A Weird mixture of Titanic, Aliens, ET, Psycho & a bunch of other classics!

Rating: 6/10 (28 February 2006)

I like Steven Spielberg, I really do, but I feel he could have done better with the script especially seeing as it was a remake. He paid too much attention to the CGI stuff and whatever and seemed to have neglected this script. For instance, I'm sure I am not the only who missed the fact that the tripods et.AL. were defeated by bacteria. I thought that it was because Tom Cruise's (who plays the lead role, and a father of two in the film) character Ray took out the ring leader when he set off the grenade and therefore leading the rest of the aliens without command or what to do next. That's what I honestly thought until I watched the extra features on the DVD and found out that they were defeated by bacteria. Bacteria from what? The Blood slurpies? The film gets major +s for the scare factor, the action packed thrills and non-stop drama but as far as the script, it was weak.