Interesting to say the Least

Rating: 8/10 (2 July 2005)

This movie is definitely one that makes some people cheer with delight and makes others laugh in disgust. I certainly understand both sides of the opinion scale, but that is exactly what they are: opinions. And you cant always take other people's opinions seriously. I honestly think that you should see the movie for yourself.
In my OWN opinion, I thought it was great. The plot was a little sketchy, with not much development. For example, you knew absolutely nothing about Ray's(Tom Cruise) past with his estranged wife and kids, why they hate him so much, stuff like that. I would have liked to have been clued in a bit more. But making up for the lack of plot development was character growth. As stated before, Ray's kids (especially his teenage son) really don't like him much, and know that hasn't always been there for them. But by the time you get to the end of the story, his estranged family appreciates him so much more, and there's a "warm & cuddly moment" involving Ray & his teenage son. I do think the plot was fairly good considering most of the movie was meant to be wrapped around the action and special effects.
So on to the best part: the special effects. What can I say? Amazing. There is obviously no blue/green screen used. And they could not have picked a more terrifying sound for those alien tripod things. It was all pretty real, in my opinion. The grossness factor was way up there! Some of the things that those tripods did with the humans was borderline traumatic for me!! There isn't much to say if you're a big special effects fan like myself because its something you just have to see.
All in all, I recommend this movie all the way. I'm not too critical of movies like some people on here are, and I tend to take them for what they're worth. And if you're a fan of box office, huge special effects, mass hysteria movies like myself than this one is for you. This movie scared me pretty bad which is weird because I love horror movies(which don't scare me). Maybe its because we all know Michael Myers and Jason aren't real (and they don't keep coming back from the dead) but who really knows if aliens exist or not??