Good Film, Awful Ending.

Rating: Null/10 (6 August 2002)

Some of the poor reviews this film has received are unwarranted. This is a charming film about a man's faith. It's clever, suspenseful, and visually pleasing. But the ending was just plain stupid.
Spoilers
There's a throw-away line that the aliens don't use their technology because we'll retaliate with nuclear weapons - that's probably true, but we're going to use them anyway: what idiot is going to say "Well, we have more powerful weapons to use, but since they're attacking hand to hand, we're going not going to use them." Even if the aliens don't want to risk their technology falling into our hands, they have an awful lot of humans to kill, even carrying something as simple as flintlock rifles would save them an awful lot of time. Of course, none of the humans in the movie seem to have thought of weapons, either. Even if the good reverend doesn't believe in firearms (which would make his the one farm in the country without one) they could've grabbed kitchen knives, or carried that baseball bat around. I know that if I thought aliens were breaking into my house, I'd at least grab *something* to try to protect myself with. As for the aliens - they can manage interstellar travel, but don't think ahead to wear wet suits when invading a planet where water literally falls from the sky??? Hey aliens! Next time you invade a planet, put on a waterproof outfit, and carry a weapon! I guess the water vapor in the air wasn't enough to hurt them....