war of the worlds

Rating: 7/10 (19 October 2005)

i found this movie to be extremely predictable, which is expected because i had already seen the original. however i do think Steven Spielberg did a good job with what he had to work with. tom cruise was terrible playing the typical hero dad, and Dakota fanning didn't do much more than scream throughout the film. the lightning storm and some of the destructive action was good but the best performance overall was by Tim Robbins. his character was hilarious. the young man that played tom cruises' son was very good and it was nice to see someone finally stick it to cruise. the movie flowed at a good pace but really did not have any real eye catching action or plot twists. it was like from the beginning i was waiting to see how cruise was gonna save the day, expecting the film to differ from the original, but what a disappointment when the bad earth air killed the big bad aliens.