Wow. Just Wow.

Rating: 10/10 (6 July 2005)

I'm sorry to all the people that hated this, but this may just be the best (Serious) movie I've seen since LOTR.
If I had a nickel for every time you said something stupid, this would be a spoiler
I loved it. It just seemed so..... realistic if you can believe it. Some day, something like this may happen. (Not necessarily aliens though) There HAS to be some kind of apocalypse some day. And I thought the people were just as scary as the aliens. The way they attacked the car just seemed so zombie-ish yet still realistic. It shows you how desperate we can really become. Also when Cruise murdered Robbins..... it was just so creepy the way they set it up with the lullaby.... The flaming train, chilling. Can't get the car attack out of my mind still...... It all seemed so real to me. The aliens seemed perfectly heartless. It was so hopeless and depressing. It shouldn't have been any other way. I just can't describe how I feel about this movie.... The dead bodies in the river....... perfect I loved when Cruise was looking for Rachel and he ended up looking out over miles of the red weed... Going back to the danger of our fellow humans, the scene where the couple was taking Rachel was perfect. The boy felt as I did about the aliens. I wanted to see them killed. Soooooo badly.......... I wouldn't have risked that though... I looked at the vine as a crop of theirs, or a way for them to replicate their homeworld. Whatever the case, It added to the domination effect. Does any1 know what it's real purpose was? When the aliens (Or TriPod Minis as I like to call them ) Came down, I could understand wanting to shoot them, but at the same time I knew that he shouldn't because of their machines. Ray living, I had no problem with. The way I look at it in these types of movies, there are always survivors. ALWAYS!! Except if the sun exploded...... The movie follows the survivors, not someone who dies early. If you noticed, he was not the only survivor. I accept Boston being barely harmed, because they can't attack everywhere at once. There were just getting to Boston as they began to die. I saw one problem with this film at first. That was the son living. Why? Why did Speilburg do that? It was impossible. But then, I thought about it. After the military was defeated, hummers drove away. What says he wasn't in 1? Also, he was not in view during the explosion, and neither was the full explosion. I figure, there needed to be something to make you feel good at the end. (Unlike, in my opinion, the deeply depressing AI) I thought the bacteria was FINE. It was a great plot twist. These seemingly indestructible aliens getting destroyed by a stupid mistake such as not checking the air first. The end was a bit quick, but there really was nothing left to say.
SO long, and thanks for all the spoilers!
10/10 for me. Worthy of best picture in my mind.