Even More Reason Why Water Ruined the Movie

Rating: 3/10 (6 August 2009)

Im sure everyone has read the terrible writers plothole, and yes thats exactly what it is, about how a small glass of water can melt the aliens like the wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz. But this doesn't make sense considering the creature has to have some intelligence. I mean they conquered space travel, so they cant be completely dumb. And any intelligent creature will first test the environment of a new planet by taking air samples, observing the weather etc and then act accordingly. But not these aliens. They just hop in and hope for the best. Ugh... If they had done some tests, they would find that even our AIR has water, and so breathing would be impossible. They would see it rains a deadly liquid and would equip themselves properly. But what we got were stark naked alien dummies with no protective clothing. So if it rains out, they're all doomed. A kid with a toy water pistol is a deadly weapon. Not to mention a couple firetrucks or a garden hose. Completely unbelievable. And now for the biggest plothole involving water. The aliens were running through cornfields at night. AT NIGHT! I don't care if you live in the dry Sahara desert, you run through a cornfield at night and you'll be soaked from head to foot in dew. Mistakes like this are unacceptable. And for the last stupid alien idea, like this movie needs another, is their weapon. Its the weakest thing I've ever seen. Its suppose to be a poison gas but they gave a sick child a direct hit and it did nothing. It trickles out of their wrist so slowly that in a slight breeze it would blow back in their face lol. Ridiculous. This movie does have some good parts though. The alien scenes were creepy, ill give them that, and Gramns struggle with religion was nicely done. But jees, put a little thought into what would happen in a real invasion. The aliens would not be that stupid.