Not one of my favorites

Rating: 4/10 (1 August 2005)

I was disappointed in this movie. I suppose I expected a little more out of Stephen Spielberg. Dakota Fanning did a wonderful job, but the story seemed a little choppy and slow moving in a couple of places. I expected it to be more suspense filled but felt it was too predictable. I also was left with a few questions that I do not feel were answered adequately. I had gone to the theater anticipating a typical Spielberg movie. However, when I left the theater I felt let down and felt that I had wasted my time. The "Alien" movies were more exciting. At least they showed human beings trying to do something about the aliens. I have always been amazed at the creativity of humans combating and challenging alien beings in movies. Here, I felt that humans were reduced to cattle and did not show much imagination in dealing with such a horrific threat. Even if something did not work against the aliens, no one in this movie even tried to do anything to prevent the take over of our world. What a bunch of wimps!