Not as bad as everyone suggests

Rating: 7/10 (21 April 2007)

Watched it last night in the comfort of my apartment with the lights off and the surround on and I can say it definitely was worth watching and quite enjoyable , sure there was the problem of a few plot holes here and there and the downside of a manufactured story which HAS to take you from place A to B but taken in the context of a stand alone film in its own right not comparable to the previous incarnations of this story it was ...OK . I am not sure why some people are critical of this movie as being unbelievable and untrue to real situations but guys this is a story about Aliens landing form Mars there is no precedent for this so how can you say " If you'd been planning for millions of years they should have known about biotics and germs", this a work of fiction!!!! Surely normal boundaries of reason are allowed to be broken in the medium of film. I thought Dakota Fanning stole the show on this one and Cruise while he didn't shine he was steady. I am not sure how you American critics who say it is not true to the book would have enjoyed it as much if it was set in Woking.