I've not seen War Of the Worlds yet, but I did see Spielberg on TV once. In the interview he told a story about when he was making Jaws. Apparently Francis Copula told him the ending was trite and unbelievable. Spielberg’s response was that by the final sequence in the movie "the audience is mine and I can do whatever I want". Seems like that philosophy worked for Jaws but perhaps not so well for War of The Worlds.
Is it also true that there is no mention of
in the story?