Poor script - I was bored

Rating: 1/10 (21 August 2002)

I was completely bored throughout the movie. I found it agonizingly slow and not really much happened for a film that was hyped up so much.
WARNING - SPOILERS
I had a real hard time believing in the aliens. There were so many contradictions I found it annoying to watch.
If the aliens had the technology to fly to earth in spaceships, then surely they could easily overpower the humans or have much more technologically advanced weapons than the silly gas idea. I mean, having to get that close to humans to overpower them is a sure way to lose any fight. And if they were only there to gather a few specimens, why arrive in such a conspicuous way?
Many of us had problems with the water hurting them. Since this planet is water based, surely they would have a problem with the air which can be up to 90 percent water!
They seemed quite weak and vulnerable, with no resistance to a simple wooden door, knives, baseball bats etc. Gee, what about the guns normal American people keep in their homes?
The script was the big problem. And the basic plot was just that...basic! It's a *yawn* tried over and again idea. Man loses faith, man regains faith...boooorrriiinnnggg. Why not be a bit more adventurous and do it the other way around??? Man becomes religious, then realizes he's made a big mistake and goes back to being a non-believer. We need some balls in the US film industry.