Is there ANY logic to this film?

Rating: 3/10 (9 July 2005)

OK, it's Spielberg and the effects are fantastic. Add the wonderful screams of Dakota Fanning and you can see why I gave it a 3 out of ten. But suspension of disbelief only goes so far even in sci-fi. Surely the auto mechanic saw hundreds of people running in absolute terror, yet he engages in chit-chat about the broken solenoid while TC is stealing the car he worked on? It gets worse from there: - All the cars' electrical systems were fried by the invaders, but, conveniently, TC is able to drive through all the disabled cars on the highway (Did the writer ever get near city traffic? There would be absolute gridlock!) - Why did the kids think mom & step-dad were home when they were dropped off at TC so the mom & step-dad could visit Grandma in Boston? - TC and kids arrive at mom's home and TC looks in the box they took from home for something to eat - DUH, you've got refrigerator and a whole kitchen of FOOD in the house you just arrived at! - Again, TC is able to drive his stolen minivan through the debris of a jetliner crash site without so much as a flat tire or the need to make a 3-point turn! - These "superior" beings haven't the simplest technology we have, such as infra-red imaging to locate humans, and they are using MASSIVE machines to kill humans ONE-BY-ONE! HUMANS COULD (AND HAVE) KILL HUMANS MORE EFFICIENTLY. I could go on and on: Why was the Boston neighborhood in pristine condition while the aliens were destroying (and hunting for humans) in rural farmland? Sorry, I just had to vent. This movie was terrible.