The movie was alright.. but not the greatest and here is why.....

Rating: 7/10 (2 July 2005)

The movie was okay but not the greatest. Like everyone else, I loved the original. I went to see this version with the notion that it will be like the original except with a lot more special effects. However, I was a little disappointed. Number one, why did Steven Spielberg dress up Dakota like Drew Barrymore in by beloved movie of all time E.T., with that 79 style shirt with rainbow strips and fluffy jacket. Number two, if bacteria has been around for millions and millions of years, how did the aliens get to bury the machines on earth without dying. Number three, once the lighting hit the floor, everything went dead, the TV, phone, car, light. So how did the old guy in the intersection with the video camera (when the first machine rose near the church) have power to shoot the machine. The video camera should not be working. Number four, okay so you suck with the original a little bit, but the part where Ray had to kill Ogilvy was uncalled for. I mean yea, he had to be silenced so that he would not make noise, but come on, to kill him!!! I did not like that idea that the aliens buried the machines in the ground. It would have been a lot better if they came from outer space. Number five, I doubt very much that aliens foresaw the future in that humans would one day populate the earth. There is a line in which Ogilvy said "It's an extermination." Why would the aliens bury the machines to one day enter them to kill humans if they never even knew of their existence. Number six, did it not occur to anyone writing the script that Ray drove from NJ to somewhere upstate NY without stopping to get gas for the car even once. HA! When the hatch opened up in the end and the blood came out, why did it look orange. Come on in this day and age, you can make blood look so real... Just look at Dawn of the Dead =) Even thought I knew how the movie ended, it was kind of stupid to have Ray and his kids drive all over the east coast when the real lesson was to "Stay in your basement and wait it out until the bacteria killed the aliens." Do you know how many people would have lived. So, all in all, I was a bit disappointed with Steven's version. I expected more than this. I loved the original. Another reason why the original and classics should never be messed with or touched!!