Incredibly disappointing from Spielberg

Rating: 2/10 (3 July 2005)

I'm just going to start this with a few questions: What was the point of burying the tripods a million years (or however long it was) before invading earth? Wouldn't it have been easier to just invade from the sky? Why did the camera that filmed the emergence of the first tripod work when nothing else did (even watches stopped!)? Why did the aliens take blood from people and use it as a fertiliser's? What were the red plants that started growing, and what was their purpose? Why on earth was a man lowered down from the tripod, knifed to death, and the blood sucked out of him an BACK into the tripod?!! How could our main characters (and all the other people) be stupid enough to go to a crowded place, where the tripods were most likely to attack?! There are just way too many lose ends and illogical occurrences in this film. You also get pretty tired of Dakota's screaming after a while. Tom Cruise is just Tom Cruise, but there's not really much he could do to improve the film. This was very disappointing to be Spielberg...probably the worst one he has ever made. That is why it only deserves 2 out of 10. If you are thinking of seeing it, don't bother.