Death and destruction with present day parenting ability

Rating: 8/10 (30 June 2005)

For the films first 20 - 30 minutes the film really had my mind racing, but, for the rest of the movie we were stuck in a story line of Ray Ferrier's abilities as a father with a few injected alien attacks. Don't get me wrong I enjoy an emotional aspect to a movie such as this; all disaster movies need some drama so we'll embrace or hate the characters (for reference check out the 70's library of disaster movies). However, this movie had so much eye candy to offer I felt like it could have given the audience more fight so the movie would have more balance. I do feel it is a good movie and Spielberg did have his work cut out for him with the original already being a sci-fi masterpiece. He said it isn't a remake, which explains the character development being more explored than the original. The special effects are magnificent, the way the aliens exterminate us humans is a original concept. The tripods are crafted extremely well and the sounds they emanated made my deafness worthwhile. The aliens however seem a bit goofy looking. In the end, I do recommend the movie; it is worth the ticket price.