A True Movie Experience

Rating: 8/10 (16 August 2013)

Let me just start out with one word: WOW! This movie was great. It was strong from start to finish. Tom Cruise was at his finest in this film. At least, that's my opinion. He did a good job as his character: A New Yorker who loves his job, not really, and also lives in a typical New York Urban/Suburban house setting. I don't really know which one, because he loves in a regular house, but is right next to a big city. Aside from that, this was a great film. It had humor (very rarely), darkness, action, and typical family clichés. Like an ignorant older brother, a happy and high-pitched screaming little girl, and so on. I'll start out at the beginning of the film. The story explains itself almost immediately. If you watched the first 30 minutes of the movie and the last 5-10 minutes of the movie, you'd be fine without seeing the rest, but you'd be missing out on a lot. It also has clichés about New Yorkers and their accent. No offense inner city New Yorkers! Anyway, the first 30 minutes has about as much action and realness as a normal low budget action. And that's just the first 25% of the movie! In comparison, it is a lot better than 4 Syfy original movies combined. Not only because of the realness, but because of the story and acting. The story wasn't very realistic, but it has to be kind of far-fetched for this genre of film. The acting was also 10x better than in a Syfy original movie. I wouldn't doubt it if this was actually happening, if that makes any sense to you. Anyway, I didn't think very young children could be as good at acting as Dakota Fanning was in this movie. Now I'll go to the middle. FULL of great and necessary action. The tripods in the film are amazingly created, designed, and put into the movie. The film went full force during the middle. It had action, as I said just now, and was masterfully executed. Tim Robbins also did a memorable job in this movie, but you'll have to find out yourself who he plays. Now the end. Best 30 minutes in the movie. It was scary, in a sense, dramatic, and realistic. It was a very important part in the film, and puts the whole first hour of the movie into context. This is not your typical disaster movie, either. There are explosions only when called for, and there are no zombies or hideouts or anything too normal. The group of 3, Ray, Rachel, and Robbie Ferrier, keep on moving, only stopping at places where they were under attack. I mean, what would you do, keep running or find somewhere hidden and safe. The cellar sequence was one of the best parts of the film. I'm not going to tell you about it, though. You'll have to see for yourself. Also, does anyone else like the narration job from Morgan Freeman? Those were actual lines from the original masterpiece by H.G Wells, who re-imagined Sci-Fi. This was better than the original 1953 version, only in my opinion. Why, because it was just less boring. I really liked this movie and because of that I got it on DVD. 8/10, 4/5, 80%. Thanks for reading. Please read some of my other reviews, too!