Absolute crap

Rating: 2/10 (23 November 2005)

This movie was garbage. There was no dialogue, no plot and no character development. The few exchanged lines were pointless and did nothing for the story. The fact that it has an average vote of 6.8 makes me sick. A true reflection of the value Americans (I am one) see in movies.
Tim Robbins' character was a confusing mess. His house was in the middle of a war field, yet when they go inside, there is no noise, no fire and no other people. And why on earth do the probes and aliens enter their house on two different occasions to try and find people? Surely they didn't do it with anyone else's house?
Last complaint. The reason why the aliens died was very, very cool. The concept was novel and if it was intertwined into the movie, it could have made a 10/10 sci fi action flick. Even Independence Day had more plot than this. If they had taken a few 30 minute sections out of the movie for plot and character development it would have made a big difference.
One good thing - the special effects were amazing. I'll give it that. The bodies being vaporized was probably the coolest thing I've seen. Other than that, total crap.