A good film

Rating: 6/10 (1 July 2005)

The film was fine and for the most part was a logical picture. The only part that was illogical was the fact that the alien machines were reanimated from their storage underground.
Why would that be? Perhaps it was trying to handle the idea that you can't travel faster than the speed of light to get somewhere and so a space invasion would have to be planned over a vast amount of time. Then one asks the question: how did the pilots of said vehicles get here? The movie shows how they got here but not exactly how. The buried vehicles made no sense.
It would have to be assumed that the aliens came in ships to our planet and then transferred to the hidden craft. That would mean that there were more of them waiting in space.
If that were the case, then the element that defeats them could be solved via the creation of a space suit! Their invasion would then be unstoppable.
It would have made more sense to have the creatures arrive on Earth in crafts that they use to invade the Earth. That would mean that they were using everything that they had on their campaign and had no backup. The underground thing was a strange concept.
Anyway, the movie was not about that. It was about life being an "emergency" and realizing what is really important. I felt sad seeing people die and happy that the irresponsible dad main character was waking up to what was important. That's what I enjoyed about the film.