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Nick Campbell
In the nick of time
nickscampbell@hotmail.com
Rain, rain
Go away
I don’t know what it is
about my natural travel
planning ability that seems
to always make sure that
“long drive” and “intense
natural disaster” are put
together.
If you didn’t notice, this
past weekend was filled
with pretty bad weather as a
result of Hurricane Dennis.
Thanks to my travel
arrangements, I ended up
driving back during some of
the worst rain on Sunday as
I returned from Statesboro.
In addition to making my
Sunday drive back last
about an hour more than
normal, the rains also put a
dent in my Saturday plans. I
guess I am very lucky,
though, that I decided to go
to Statesboro instead of
planning a beach trip for the
weekend.
On a high note, the dreari
ness meant that I was able
to spend some time seeing
■people that I graduated with
during the day as we waited
for the rains to stop. I was
also able to take complete
advantage of the fact that
the pizza deliveryman
would have probably driven
through a forest fire in
order to receive a tip. It was
a good thing, too, because I
wasn’t about to drive
around in that weather
looking for a place to eat.
After Saturday’s fun
though, the ride back was a
low-point. After putting up
with one of the most frus
trating instances I have ever
had at a fast food restaurant
as well as braving the effects
of a hurricane while driving,
I was glad when I finally got
home.
As you can probably imag
ine, I was pretty tired of see
ing all forms of precipitation
by the time I made it inside
of my house.
When I got inside, I found
my ten-year-old sister in
front of the TV watching
the weather. Although I had
no desire to watch the rain
on TY I thought that it was
somewhat normal for
Stephanie to see what the
hurricane was doing.
I didn’t think it was nor
mal, though, for her to
watch nothing but the
weather reports for four
consecutive hours. For some
odd reason, she had not only
an interest in the weather
occurrences in the Gulf but
also a newfound interest in
things such as the heat
index of the Pacific
Northwest.
When I was ten, I couldn’t
even pronounce “barometric
pressure,” and I definitely
was not worried about the
effects it might have on the
Midwest’s crop production.
Especially if it was happen
ing during an episode of
Saved by the Bell.
I tried my best to per
suade her to let me change
the channel. I even told her
I would give her my own
instant weather updates:
“It’s hot out west, chilly in
the Mountains, crowded in
the Northeast, and raining
in Marshallville. So make
sure you don’t roll down my
car’s windows.”
It didn’t work though. I
ended up spending the rest
of my tired, rainy day
watching movies in my
room before finally going to
sleep. At least I was safe and
sound.
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'War of the Worlds' a rollercoaster with tired passengers
There are two simple
rules to understand and
navigate the modern disas
ter movie: Life is fragile,
and people are stupid.
You’ll certainly get that
impression from watching
Steven Spielberg’s “War of
the Worlds,” a special
effects vehicle that delivers
a feast for the eyes and a
buffet for the senses. “War
of the Worlds” is an exciting
rollercoaster of a movie, but
the story itself lacks depth
and the genre is simply
tired and predictable. Every
disaster movie seems to suf
fer from a same type of
pseudo-Godzilla syndrome,
where mindless, nameless
throngs look to the sky in
horror at the requisite
explosion, tidal wave, torna
do, asteroid, etc. and then
turn to run, like mice,
quickly swallowed up and
destroyed.
At least Spielberg was
inventive enough to make
his main characters part of
the crowd. Although I had
some real problems with
this movie, Spielberg does
take audiences deep inside
the sights and sounds of
chaos, and his alien
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Friday, July 15
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invaders are genuinely
frightening. He has always
been a master of making
audiences feel what his
character feel, and he does
not disappoint here.
Disaster movies are usu
ally cautionary tales meant
to frighten the world into
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our own technology. But the
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beings trust in their own
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world, and people don’t
need Tom Cruise, Ben
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Affleck or Bruce Willis to
tell us how we should deal
with them, or how we
should live. I think most
human beings are stronger
than this film tries to proj
ect. It seemed to me that
the movie was trying to
make a disturbing point
that survival is more impor
tant than fighting for what
you believe in, that all ideal
ism breaks down under
threat.
Tom Cruise does a great
job as the everyman lead of
“War of the Worlds.”
During one scene, he’s
forced to choose between
the life of his daughter or
the life of his son, and his
performance is a far cry
from his weaker work in
films like “Cocktail.” Child
actor Dakota Fanning is
intelligent and could easily
have a strong career, but
she screams too much in
this movie and her charac
ter is two-dimensional in
that respect. Many of the
supporting characters in
the film lack depth, but this
may be intentional.
Audiences are meant to
identify with them, like
neighbors in a small town.
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The Best of Steven Spielberg
Here is a basic list of some of Spielberg’s best.
Spielberg’s films tackle a variety of themes, and few in
Hollywood are better.
10. Duel (1971) (TV Movie)
9. Amistad (1997)
8. Hook (1991)
7. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
6. Jurassic Park (1993)
5. Jaws (1975)
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
3. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
2. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
1. Schindler’s List (1993)
Steven Spielberg’s latest
blockbuster is certainly
exciting enough for the
price of a Sunday matinee,
but “War of the Worlds”
borrows elements from the
original science fiction story
written by H.G. Wells and
published in 1898, the orig
inal 1953 film and 1996’s
“Independence Day.”
If you’ve read the story or
seen either film, you’ll
know how this one ends
before the first reel, and
“War of the Worlds’” main
characters have no real
impact on the final out
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“ We’re sitting on four mil
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parts, all built by the lowest
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