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June 30, 2005

War of the Worlds Review

Justin at Classical Values just saw War of the Worlds. He liked it:

This is quite simply the finest screen adaptation of H.G. Wells that I have ever seen. Ever.

Purists may argue that liberties have been taken. True. Nevertheless, I believe that they were necessary and beneficial. Let me go further. I believe that if we could resurrect H.G. Wells and show him this film, he would be delighted with it. Genuinely delighted. It's that close to the spirit of the original. In fact, it manages to fuse an intelligent and informed appreciation of the book (the entire text of which is available here) with an equal knowledge of and respect for George Pal's 1953 production of the same name.

It's time for me to listen to Orson Wells' radio version again. I got a recording for Christmas when I was a kid. I put it into my tape player. It scared me to death. My hands were shaking when I took out the tape. Oh was that good.

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