Why, every now and then, I fall back in love with the NYTimes: '"War of the Worlds" is rated PG-13. Much of the earth's population is wiped out, leaving very little time for sex or bad language."
*giggle* I also liked "Mr. Spielberg's extraterrestrials, who rampage across New Jersey in metal death-ray-shooting tripods are - I'm looking for the precise critical term here - wicked scary."
I was wondering how they'd deal with the geography in the movie, and whether they'd pull any punches because, post 9/11, who wants to see aliens rampage across NJ and then zorch Manhattan?
Oh, now I want to see this movie. I better go read Scott's review.
Now that I've read that review, I _must_ see that movie, even though just reading the Welles radio play scares me silly now that I live right where it takes place. I think it's gonna be weirdly cathartic, and I think it's no coincidence that it's being released on July 4th weekend, both for the "America, F*** Yeah!" value and to remind people how they haven't seen an alien invasion blockbuster since ID4.
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I was wondering how they'd deal with the geography in the movie, and whether they'd pull any punches because, post 9/11, who wants to see aliens rampage across NJ and then zorch Manhattan?
Oh, now I want to see this movie. I better go read Scott's review.
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We could do it Monday...
Anyways, Ladybird, soon as we have email again, I'll be contacting you as well about the 4th, which seems to be mildly shrooming here in NY. :)