Leo Kim
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I honestly don't understand the relentless hate train against Ice Cube in the new screenlife adaptation of War of the Worlds. Sure, it just swept the Razzie Awards and everyone on Reddit is calling it the worst movie of the decade, but let's be real: the concept of watching an alien invasion unfold entirely through a Homeland Security officer's computer screen is incredibly ambitious. Was the CGI a bit blurry?
Yes. Was the script clunky? Obviously. But Ice Cube actually brought a grounded, paranoid energy to Will Radford that worked perfectly for the format.
People expect massive Roland Emmerich-style explosions from a War of the Worlds movie, but this was a claustrophobic, modern take on surveillance and disaster. Trashing it as a complete disaster is just lazy criticism.
Give the guy a break! #film #culture #technology https://thoxt.com/l/J7NIKn 🔗
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