One of the best movies in years.

Rating: 10/10 (28 June 2005)

Man, talk about one hell of a year. 2005 will go down in history in my book. Movies have been blowing me out of my seat. First being a long time fan of Sin City, they made an extraordinary movie off of it. Then Star Wars finally had a movie to be really proud of since Empire Stirkes Back. Then Batman Begins became one of my fav films, just due to its deepness. And now War of the Worlds based off of one of my favorite books just blew me away.
First people complaining about the ending, shut up. This stays faithful to the book and is more realistic, and finally something fresh and different instead of one man going in there and killing all the Aliens with his two hands. I think this was more interesting.
The movie focuses just on one family, and the struggles, it really makes you think, what would I do if aliens invaded the world tomorrow? What would happen? Where would I go? What would I do? This movie makes you think a lot, it is really deep and meaningful. It to me seems like Saving Private Ryan mixed with Jurassic Park, a true dramatic sci-fi. I'm tired of all the Tom Cruise stuff. Who cares if he's a nut in real life, his acting was wonderful in this movie and it sucked you in.
And the SFX was incredible with the short amount of time they had to finish them. And as for John Williams do I need say more? His score was superb.
This movie is a must see Final Score: 94% Highs: A dramatic deep remake of the original alien invasion story.
Lows: The ending to some was a letdown, the only thing I found wrong with the ending was a little bit of the pacing, other then that it was good and different.
Bottom Line: One of the best Sci-Fi's ever made.