Maybe it was just me but what is the point of this movie?

Rating: 6/10 (26 June 2011)

When i walked out of the cinema with my dad and brother i have to admit i was a little confused. They both thoroughly enjoyed the movie but i found it a little pointless.
To begin i would say the acting in the movie was very good for young child actors, and i really enjoyed that aspect of the movie. Furthermore the graphics were UNBELIEVABLE as we have come to expect from proper producers like Spielberg the graphics were incredible, and the derailing of the train early on in the movie is one of the best destruction scenes ever.
the relationships between the two families of the lead girl and lead boy were very shallow, didn't build that connection nearly enough left loving hug and make up at the end seem a little redundant.
What was the morale of the movie? i generally like movies that don't fall into the 'boy meats girl' or 'chosen one' category but in this case i simply couldn't work out what the movie was trying to say apart from maybe don't judge a book by its cover.
Definite throwback to Spielberg classics such as E.T where the alien always turns out to be just a little unloved and misunderstood. Also the constant repetition of the Spielberg/ Michael bay Esque technique of having quiet and then a huge explosion of noise got quite annoying by the end of the movie.
So i would say that it wasn't a bad movie but these problems infuriated me into not really thoroughly enjoying it, in any case i think that a rating of 8/10 is a little high for this movie. However i would advise seeing this movie.
BTW i know Spielberg only produced this movie and didn't direct it