We rarely walk out of films

Rating: 3/10 (4 July 2005)

My wife and I saw WOTW 4th of July weekend. After Sith and Batman, I was prepared to be blown away with top drawer effects and solid acting, but was sadly disappointed on both counts. It was flat on all counts. ** Spoiler - Was there some reason other than a sweet tooth for humans that prompted the aliens (were they from Mars?) to plan an attack thousands of years ago? And why wait so long, a few tripods in the 1700s, or 1800s would have found a population far less able to resist at all. End of Spoiler. ** Anyway, back to the only plot in the theater - I thought my wife was enjoying the film and she thought I was. Either one of us by ourselves would have walked out - but we both stayed to the end out of deference to each other. What a surprise ending that was!