One of my all-time favourite films!

Rating: 10/10 (31 August 2004)

I love this film. I am 16 now and was only 8 when it was released so I didn't really understand it, but having watched it again recently now older and maturer I get the plot and I think this movie is very well written, acted and directed. So overall it is a great movie. It never gets boring for a minute and moves very qucikly with some simply fantastic special effects shots, such as the devastation of New York, Washington and LA along with some great air battles and suspense moments. The plot is simple. Millions of aliens in giant spaceships are moving through galaxy after galaxy consuming every natural resource in its path, moving on afterwards and Earth is next. Jeff Goldblum figures it out and warns the President, Bill Pullman to evacuate the main cities as soon as possible. However by the time this happens its too late. People are so silly and panic driven that they all get blown to smithereens. The survivors around the world (inlcuding Will Smith and Randy Quaid in one of their greatest performances!) then try and try to bring down the ships. They try just about eveything until they finally figure out how to do it.
Anyway this movie is brilliant and deserved to do well at the Box Office considering the amount of effort put into making it. The rating should be in the 8.1 or 8.2 region as far as I'm concerned, not 6.0. The movie as I've already said moves fast and the effects are great but the best part of it are the performances of the actors and the script which I think are both flawless. The scenes where they're talking about there plans to bring the ships down are found difficult to understand by some people but I found them very easy and they are certainly well written. The main characters being Smith, Pullman, Quaid and Goldblum are great and this movie is great!
Go watch it! 10/10