Great effects but rather shocking disappointment

Rating: 3/10 (22 July 2005)

I honestly thought that this would be a great film. I have been a big fan of big special effects films for a long time. So naturally I had been pretty hyped by what I had seen in the trailers.
While the actors in it gave great performances and the effects blew me away, these where the only good things about it at the end of the day.
The first thing that came to mind about what was wrong about this film was the fact that I was told mostly from Tom Cruises POV. I would have thought it may have worked better from a Third Person POV instead. I am aware it work for some films but not the kind of film this was meant to be.
But one problem that comes to mind that some of the special effects during that invasion scenes was that it looked well dated.
One good thing I could think of it from what I had seen from DVD or album covers is that they managed to do a good job of bringing the book to life. Which was helpful to know considering not everyone knew it was a book.
At the end of the day I would suggest that see it for the effects or besides that don't bother.
3/10