Wait for it on video

Rating: 1/10 (2 July 2005)

This film was one of Steven Spielberg's worst since AI. It was very unrealistic throughout and I thought the acting was poor with the exception of the little girl. Now I can understand why Tom Cruise has been making a fool of himself for the past two months trying to draw viewer ship. I walked away from the theater very disappointed. What really bothered me was the fact that in the beginning people were just standing around watching these aliens ascend from the ground. In real life people would have been running like crazy. Also, I didn't like the way Cruise was the only person in the whole state of New York to get his car to work in a sea of broken down automobiles. Furthermore, if nothing electronic worked how was one person able to film with his hand-held video camera? The middle the film dragged on and it was torture. I just can't believe with all the money that went into making this film no one knew how bad it was turning out during production. The film's ending was very abrupt and how about Cruise's son suddenly reappearing ALIVE. Whatever! I want my money back. I believe we as viewers who pay lots of money to see these films should demand better products from these producers and directors instead of excepting the fluff and turning out because of big names. If not they will continue to scam the movie viewing audience.