What is this movie about?

Rating: 4/10 (6 January 2006)

Extremely disappointing. What was Spielberg thinking of when he decided to make "another" aliens movie? "Close Encounters..." didn't have enough violence? "ET" had too much of a soap opera? Nowadays, if you plan to make a new action/drama picture based on aliens stuff, you need to make sure that you are not going to deceive your audience with a naive argument. Specially if your country is able to wipe off more than once every trace of life on earth without any need of goofy tripods.
If Spielberg would've put the movie in the thirties, maybe it would've had a chance to lose some of its goofiness. Because, whether he wanted to speak on peoples' chance to become heroes, he didn't succeed; whether he wanted to establish a milestone in digital effects, he didn't succeed. WOTW in this sense is completely forgettable.
Not everything is that bad anyway. Dakota Fanning's had a remarkable chance to demonstrate what the cool child actress she is.