse. Lumbering pace, clumsy sequences, lots of screaming, no attempt to put the story into a larger context, on and on.
2). $135M and this is all they got? Okay, but not spectacular effects, terrible script, useless acting, a waste of some decent actors, and, of course, the ubiquitous Morgan Freeman voiceover to explain everything to you. The "So little was done with so much" effect.
3). The story is incomprehensible. Why were the tripods buried under the earth? Why did no one discover them? Why were they killing people when they needed to feed on them? Why come out now? And that's just the tripods. Where's the character development? The situations of the people in the film were not put into context or fleshed out.
4). Screaming is not dialogue!!!
So the net effect is that $135M budget, Tom Cruise/Tim Roberts as stars, Spielberg as director, and this is all they could muster up? That's why this was bottom of the barrel.
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Topic - Well, I have seen the bottom of the barrel - jackrandom 10:04:39 03/14/06 (6)

Several of your objections are to H.G. Wells, not Spielberg. (Just sayin'...) nt - clarkjohnsen 09:29:19 03/15/06 (3)

Maybe so... - jackrandom 09:49:55 03/15/06 (2)

But...wouldn't more "fleshing out" have led to more Spielbergian dialog? Thus more dissatisfaction? Poor guy can't win! - clarkjohnsen 10:01:59 03/15/06 (1)

Re: But...wouldn't more "fleshing out" have led to more Spielbergian dialog? Thus more dissatisfaction? Poor guy can't w - jackrandom 11:08:36 03/15/06 (0)

Yes Spielberg managed to make both the best and worst film of the year... - RGA 00:31:26 03/15/06 (0)

You forgot the weird Tim Robbins scene in the basement... - Steve O 19:52:27 03/14/06 (0)

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