Well, it's loud

Rating: 4/10 (19 October 2010)

This may be one of the most strenuously, expensively, and elaborately unfunny movies ever made. The idea was a good one - a comedy about the manic reaction to a supposed invasion of Los Angeles has wonderful potential. But it takes more than a catalog of explosions and creative destruction to make a funny movie. The odd thing is, it is hard to stop watching it. You can't help thinking that with this much talent it just has to get better at some point - but it doesn't. I can't help thinking that with a smaller budget and a tighter focus on fewer characters this could have been a much more entertaining movie. Steven Spielberg might have taken a lesson from "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" - throwing a lot of big names and wads of money on the screen does not guarantee a good time.