All downhill after the train wreck in beginning

Rating: 1/10 (11 June 2011)

Spent outrageous amount of money to take family this highly touted (by industry controlled) "critics". The movie had NO identity, and I sensed JJ could not decide if he wanted another "ET", Jaws, or some sort of Sandlot sci-fi mixture. The lines by the kids were largely "read" and overambitious to push the cute angle. The middle of the movie was largely boring, and the ending, well- JJ could not decide if you were to feel sorry for the monster or not, and took a shot at a last minute to attempt to do so, but by that time it was like trying to feel sorry for the shark in Jaws...
Plane wreck in beginning was high point, and the rest was a different kind of train wreck... wait for the DVD!