Scariest movie ever with brilliant actors

Rating: 10/10 (23 September 2002)

I've read many comments about this movie and many seem to have missed what this movie was about. Most who gave the film a bad rating complain about aliens who act not logically, about bad acting, about a bad plot and so on... First who on earth wants to say that he fully understands an absolutly unknown alien race? There are no hints in the movie why or from where they came, we just know that they are hostile. I cannot understand those guys who think that all aliens have to look like humans and think like humans with a specific trait (like in Star Trek). I see no reason why a brutal but technologically advanced alien species shouldn't be doing any mistakes (even grave ones!) Humans are the best example that sometimes they are intelligent and sometimes stupid beyond imagination.
To the actors: All acting was brilliant, and if you ever witnessed people under enormous stress or in panic, than nothing the protagonists did seems ridiculous or unbelievable. The dining scene where Mel Gibsons freaks out is absolutly terrifing because you can see the terror of the occuring dangers in the way the protagonists behave.
The plot: All the plot is about the feeling of lonelyness. A familiy lives far away from other persons and far away from big cities in the middle of nowhere, the main protagonist has become distanced from god and when the aliens arrive this terrible feeling of being alone is rising to a unbearable level when the tv-stations stop airing and the hushing feet of stranges can be heard outside the doors. Of course the director is spicing everything up with a certain moment of realization in the end. The film is terrifying and scary, and when being confronted with these poor beings when all hope is falling to pieces and the end of the world seems to be imminent all your own problems suddenly seem to be insignificant. The film is able to convey the terror of the protagonists directly to the viewer, and therefore it's a masterpiece of modern horror-movies. Just don't watch this movie if you never let yourself emotionally influenced by a movie and if you are unable (or unwilling) to understand and sympathize with people in deep trouble. 10 out of 10.