Everything War of the Worlds Should Have Been

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2008)

Wow. This is one of the best sci-fi films I have ever seen. Easily the best creature film. It was a truly intense, original, and scary experience. This film was a lot like Children of Men. It was fast paced and just didn't let up. It is done in a under utilized (thank god) style that suites it.
This film did something that I haven't seen since Alien, it didn't show the antagonist fully, until the very end of the film. All you see are little bits and pieces. This movie is all about what you don't see rather than what you do. The effects were top notch and the whole film just left me feeling drained.
This is what I was looking for when I saw the oh-so disappointing War of the Worlds. Cloverfield is much more human and in depth. War of the Worlds is for the "I need closure and happy endings like oxygen" crowd. Cloverfield is for the "I like original, daring, and revolutionary movies" crowd.
To describe it in terms of other films it's: War of the Worlds (But better)meets Children of Men meets The Blair Witch Project.