Year:  2005
Genre:  Science Fiction
Country:  United States
Language:  English
Starring:  Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman (narrator)
Director:  Steven Spielberg
DVD distributor:  Paramount Home Entertainment

     There are certain people who can do no wrong.  When you say “Albert Pujols had a weak season”, you mean it was a weak season by Pujols standards, which means he hit .310 with 35 home runs and 109 RBIs.  It’s still pretty darn good.  And when I say that a Steven Spielberg movie is weak, I mean by Spielberg standards, and I am referring to War of the Worlds.  Which is weak only because it isn’t Schindler’s List or Munich.

     War of the Worlds is being released on Blu-Ray today by Paramount Home Entertainment, and it’s time to pick this movie up.  I happen to be one of the many thousands of people in the world who believe that everyone ought to own every single Spielberg movie ever made.  Then again, I AM the guy who owns every Steven Seagal movie ever made.  So take me with a grain of salt, if you must.

     Here’s the deal though – the Blu-Ray, high-definition transfer of War of the Worlds is disappointing.  There are no new special features of note, and the high definition enhances the picture only a little.  So here’s what I recommend.  If you don’t already own War of the Worlds, you should own it.  So purchase it on Blu-Ray, because it is a superior format and it IS marginally better than the original DVD.  But if you own that original DVD already, don’t bother spending the money on an upgrade.  This is a good movie that looks good enough already.

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