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I am the reason that box office receipts for Hollywood films are way down. Yes, me personally. I don’t go to the movies anymore.
When a film is released that I am interested in, my reaction is: “Only six months till I can see it on DVD.” The last movie I saw in the theater was “The Return Of The King.” All of the usual reasons apply. I don’t like crowds. I prefer to sit in my living room. I like to take brief breaks to visit the bathroom or refill my drink.
That said – I finally saw the new version of “The War Of The Worlds.”
Eh.
I’m not sure what the reason was for that movie other than to produce a summer blockbuster. It’s a knee jerk Hollywood thing, I guess. Spielberg outgrew those kinds of movies a long time ago, but reflexively needs to still make them. Those who like to read political messages into movies have claimed that it represents a vision of America post-September 11th with ordinary people being chased around by forces bent on their destruction. But I still say: eh.
I have to take issue with the ending. The premise that all-powerful invaders were defeated by bacteria was fine for H.G. Welles. It was a novel concept at that time when we were first becoming aware of germ theory. But it doesn’t hold up today for a simple reason. So we have a species capable of interplanetary travel and highly superior technology and they don’t know the basics of germ theory? They were so intent on conquest that they didn’t run a few routine tests for environmental compatability? Am I supposed to believe that? This was also the credibility gap in the 2002 movie “Signs,” a creepy flick that fell apart because the species that can cross intergalactic space is allergic to water and didn’t notice that Earth is mostly water?
Or am I just picky?
