Best Movie of the Year (Screen)

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2005)

At least ! A big catastrophe movie WITHOUT the President of United States... It is a good change, for us, the ordinary people.
And as it is Spielberg at the helm, the movie is a wonderful moment. He leaves all his colleagues far behind, because he is THE master of storytelling.
By sticking to this "private" perspective, he wins! The audience only knows what the characters know, and the situations have more weight. It's like a Reality movie, or a docu-drama: shoulder-camera, brilliant transition sequences. Beyond the story, it looks like melting-pot of a lot of his past success: "Jaws", "Close encounters", "Schindler's list", "Hook", "Jurassic" and it is always enjoyable to see how a great director still dig into his thematic after 20 and more movies: kids, family, individual or mass terror, space,....
But, as the movie deals with an invasion of Martians, it is frightening. I literally fall down in this "war of the worlds" as if it was for real. Feeling real emotions in front of a fake, fictitious world is the ultimate proof of talent.I was tensed, anxious in front of this never ending drama. Psychologically, I got the same reaction as on the "9.11": the world is reduced, the liberty of movement is more and more smaller. You never know what happens next and then, you start to appreciate your life minute after minute.
OK, the character of Tim Robbins is maybe not perfect, the Martians are far-fetched, but i got my more memorable movie experience since a long time.
In conclusion, a Classic story turns now into a Classic movie.....