In 2005, director Steven Spielberg brought a remake of HG Wells’ sci-fi classic War of the Worlds to the cinemas. His version of the story one Alien invasion on earth comes up with dark images and three deeply disturbing scenes. And then there’s one more thing that bugs Spielberg: the ending.
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The end of War of the Worlds caused Steven Spielberg a lot of trouble
war of the Worlds ends very abruptly. After two hours of brutal invasion moments that resemble an apocalyptic nightmare, it turns out that the alien immune system is no match for the microorganisms of the earth.
Not a big final battle, but a sad gasp and cough: In the book James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction Spielberg goes into the controversial War of the End of the Worlds and reveals that he struggled a lot with it.
The film doesn’t have a happy ending. I never found a way to end the damn thing.Steven Spielberg used a trick for the ending: Morgan Freeman’s voice
Cameron stands by his fellow director and says that even HG Wells had problemsbringing the War of Worlds story to a sane conclusion. “A common cold kills the bad guys”concludes Cameron, after which Spielberg admits that he used the same trick.
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Still, Spielberg had something that HG Wells didn’t: the voice of Morgan Freeman. The actor speaks a short text from the off at the beginning and end of War of the Worlds, which serves as a clear framework for the story. “Morgan Freeman Makes Everything Sound Better”according to Spielberg.
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