Generally, well done.. certainly not perfect..

Rating: 7/10 (1 September 2005)

It's been about 10 years since I've seen this in the theater (or getting close) in theater my reaction was generally mixed.. didn't hate it.. and generally liked it.. I do a re-watch on average of every 4-5 years..
I think in some ways this movie details a great scenario of what if, we where attacked.. chaos in the streets (certainly maybe not as much as was shown) Use of Nuclear Veapons or non-use (yes, I did miss-spell weapons) Ability on a short time scale to even be able to react.. and a ability to get organized.. realistically though if the supposed aliens where smarter they would have killed every one by the end of July 2nd in movie terms..
Of all Roland's movies, I like this one best.. still despise Godzilla (some thing about that damn 2nd/4th act with eggs) and can stand to watch "The Day after Tomorrow". He described this movie as a "Popcorn Movie" and that it is.. this movie has a nice array of comedy, acting and style along with a plot that's semi-believable.. (be willing to stretch imagination and the law of odds) And it's one of those movies that has "SHOWY" special effects but it has a actual STORY; with so many ample cheap special effects movies these days.. story/plot some times becomes easily forgotten While theoretically speaking the odds of knowing nothing useful about a alien technology after 40 years of scientific study is borderline stupidity and the odds of attacking a unknown enemy with a computer virus are staggering.. if you look past some of the impossible or impractical and let it slide the movie's enjoyable in all manors including plot I should of course make a note that as always.. I am a total sucker for sci-fi all other stories honestly bore me.. I have too much imagination to be suckered by common Fiction and even some Fantasy, sci-fi's too me are the best movies only because it's possible reach a unknown