Very intense the whole time.

Rating: 9/10 (29 June 2005)

This movie was very intense and sometimes downright scary. The realism and possibility of this actually happening alone is enough to make it viewable.
Cruise and the rest of the crew are as good as you can get when it comes to casting. And what a better actor to get than Tom Cruise, a person who follows a "religion" that believes we were attacked by aliens millions of years ago. The storyline again is realistic and very possible if there are actual aliens.
I was on the edge of my seat the whole time and downright close to anxiety attacks because of the way Spielberg brings you up and down, up and down. Genius, pure genius.
Believe it or not, it was quite humorous and got a lot of laughter from the audience and myself. Some parts were just breathtaking visually. Of course it had top notch graphics, and the sound effects were bar none the best I've heard in a theater.
It was so loud and "in your face" at times, the speakers in the theater were actually popping and crackling. The system was just on the edge of handling these sound effects.
Enough rambling, go see this and as always, don't get too hyped up. I've found that believing the hype always gives you a let down. So just keep an open mind and go into it like a 5 year old. Spielberg is a genius, know this !!