A mediocre Film

Rating: 5/10 (16 February 2003)

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I saw this movie on a date, and quite frankly, thought that it was a waste of time. There were some high points, Joaquin Phoenix's performance was very good. (I thought it was weird to see him as an average young American male, after watching him as the psychotic emperor Commodus in Gladiator). There were some scary parts, like where Mel sees the hand grab at him under the door. That and the home invasion by the aliens though, were the only scary things that i saw. Also, and this is what the worst thing was, was that it was unrealistic. I mean, if we were invaded by extra terrestrials with superior technology and intelligence, you would think that we would have had a harder time fighting and defeating them. Also, why would intelligent alien beings sensitive to water invade a planet over two thirds water? So if you don't have anything better to do, it can be entertaining, but don't have high expectations.