A very disappointing depiction of an overkilled and aged cliché

Rating: 2/10 (1 August 2005)

I walked into the cinema theatre not really knowing what to expect; the trailer certainly doesn't give much away. I'm a big lover of computer graphics, so in theory I should have been enthralled by the movie's awesome visuals, but even they couldn't save it. As soon as I saw the huge alien robot armed with laser beams rise from the ground, I actually found myself begging for the movie to not be like that. I couldn't believe that in the 21st century Hollywood was still trying to cash in on that cliché. I didn't know that the movie was a re-make of a 50s film so unlike 'c-horse', who also posted a review on this film, I have no way of appreciating the movie on that level. I am probably not too wrong though in saying that the target demographic of the movie was not the generation which was around to watch the first one. Consequentially, MANY viewers will have missed out on that, myself amongst them. All I saw was a mindless, shallow, unenlightening and time-wasting presentation of a cliché which I had hoped movie producers had given up 40-50 years ago. Even though I try to remove all the extreme negativity I have towards this movie, I find myself unable to. It was little more than the standard, boring Hollywood formula of: something with family ==> action ==> more of same action ==> even more of same action ==> wonderful happy ending for main characters
The only thing I found interesting were the scenes depicting the animality of humans when it comes to ensuring one's own survival. Beyond that, not much left anything resembling a positive impression.
2 out of 10; the marks I give for the graphics