Sad when you are rooting for the Aliens to kill the kids

Rating: 4/10 (9 August 2011)

Most of the previous reviews have covered any thing I would have said. But not many have mentioned this....Ray's (Tom Cruise) kids were so obnoxious, I found myself rooting for the Aliens.
The teenage son was so rude and devoid of common sense....I was surprised his character made it to the end of the movie. I don't care how curious one is....if your planet is under attack by Aliens, the last place you want to head is TOWARDS the murderous bastards. Yet through out the movie, that's exactly what the kid wants to do.
And Dakota Fannning's character....man....she was so whiny and screaming all the time. Ray killed Tim Robbin's character because he was afraid all of his ranting and raving would lead the aliens to them. Using the same reasoning....due to all of his daughter screaming and screeching....she should of been next on his "to kill" list. There were several times I was hoping the Aliens would kill her and I almost got my wish.
If Jamie Lee Curtis was the Teen Scream Queen of the late 70s.....then Dakota is the Pre-Teen Scream Princess of the 2000's .