War of the Worlds...Just a basic post.

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2005)

The comments you are about to read are based upon acting, directing, and entertainment value only. I do not base my movie thoughts upon the actors or directors personal lives, however in the event that I do it will be because of a real good reason...
Cruise and Spielberg are back together again. Both parties gave a great performance in Minority Report and they do not fail in War Of The Worlds. The story line, of course, is completely different and treads the line of a basic story. Unlike such movies as The Matrix or Momento, War Of the Worlds is quite simple: Aliens want to kill humans, humans die and the rest try to survive.
Cruise plays Ray Ferrier. An average, divorced joe who makes a living working at the docks while having part time custody of his two children. As luck would have it, the War begins while Ferriers kids are at home with him.
The movie does a good job of getting to the point since we all know the plot of the movie. Industrial Light and Magic, again, puts on a great show and the length of the movie is perfect.
Besides the 2005 story line not matching that of the original, the only thing that got to me was the lungs on Dakota Fanning. After awhile I was like "SHUT UP ALREADY". All in all, I would see War of the Worlds again on the big screen.