Film: War of the Worlds (2005)

[fengtau]

I assume that those who voted 1 star think that this is another ID4 style movie. Well...it is not. This movie is not about how we fight the aliens, it's about survival and Steve did a good job at that.

 

[Pander Bear]

^^
i gave it one star because of the gaping plot holes, the doughey wierdo in the basement, the dakota fanning screaming, the morgan freeman hackjob voiveovers. I could go on.

 

[Soundtrack]

Man did I loathe this pile of crap! It held my interest for the first half hour or so until it began repeating itself & little Dakota Fanning's high pitched wailing became so annoying that I longed to see her visage on the side of a milk carton. Cruise proves once again that he's best at playing psychos & creeps as he comes across more as an older cousin or PE coach than as a father…yeah I know his character is supposed to be flawed & demonstrates all the paternal instincts of Terry O'Quinn in THE STEPFATHER, but Cruise just has no chemistry whatsoever with the kids & seems to be reacting to a Green Screen even in the intimate moments. Tim Robbins hangs out & collects a paycheck while still in character from MYSTIC RIVER in a pointless, dull & monotonous 25 minute sequence that does NOTHING but pad out the already overlong 2 hour plus running time. Even the special effects are cheesy & unconvincing making the film seem like one of those lousy Canadian flicks that play on The SciFi Channel every night. Unless he has a good script, a great editor & a wise producer to guide him, Spielberg just cannot direct traffic. The dopey ending of this cosmic turd has got to be one of the lamest finales of all time.

Man..you just summed up my thoughts completely. I still can't believe how bad this movie was!