Oh God! This film destroyed my faith in cinema.

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2004)

Okay, I waited a few years to see this film. I'd heard that the director was excellent. But boy, was I in for a surprise. This is one of the biggest pieces of cinema garbage I've ever seen.
Mel Gibson just can't seem to prevent himself from preaching these days. He gets his chance here, but that's about all that happens. Bad things happen, and he loses is faith. Then some coincidences happen and he regains it. Jeez, buy a lottery ticket, Mel.
As for the 7.1/10 rating this film is currently sporting on this site, I'd like to know how since almost all of the reviews I read are scathingly bad. No way is this piece of sappy non-sci-fi worth anywhere near that sort of rating.
I must be missing the point. However reading the scant handful of reviews that had positive things to say didn't help much. All I got was comments about the wonderful cinematography, which I honestly didn't notice. God, this film is so boringly shot that you could do it on a domestic video camera with 10 minutes training. But nobody has bothered to explain what was going on. Was there a good reason to use water as the aliens' weak spot, since it's been acknowledged by almost everyone that water is one of the most abundant chemical compounds on the planet, not to mention plenty of other planets in the solar system? Someone please explain.
God, why am I wasting time even asking? This thing is a turkey, plain and simple. Religious stupidity from Mel the Saviour, cutesy child actors, and aliens that melt. It's downright painful.
And that 7.1 must be from rigged voting. There's no other answer.