War Of Two Halves!

Rating: 8/10 (2 August 2006)

Good Film. First hour and a bit, Spielberg at his best! After the scene on the hill where the Tom Cruise loses his son in the vast battle though it takes a turn on me. Up until then I think it was a brilliant movie, one of the best but this last half hour or less doesn't live up to the rest of the films high standards. Although I've said this, I still think the film on a whole is good, it just annoys me because I think it could be a lot better. I think a major plus of the film is the realism of the events, such as the detail in the modern American streets and military. The scene including the battle on the hill is clever, rather than showing an pointless battle between man and tripod, the tripods great power is shown, with the army just being destroyed in one! But one question, how did Robbie escape from that hill?