Absolute eye candy

Rating: 9/10 (30 June 2005)

War of the Worlds was a great movie! I saw this film last night at a 9:20 showing with a friend of mine. There was half and half reviews on the film, good and bad. Roger Ebert didn't really like the movie and a lot of people were calling it, "Spielberg-less," so I was a little nervous if I was going to waste my money before the film. When it comes down to it though, Spielberg never makes a bad film and all the films I've actually seen him do are all good even The Lost World, so I still wanted to see the movie bad. After seeing it, I liked it a lot. This movie was an amazing experience to see in a movie theater. The special effects were so realistic, the alien fighting scenes were really cool, the cinematography was great, and of course the direction was marvelous. Tom Cruise actually put a good performance up and it wasn't all the "Tom Cruise hero" like in some of his other films, but he put a pretty good performance. The acting was pretty good especially by Dakota Fanning but Justin Chatwin's role got on my nerves a little bit but that didn't hurt the movie that much. Overall, War of the Worlds was an absolute eye candy and just a great movie to experience in theaters. I'm happy what I saw and if your a Spielberg fan, this movie will no disappoint. Go with the fans on this one. I highly recommend it.
Hedeen's Outlook: 9/10 ***+ A-