Worst film I have ever seen!!!

Rating: 1/10 (27 October 2005)

I have only six words to describe this film:-
REGURGITATED REHASH OF A CLASSIC FILM
The 2005 version of WAR OF THE WORLDS goes down like a lead balloon because Spielberg has gotten lazy and sloppy in his standards because nothing new has been added, the idea of aliens "beaming" down to their machines buried deep underground via bolts of lightning being too far-fetched and way out, Cruise looking far too young to be a father of two including a teenage brat (Kevin Costner, Bruce Willis or Jeff Daniels would have been a far better choice, i.e. someone who was born from 1945 to 1955/56 - someone of the right 'vintage') and Dakota Fanny (Fanning) being not very credible as an actress because all she does is she seems to scream all the time which is rather off-putting.
In TAKEN, Dakota looks as if she's half alien and half human. I pray to God that she returns to obscurity after her "15 minutes of fame", the sooner the better. We don't need to be inflicted with more of her.
The 1953 version is a classic, miles far better than the 2005 version, and let's leave it at that. We don't need any more rehashes, do we? I am dreading the release of Jackson's KING KONG. They have done two already. Do we really need another one?
You don't see people rehashing books like, say, "Romeo & Juliet", "Hamlet", "Othello", "Jane Eyre", "Rebecca", i.e. they are considered the classics of English literature so why rehash classic films if they are good enough to stand on their own feet?
The 2005 version of WAR OF THE WORLDS is just simply a waste of Spielberg's talent (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, BAND OF BROTHERS, AI: Artificial INTELLIGENCE, AMISTAD, SCHINDLER'S LIST, THE COLOUR PURPLE) and it does him a great disservice.