Great film released at the right time.

Rating: 8/10 (1 July 2005)

That quote broke my heart ladies and gentlemen. This movie was not made into a feature film until it was as equally important to do so, as when HG wells released his classic in 1898. This is where the film maker shows his genius, if you ask me. The original book was published during a time of panic for the British people. Everyone afraid of the invasion of evil forces. THen Orson Welles terrified American audiences on the brink of WWII. Now, Spielberg, our current times celebrated director of all directors (at least in popularity) has given us our own war of the worlds during our war with terrorism. This story serves many purposes. It forces us to re-examine our fear and see what has really changed in the human experience since the late 1800s. Apparently not much. We are still very much afraid of what is coming to get us next. WOTW was not just another remake amongst the fifty other remakes clogging up the theaters these last few years, this was political and social commentary. It's the best kind of remake you could ever do. From the September eleventh undertones of ash filling the air, the knee jerk reaction of revenge as soon as we are attacked...this movie is deep. Deep, but hopefully, accessible to a general audience. Protection of the innocent, protection of our ways of life, the struggles of father and son, the importance of all life, big, and in this case, especially small. I was truly touched by the whole thing. It showed a whole lot of truth, more grotesque and dark as Spielberg has possibly ever gone before. Brilliantly, switching between the bad guys of the aliens to the bad guys of the panicked mob mentality really shows how terrified we really are, as creatures of this planet. As we have always been, and as we always will be.