Brilliant but highly annoying in parts!

Rating: 9/10 (28 November 2005)

Well... it's kind of hard to know what to say with a summary like that! This was a really great movie! Shocking and at some points totally terrifying in it's own way and yet I felt it was spoilt by the totally unnecessary role that Dakota Fanning had to play... there is nothing more irritating than the screaming child who remains totally helpless to the end and in the script must be quoted every few lines as saying *screams hysterically*! On the other hand the rest of the cast remained strong to the end with Tom Cruise proving the perfect lead. Ray Ferrier is a real father, although at the start he appears to take very little interest in his children's welfare and approaches parenthood with a half hearted attempt at making things work, by the end he proves himself to be a devoted and loving father. Human kind will be tested physically, mentally and spiritually. The question we all must ask ourselves is how far would we go to survive and see to it that the safety of our own is secured? The film goes so far as to see humanity teeter on the edge of destruction. Yet whilst there are still people to carry on the fight hope is never truly lost, which brings us to a sudden and unexpected conclusion. This would be a 10/10 for me if it were not for all the high pitched screams coming from Rachel Ferrier (that to be quite frank would be enough to drive even the aliens crazy if they could hear her from all the way up there in their weird tripods!) All in all however this is an amazing movie and definitely worth a viewing!