super disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (21 August 2011)

so much was written when it went out by so many that I was super disappointed. It is a pot pourri of clichés, trying to duplicate and mix so much from so many previous movies that it makes a super flop. The characters are basic, there are so many anachronisms in the reconstitution that even the 50s atmosphere does not recreate any nostalgia. The credibility of the events is minimal, if not 0 (train derails and everything explodes but the kids are alright). The end tries to be a repeat of close encounter's departure, except we have seen that so many times now. If the alien can attract metals and build a ship by mere attraction (besides the credibility of doing this by "bare hands") why did not he do it before ??? etc... you enter expecting a great movie, as long as it progresses you yawn more and more, till the final deception. Very bad !