overall a good movie

Rating: 8/10 (13 December 2006)

OVERALL A GOOD MOVIE "War of the worlds" was an overall good movie. The theme was good, the acting was solid, and the script was well written. The apparent theme of the movie 'Don't take life for granted' is very true. Tom cruise gives a solid performance as Ray Ferrier. It adds on very well to the sci-fi film genre. The characters were well thought of and Steven Spielberg did a great job painting an awesome picture of an alien invasion. The special effects were astounding. The editing was well put together and also the character development moved along nicely. Certain things in the movie showed the symbolism very clearly for example the plant in the beginning might have represented life because it was healthy and green. And the tree at the end and the red weed could represent death. In my personal opinion Steven Spielberg is a great director and one of my favorites and in my opinion he can do no wrong. This movie is no exception to that. But also there were a few things in the movie that I did not like. The main thing was that I did not think that it stayed that true to the H.G Wells' classic but I did think it was pretty loyal to the radio broadcast. In my opinion H.G Wells' war of the worlds set the stage for all alien invasion books and movies. But I also found that Dakota Fanning was nothing short of extremely annoying through the whole thing. But other than those few things it was a good movie 3.5 out of 5 stars