The aliens invade! Again!!??

Rating: 4/10 (11 July 2006)

I didn't want to watch this movie, because I knew it would let me down. And you know what? It did. I have to say, I haven't read the book, which is too bad, because I hear that it's brilliant. But I guess the film was just enough to take the edge off it... Why did I watch it then? All of my friends told me it is great. So I thought: it might be different. But you know what? I could have watched ID4 instead for a second time. I mean, from a point of view, they are all the same. Even without reading the book, I'm pretty sure the creators of the film just did enough to turn the story into a slimy, stereotypical, Hollywood junk. Just like Independence Day, War of the Worlds is full of plot holes (I got a feeling, this film was to be twice as long, and when they had to cut it down to two, they just cut out some bits without looking) and unexplainable goofs really. Okay, they left out most of the American patriotic propaganda stuff from this one (although, we get a few drops here and then). But they left in the alien carnage, the disgusting bad father vs. children subplot (brilliant - if I thought for weeks, I couldn't come up with something more stereotypical). To sum it up: If you are the person, who watches a movie for nice computer-animations, or if watching thousands of people wiped out turns you on, you'll love this one. But if you belong to none of these groups, just about anything will seem a more useful way to spend two hours of your life...