Definitely could have been a lot better

Rating: 6/10 (13 June 2011)

For a film by two good storytellers (Spielberg and Abrams)this movie lacked a compelling story. The actors were very good I have to say they did the best they could with the material they had. It was slow and really didn't get going until well after the train derailed (not a spoiler since it's in every trailer). The human story was okay but the monster story sucked. On another note I wish that writers could find a way to write stories that didn't have unnecessary foul language in it. The way these young kids talked was ridiculous and really turned me off. This is a scary movie and really isn't appropriate for kids under ten and that's part of what's wrong with it. It should have been more ET and Close Encounters and less Lost. 6/10