Fun movie...

Rating: 7/10 (27 April 2002)

It's pretty funny to see people rip this movie, even calling it laughingly
bad. It's no classic for sure, but a fun ride with a classic story (ripped
from War of the Worlds with some twists).
Maybe there's not super character development, but we didn't want to see
that, we wanted to see the humans v.s. aliens, and this movie certainly
delivers. It delivers the same kind of rush as movies such as The
Matrix.
There's some solid performances here from Smith, Goldblum, and Bill Pullman.
Anyone expecting straight drama for the whole flick should look somewhere
else, but there's many good moments (such as Pullman's speech) that are very
well done. I don't think a comedy scene here and there (funny at that)
detracts from that. There may be cliches, but they are generally well
done.
I didn't see any obvious plot holes in this movie, there's some incorrect
technical details but the main story points are all possible as it's
possible a more advanced society would have less knowledge in certain areas
than us, and certainly less knowledge of our culture/planet.
Go see it and decide for yourself. It's a good summer blockbuster in my
opinion.
7/10