Best invasion film ever (so far)

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2005)

So, if you read the novel, one must admit, that it really is a very good interpretation (or adaptation) of the book. The novel, set in the late 19hundrets, has a simple message: mankind is arrogant. We used to see ourselves as the "center of the universe", the "crown of creation" and like to think, that our machines and technology can deal with any problem - even with technological superior invaders from space. Well, if an invader is superior, the invaded culture has no chance of survival. Look to the history-books and see, what was done e.g. to the indio-cultures and to the American-natives. So, if an alien invasion would occur, they would blow our tanks and jets to peaces in a minute. The film is very honest to this part of the story.
The only thing that saves mankind in the end is not technology, but the fact, that we have adapted to the environment of the planet earth - we simply have "earned the right to exists by evolution" - and the invaders haven't. So, they all die simply on a flu. No big heroic battle like INDEPENDENCE DAY ;o) we would have lost, if it wasn't for the microbes, that save mankind.
I must say, I liked Spielbergs other "Alien" movies - CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND and E.T. - more, because they were the few examples, that say "Well, they could be our friends". But, if invaders would some day arrive in orbit, the won't be.
So, if you like big action-disaster-alien-invader-films, this is the one to watch.