Word: alienating
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...months now, a growing contingent has been whining that Burton had no right to ruin a classic. Having spent my own formative years entranced by the catchy, kitschy tunes of “Willy Wonka” I wasn’t alien to this argument. Note to Wonka-snobs: Let. It. Go. It is possible for two movies with the same plot to coexist. The trick is not to recreate, but to reinvent...
...programs and infrastructure that could help reduce poverty and corruption. What can the West do? Developed countries like Ireland should proactively focus on bettering the lives of would-be immigrants in their home countries. Debt relief is a good place to start. Westerners enjoy freedoms and privileges that are alien to Africans. It is time for the West to start exporting those benefits to the less fortunate. Lulufa Kundul Vongtau Lagos, Nigeria
...Spielberg and his screenwriters David Koepp (“Jurassic Park”) and Josh Friedman (“Chain Reaction”) set the action in a small New Jersey town. We can identify with an inhabitant of this anonymous location, finding redemption in the midst of an alien invasion, much more than we could with a suave New Yorker. That explains why Spielberg introduces us to Ferreira, a barely involved father...
While the Ferreira children cope with the ordeal of spending a weekend with their father (Ray is divorced), the earth suddenly faces the somewhat more daunting ordeal of death-dealing tripod machines rising from the ground and massacring innocent bystanders. Apparently, the tripods were buried by malevolent aliens centuries earlier, and have now been activated by the evil extraterrestials. Cruise’s character appears to possess no special powers that equip him to survive an alien attack, other than being able to unload shipyard cargo very fast and having the skills of an excellent auto mechanic. (There?...
...subjects. Above all, the harsh blue-and-white beauty of this frozen world and the black-and-white birds assiduously heeding their ancient instincts--which bring life to a place where, in all logic, it should not exist--are very moving. It's a gentle film about somewhat alien beings, who entertain us by creating instead of destroying...