The good parts were really good

Rating: 8/10 (3 August 2005)

I really enjoyed the movie. I've always liked Science Fiction (Star Trek, Star Wars, etc.) and this was actually the first War of the Worlds movie I've seen. I really liked the beginning when the aliens first arrived and the other scenes where they would attack (trying to be general here), but there were a lot of scenes that seemed to take forever, with people just hiding and waiting (and talking). I won't spoil the ending, but I'll just say it didn't seem very exciting. The effects were incredible, of course; the acting was fine, and the characters were pretty well written. Overall, the exciting parts were very well done and fun to watch, and I would see it again. I might just wait for the DVD to come out though.