Excellent movie, great entertainment

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2005)

Forget about what the "professional" critics think and say (they're so predictable). Critics are paid to find flaws and typically dump on the entertaining "blockbuster" movies and only like the boring, cerebral, Oscar type movies. War of the Worlds (2005) is well made and while the acting may not be Oscar worthy, who cares? The movie earns your attention early and keeps it. The visual effects are top notch and you sense a real feeling of fear as you watch it. Spielberg does not follow the same clichés as most previous alien themed movies but rather he puts you in the shoes of an everyday Joe who is just trying to survive. The one flaw may be the casting of Tom Cruise as a single dad. It just doesn't look or feel right (kids too old?).