Spielberg's "War of the Worlds"

I rewatched Steven Spielberg's remake of War of the Worlds, and I still love it. The smaller aspect ratio, the grainy film, and the washed-out colors evoke an earlier, more primitive era of filmmaking.

Sure, Spielberg had made his "serious" masterpieces by this point -- Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan -- but this was genuinely Close Encounters-era …