H.G. Wells must be spinning in his grave

Rating: 1/10 (1 July 2005)

The Newark Star-Ledger calls this movie "9/11 with Aliens," and there are a few scenes in this movie which seem to play on the memory of 9/11 in bad taste, so as to heighten the sense of horror one may feel when seeing it. The movie has an entirely too predictable plot with gaping holes (especially with regards to the geography of the movie, which is ambiguous, and at times confusing) and a lame deus ex machina, and although the main characters are put through an ordeal that one might equate with a 9/11-type disaster, there is little evidence that any of the characters have changed. In addition, the creative minds behind the movie seem to have created scenes for the sole purposes of giving Tim Robbins's character a purpose and showing off the efforts of those responsible for the CGI. For me, there was exactly one entertaining scene, in which Dakota Fanning's character flips through some news channels to watch SpongeBob SquarePants. Indeed, the 30 seconds of SpongeBob SquarePants was more enjoyable than the 2 hours of agony that this movie put me through.