Disappointing movie

Rating: 5/10 (5 July 2005)

I am a big fan of Steven Spielberg since Empire of the Sun, but I find this movie is the huge disappointment. The plot is lame, and it contains several absurd and unnecessary scenes. Even The Independence Day seems way much better than this movie.
I don't understand why the smart aliens can missed out Ray and Rachel even though they already used the advanced tracking system ( the snake-alike machine ). The scene is really disturbing....the intellectual-harassment. But the most disappointing scene is the ending. It is very illogical and unacceptable. Robbie is alive. Even one of my friends who were with me was saying that she would give applause if Robbie is alive ( of course, in a cynical way ). And, she was dumbfounded when the screen showed that Robbie was very alive....very disappointing. Too many logical explanations were required to explain the fact that Robbie could survive. And to make it worse, the aliens were not smart enough to prevent themselves from the germs,contradicted with the explanation that they have been watching and observing the earth and the human beings. Very careless and illogical.
I am not saying that my standard is high, but if we are talking about Steven Spielberg, of course, we expect the best. Unfortunately, he fails with this one. We really hope his upcoming movie will be able to meet our expectation, or even exceed it ( cross my fingers ).