Biggest film this summer?

My bet is War of the Worlds.

I mean Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg.

A link to the Super Bowl TV spot below.

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I am a Spielberg fan myself. But if this film is just full of FX and turns out to be another Minority Report then I dont think Steven is going anywhere with this film.

It seems to me that when Speilberg gave that 11th Oscar to Peter Jackson at the 2004 Academy Awards. He sort of wanted 'in' in the BIG gross films like the LOTR Trilogy. He is a great director but to announce he wants a part of the BIG gross industry? hmmm I dont know.

John,

Yeah, but "The Terminal" was mediocre, and "Catch Me If You Can" is a movie of diminishing returns. He puts off or drops making movies with potential (like "Vengeance" and "Memoirs of a Geisha") for "War of the Worlds"? Not a good sign.

Eddie

"Spielberg has nothing left to prove, so he's going to make videogame movies for the rest of his life." --Eddie

Not to be a party pooper, but we should remember that Spielberg's last two films were "Catch Me If You Can" and "The Terminal," not exactly videogame movies, and he's got "Vengeance" coming up about the 1972 Olympic kidnappings. I think he's still in the ballpark, even if the videogame movies pay the bills.

John

Chris,

As a Spielberg fan, I'm actually leery of "War of the Worlds". The poster is just awful, and prior to starting production, Spielberg said that he wanted to make the "biggest" movie ever in terms of budget and probably box-office gross. This leads me to believe that the movie will be filled with inane bombast.

I agree with you--Spielberg needs to make a low-budget movie to prove that he's still got it. Then again, as Warren says, Spielberg has nothing left to prove, so he's going to make videogame movies for the rest of his life.

Eddie

I think between Fantastic Four and Batman Begins, Batman has a better cjance of success. FF has good potential, the trailer looks good, but so did The Hulk. As far as the best, and most anticipated movie of the summer.... Star Wars: Episode III takes it by far!

There's also Fantastic 4 and Batman Begins to consider.

But the key question is "Which one will suck even worse than the other one?"

And in that contest, let's just say that until somebody unseats him, Lucas is still the reigning champ.

War of the Worlds is a good bet, but you have to keep in mind about that little Episode III that Lucas is going to release in May. With the hype between both of them, it's hard to say who will come out on top.

But it will be like another "Minority Report", because guess who's staring in it? Not to mention, the modern version of "War of the Worlds" has alrady been done, it was called "Independence Day". Unless they have some twist to add to the original story, then I don't see how the movie will do so well. Nevertheless, add Cruise and Speilberg to the bill and people will hoard the theatres by the thousands. And I must ask, will this be the frist time that Speilberg has done a remake?

Tim (Rubbing the Cash-Cows' belly for good luck)