This movie stopped spinning and fell dead

Rating: 6/10 (17 July 2006)

War of the Worlds was OK. I got excited when I first heard Morgan Freeman's narration. That guy has an unbelievable narrating voice. The movie, however, quickly crushed my hopes. Dakota Fanning's character was annoying. You literally wanted to reach into the backseat and throw her out of the car. Some points of this movie were suspenseful, such as when Tom Cruise and Tim Robbins were together in the shelter. The worst part of this movie was when the airplane crashed into Tom Cruise's house. Basements are not bomb shelters! There is also no way that the kid (Rob) would have survived, and then make it safely back home. This almost ruined the ending. I liked the ending, because it didn't involve Tom Cruise saving the day (which many other films would have mindlessly done). The very thing that they couldn't see killed them. To recap, this film was OK. I would still recommend it, even though it was not one of my favorites.
Recommended 6 / 10