Never thought Spielberg & Co would be that lazy !

Rating: 1/10 (17 February 2006)

I was bored out of my mind spending a bitterly cold and rainy night in a hotel room when I decided to watch a movie on pay-per-view. Since WOTW was the only decent thing showing, I thought it would be worthy of my  13,50. It wasn't!
I like a bit of ketchup or mayonnaise on my fries, I prefer some lettuce on my burgers, I think a cold winter needs a bit of snow. Likewise, I like a bit of plot to go with the special effects. There was (virtually) none. Had I not been in such a foul mood to begin with, I would have gladly ridiculed the movie in silence as I watched it. As it was, this movie had the unique quality of making me want to grab the TV-set and hurl it out of the window.
The characters where utterly unlikeable and showed no character progression throughout the movie. This was bad to such a degree that for the first time in my movie-watching career: a. I really wished the bad guys would kill off the hero....quickly b. I really wished I could physically reach out into the movie and strangle that girl, just to make her shut up.
The plot was entirely non-existent and non-consistent. Some examples: - the aliens appear, all electronic equipment stops working, but there is one guy filming the lot and a film screw has shot footage of events - all cars stop working. Cruise manages to find one of the few cars that work. Not only that, but he manages to hold on to it until at long long last he gets stuck in a mob and loses the car. Oh well... - despite the above, the ferry still operates. Although a couple of thousand people are pushing and shoving to get on (they are supposed to be desperately saving their lives), Cruise and co are the only ones that are still allowed on. Exactly why they are so special... I still have no idea. - during Cruise's stay in the basement of a house, an airplane crashes right in front of it, yet their car - parked outside - escapes without a scratch
I could go on and on, as the list is endless. To be honest, I'm almost convinced that the p*rn movies on the hotel pay-per-view would've had more plot and content than WOTW (and, no, I didn't check). The one thing I can't tell you is how the movie ends because, although I watched it all the way through, I really can't remember anymore. Not that that bothers me. To be honest, I wish I could erase the whole thing from my mind. I also wish I could get a refund!
The only thing that became clear to me is why Cruise spent such an elaborate amount of time traveling the world with Ms Holmes, kissing and fondling in front of every camera. Even he must have realized his latest romance (yawn) had more plot and depth (I'm really stretching my imagination here) than his latest movie.
In short, I found WOTW a complete waste of time, a complete waste of money and an insult to any semi-intelligent spectator that paid to see this abomination.
Want to check the movie out for yourself? Don't rent it, don't buy it, don't go see it in your local movie house. Try to get a free copy from somewhere. You will not regret not having spent any money on it.