Saw "War of the Worlds" today. Awesome!! Awesome!! I knew Spielberg still had it in him after releasing a few "quieter" films. "The Terminal" and "Catch Me If You Can" were good movies, but not Spielberg popcorn movies.
"War of the Worlds" is pure Spielberg and pure popcorn.
The pace is relentless, the effects outstanding (they don't dominate the film like many "end of the Earth" films), and the story is good. What makes this better than your average Armageddon-style film is that fact that it stays entirely with one family. It keeps this wild space invaders movie grounded in human frame of mind and that makes it all the scarier and discomforting.
Tom Cruise, currently much in need of a image makeover, is very good. I sometimes find his acting a little TOO intense. But here he manages to keep the tone down and give a very real performance of a deadbeat dad learning how to take care of people other than himself in less than optimal circumstances.
Highly recommended.
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