Flawed..but nevertheless what else could a bored graduate student do on a Friday night!!

Rating: 6/10 (29 July 2005)

Decided to watch the movie because I had no other better option. Almost all the other movies this summer have been awful with the exception of "Batman Begins". I am not sure if we have come to expect too much out of Spielberg or if the man is losing his knack to pick the right stories. "War of the Worlds" is a classic H.G.Wells novel and will remain one of my all time sci-fi favorites. I understand that bringing such a pathbreaking novel to the screen is a difficult proposition but somehow I really didn't get absorbed into the movie. There were times I was looking at the time...turning around to look at other people....lacked a gritty narration. The characters do reasonably well...though Dakota Fanning seems to be getting on my nerves with every movie. I can't stand the over intelligent and ultra smart kid that she has to portray in every work. Just act normally...and her high pitch shrieks and screams do enough for me to loose interest in her character...after that De niro movie..
Tom Cruise comes of well and does some justice to the character..Tim Robbins gives another fine performance..the man seems to be getting better. Spielberg could have also done with a lil more explanation of the ending....anyways if you are Tom Cruise fan or u have nothing else to do...go watch this movie...still can't figure out why there is so much hype about this movie and why the hell it is doing great business..if you haven't seen "Batman Begins"..watch that first.