And, I understand, making cameo appearances in the new movie SHRECK III.
Joe B
>
> From: Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2005/07/02 Sat AM 10:55:19 EDT
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] E.T. PHONE HOME
>
> Check again. D R E C K, alternate spelling DREK, according to
> The Random House Dictionary of the English Language.
> The Spelling Police are retired however. They
> are now workin' for Home-Land Sekurity.
> K.
>
> On Jul 2, 2005, at 8:22 AM, Freedom Lover wrote:
>
> > Caught ya, Kirby!!! Drek is not spelled with a c.
> >
> > Love,
> > The spelling police.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirby McDaniel"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 2:37 AM
> > Subject: [MOPO] E.T. PHONE HOME
> >
> >
> >> I saw WAR OF THE WORLDS tonight and it is neither the masterpiece that
> >> some devoutly wish it to be nor the dreck that some have claimed.
> >> It has its own kind of menace to be sure. In fact, I would say that
> >> taking a child under the age of seven would be inappropriate at best.
> >> There is a kind of primitive dread that gets on your nerve, and I
> >> think
> >> that many children would find this film unpleasant.
> >> Ironically, the young girl who plays Tom Cruise's daughter in the film
> >> gives one of the most impressive performances.
> >> The effects are clever, the war-machines (tripods) are impressive in
> >> that good-cgi kind of way. There is a fresh approach to set and
> >> setting, art direction and set decoration in the film are very smart.
> >> The score is featureless with lots of bombast and tension and no
> >> themes
> >> that I could discern. The photography and use of color is good and
> >> brands the film with a particular style. I found myself pulled in at
> >> times and just as quickly cast off.
> >> Tom Cruise has carried many films, and he will carry this one. He has
> >> earned the kind of respect at the box office from the industry that no
> >> amount of Oscars could hope to replicate. He is bankable. People have
> >> criticized the acting, but I don't think that the acting is so bad,
> >> but
> >> the script lacks direction at times and it sorely tries our suspension
> >> of disbelief. But then what else can you expect from this kind of
> >> thing? The ending is strictly DEUS EX MACHINA and Spielberg uses his
> >> neat ending to fill in the film with his characteristic feel-good goo.
> >> E.T. phone home!
> >> I always hold up ALIEN and ALIENS as good examples of what polished
> >> and
> >> smart examples of this type of sci-fi fantasy films should be.
> >> This ain't that.
> >> But it is reasonably entertaining, and there is some considerable
> >> spectacle.
> >> Not wide screen either! That surprised me.
> >> Steven Spielberg isn't the best director around, but when he is "on",
> >> he makes very kinetic films, able to get at the visceral very quickly.
> >> Kirby McDaniel
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