Thank God for the original!!!

Rating: 4/10 (17 July 2005)

I don't think I have ever been more disappointed in a movie,I have no complaints about the special effects,they were good.My gripe is the absolutely most obnoxious kids I have ever seen.GO ALIENS,The phony screams of the girl,the wise cracking son,what lousy acting. Maybe I would understand better if these questions were answered: With all of the under ground work in City utilities,why weren't they discovered? With all of the soldiers,equipment and everything and everybody else being blow to bits,how did the kid survive? How did they walk from the Hudson river to Boston overnight? How did the kid get there? Why did the family in Boston answer the door in dinner clothes during a state of emergency? Why was the rest of Boston in shambles and there was nothing wrong in the rich neighborhood? Why was this idiotic storyline placed in a movie that had such great potential? The fifties version is a far better sci-fi film because it is just us against them.