Men In Black meets Independence Day meets Signs

Rating: 4/10 (28 June 2005)

This movie was a flop if I've ever seen one.
Take the drama from Signs, the "we can't kill the aliens w/ anything we do" attitude from Independence Day, and mix a little imagination from Men In Black and what do you have? WAR OF THE WORLDS!!!
Many people will rush out to see this because of the hype, but it is very predictable and has very little substance to it. Considering if you wanted to know the plot/ending before you watched that you could just google it for the novel, I expected more of a twist, or something different than the "aliens attack us and we can't stop them so we just wait it out till we have a chance to really do something and then suddenly we stumble on a remedy that kills them all" script that has been beaten to a pulp lately. (again, see Signs, Ind. Day)
Oh, and by the way, how can something so smart as aliens, plant machines in the planet, drop down in lightning and pilot these things, develop anti-missile technology that makes our guns/missiles worthless, create ridiculous lasers that blow us to pieces and yet not think about perhaps "kidnapping" some humans before attacking to realize that perhaps our disease, blood, DNA or whatever could potentially be deadly. Ya, glad to see that over the past GA-zillion years of planning to attack, that E.T. didn't think that one through!