Great Movie

Rating: 10/10 (7 July 2005)

After reading the book I knew what would happen in the movie and that disappointed me a bit: I knew that the aliens where going to die because of diseases and when Ray kills Ogilvy, because in the movie he killed the priest in a basement with only a little 'window' to the outside and all those moments that are really close to the book (which I don't think is a problem because Spielberg did it best this way).
I think that the movie is awesome. The special effects are really amazing I didn't know that those kind of effects could be made. I loved the part when the bridge falls apart over the houses. Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin are a great trio. One thing that made me look forward to see this movie was to see Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning, (I'd never seen a movie with Chatwin before) because they are my favorite actor and actress, and I was not surprised when I saw the great acting of both.
I think that the fact that the cameras are almost always pointed to Ray and Rachel is awesome because after the lightnings (where the action starts) you can know exactly what they are thinking and if they are scared, sad or angry. Thats Spielberg's objective, to show us how terrifying it must be to run from those monsters and to loose someone that we love, and the way Ray always tries to protect Rachel and struggles for her love.
The film is not scary (and it wasn't supposed to be) it's all based in a family trying to escape alive from those invaders, exactly like in the book. And also like in the book this film shows our arrogance when we believe that we are alone in the universe (like H G wells wrote in his book) and no one is prepared for a strike from anyone outside the Earth. I personally think and I hope we are not alone.
In my opinion this is the best movie of the year so far, and I think that it is the best about alien invasions and attacks. Spielberg has now made 2 movies about both sides of an alien invasion, the friendly alien (ET) and the bad aliens. I prefer War of the Worlds even that the possibility of an invasion scares me.
Spielberg, again, showed how a great director he is and I'm waiting to see him directing more movies with Fanning and Cruise, because after War of the Worlds and Minority Report (between many others) he is now my favorite director too.