An Underrated Great Movie. (Minor Spoilers)

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2005)

I first saw War of the Worlds in theaters on June 29th, the day it came out. Ever since I'd seen the previews I knew that it couldn't be bad. When a few friends and I saw it I couldn't believe it, earlier that year on May 19th I saw Revenge of the Sith and thought no movie could compete, I was wrong.
War of the Worlds is a great movie and it starts off when a low life man, Ray Ferrier (Cruise) has his children for the weekend. His Ex-wife (Otto) drops them off and it's already a bad start.. late. Little does Ray know that this is the weekend where the world is invaded by intelligence greater than ours, in other words aliens. Ray takes his two kids Rachel (Fanning) and Robbie (Chatwin) away to try and find safety after a Tripod emerges from a local intersection. They go on a journey across New York to Boston. Ray and Rachel end up with a creepy old man, Harlan Ogilvy (Robbins).Who is planning to try and take on the aliens, after he takes them into hiding. The ending was a twist I didn't see coming and I would really call it a twist, but a great ending and a surprising one. Although most of the people I saw it with didn't get it, when they did they thought it was a little disappointing.
I think War of the Worlds will be seen at the Academy Awards this year. With all the leading Actors being great. Tom Cruise- One of the biggest stars in Hollywood, Dakota Fanning- A young actress who is unbelievably good and cute, and Justin Chatwin- A star in the making. With superb special effects and to top it all off, one of the greatest and widest known directors of all time: Steven Spielberg. I bought the DVD and now need the special edition, if you get the chance definitely watch it, and if you can't then do it anyways..
10/10 for War of the Worlds.