good/entertaining movie

Rating: 9/10 (30 June 2005)

i don't know where all the hostility came from for this movie. i think it was an 8 but gave it a 9 because of all the 1's it is getting from people who did not see it. although the effects and aliens were very hi tech, they were surprisingly realistic. the suspense was very well done as i was on the edge of my seat many times during this movie. i read a lot of reviews saying that dakota fanning was annoying... this is because she played an annoying 10 year old... and i think she did it very well. tom cruise was amazing. the ending got a lot of criticism and i would agree with that criticism, but that certainly did not take away from the two hours of great effects and suspense before that. the movie really reminded me of independence day... which i do not understand the low rating for... and i thoroughly enjoyed it. and by the way... i saw batman returns just days before this which i gave a 10 out of 10 so i was not going into war of the worlds with low movie expectations.