Waste of a potentially brilliant movie

Rating: 1/10 (29 July 2005)

I wanted the aliens to win, or at least to destroy some of the most irritating, pathetic characters, and put them and me out of my misery. Parts of this movie are brilliant, but I found it hard to enjoy any of it. How many times is this theme to be used in a movie - I'm not talking about the alien invasion. I'm talking about the dysfunctional family. Father doesn't have good relationship with his children, disaster happens, then he proves what a wonderful father he is and abracadara happy families. The main annoyance was the teenage son. I cannot believe anyone would behave like that, not even a teenager. Everyone is being vapourised with ease - people stand no chance - and he wants to run towards them (unarmed no less ha ha ha) to fight them. How totally ridiculous. Worth seeing if you love sci fi and are immune to shallow characters and usual underlying storyline.