Shame, shame, shame on you, Steven

Rating: 1/10 (28 November 2005)

Lost and forgotten are the times you created marvelous movies like 'Close Encounters', 'The Color Purple', or 'Schindler's List'.
When we put aside the special effects in your film (that money nowadays can buy in abundance), there remains a hollow shell with poor acting, a flawed story, a ton of logical errors, and - what I reproach most - you've actually got nothing to say to the audience. Your work has become empty and meaningless as it only invades the eyes, but leaves the heart and brain starving.
Will this be the future of mainstream movie-making? To provide an increasingly dull audience with momentary, superficial thrill and thus to prevent them from thinking about the really important issues, from contemplating and growing?
Before 'War of the Worlds', I had thought better of you, Steven.