This is just what I had been looking for!

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2005)

The movie follows Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) and his two children, and their efforts to survive an attack from superior aliens, who want to wipe out humanity, and take over our planet.
War of the Worlds is a movie that will make you feel sick, no matter who you are. There is horror, there is deeply depressing moments of hopelessness, there is frustration, and all the sides of our nature, that we try to hide. If you have a weak heart, I suggest you do not watch this movie! Personally, I loved it! At one point, there was a big scare, and I almost had a seizure :/ I'm going to have nightmares about this movie.
The characters in the movie feels real. Because the focus is on the characters, it allows for great acting, instead of meaningless CGI clips, and this movie really proves (again) that this is how good movies are made. You feel with the characters, feel the horror they must endure. It's really great to see that even Steven Spielberg has accepted this fact!
Yes, it appears to contain many similarities to Independence Day (ID), but ID was a movie about humanity as a whole, and how we eventually figured out a way to work together, and beat the aliens. War of the Worlds is about ONE person and his family, and their attempt to escape the terrifying weapons and machinery of the invaders. They are very different movies!
When the credits rolled, I heard many people in the audience talking about how bad the movie was. But I'm sure they are really thinking:" That was scary as hell!" And it's OK to react like this. That's how those who have jobs that involves seeing horrible things every day handle it. They joke about it. So don't vote 1 star when you get home, just because it frightens you to the bone.
Except for the ending, I think War of the World was perfect. It was disgusting and truly frightening, but what would you expect the extermination of mankind to be like? It was all necessary, and credible enough for me. I give it 8 stars.