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I would love to jump
I would love to jump into War of the Worlds (having seen it last night) but along with everyone else Paramount publicity insisted on a written pledge that I not review this Steven Spielberg film until Wednesday morning. I think it's fair, however, to pass along one bit of reportage. The widely-buzzed-about disappointment with the finale, which I passed along in this space two or three days ago, is not about Spielberg's decision to go with the the original H.G. Wells ending. It is not -- not -- about earthly bacteria in the alien's bloodstream. As fantastic and genuinely scary as most of the film is (c'mon...you knew this would be the case), I can tell you that people sitting near me inside the Zeigfeld theatre at 9:05 pm last night were audibly moaning and whimpering when this offending scene unfurled. (It turns out, by the way, that Ain't It Cool News didn't break the review embargo -- Paramount let them skate on the whole thing.)
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