Forget the talk that Cruise's

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Forget the talk that Cruise's cultish orgasms of late have sabotaged War of the Worlds. The real reason it's underperforming is the putrid word of mouth. I've had no less than SIX friends call me immediately after seeing it, pissed at the typical Spielberg tacked-on ending. And when I say pissed, I mean incensed. His hackneyed amending of A.I. was legendarily bad, and the buzz is that this is on par with that. Kubrick is nodding vigorously in his grave.