Wow defiantly a no go see

Rating: 2/10 (1 March 2007)

This review is probably the worst it will get.Everybody knows "The war of the worlds" is set in and around London, but instead the Americans thought it would be better suited over there. In other words so they don't have to move. Another annoying problem was, since when was a screaming little girl in the character list, H.G Wells certainly didn't put her in there. Also some parts of the movie left you thinkingidiotlike when Ray (Tom Cruise) makes everyone be silent so the aliens don't hear them. Then minutes later he is telling his daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning) to start singing, What's up with that?.
Though the movie has great special effects, I think that's what stopped me asking for refund, the effects really make you gasp when you first see the giant tentacled aliens appear, they were scarily life like. Another special effects spectacular was when Robbie (Justin Chatwin) is running over the hill towards the mass of burning aliens, I thought this was amazing, though it's a shame the best parts of the movie for me was when no one was talking.
If you have read the book then you will no the outline of the plot but around this there is Tom Cruise playing a divorced father from New York who works on the docks. His son and daughter come to visit for the weekend. As usual Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin play the geeky kids to the rubbish father and at first seem to have some kind of hate for him, do we care, which is included through out the film apart from of course the ending were everybody survives . Unlike Well's book. Shortly after there arrival huge storms sweep New York signalling the arrival of huge alien killing machines who proceed to roam the country killing and obliterating everything in there path. Ray and family join the millions fleeing the city and attack. Which if the aliens had "been watching us" they wouldn't have left a place for us to go would they.
I have seen the movie twice once in the cinema and once at home. The first time I saw it I walked out of the cinema, during the long speech because It was boring me to death. The huge aliens are outside one minuet killing everyone and causing havoc yet they seem to go to the trouble of sending some metal worm to go poking round a basement. Utterly pointless. Also why is Tim Robbins in it, everyone everyone knows that he cannot act in scenes that contain any kind of emotion, did they cast him deliberately? . When I bought the ticket I was expecting something like the 1953 version with Gene Barry. Though it wasn't brilliant I think if the special effects were updated it would be much better, the quality of acting especially. In this one there were Lots and lots of little events that dead-end into nowhere. The friends who miss the boat. Who are they? Why should we care that they didn't make it? The reporters who are scrounging around for scraps of food as though they haven't eaten in weeks when the aliens just showed up yesterday. The worst is possibly when the aliens first arrive, people are standing watching maybe hoping that it is E.T. Only when it starts thrashing around do they move.
People think the just because Tom Cruise is in the film it will be amazing, this is not true. For one he was probably cast partly for publicity as his acting is frighteningly weird. The second time I saw the film it was better, well not better but I watched the whole thing and in doing so found more stupid moments, for instance when Robbie runs away leaving his little sister and father to join the army and fight the alienswhat?? A great change from earlier when he makes a big fuss about how he cant leave his sister.
Once again Spielberg has made a blockbuster which should have been about aliens invading earth yet was more about a dysfunctional family and a son who uses the quote "if you love me you'll let me go" I mean come on every action/suspense every made has it in