Where's the plot?

Rating: 3/10 (3 December 2005)

The special effects were very good, but there's hardly any plot. The ending is abrupt and it almost seems like someone ran out of ideas and just decided to end the movie quickly because they'd reached the allotted elapsed time.
In my opinion, there should have been a lot more initial character and plot development prior to the aliens appearing. I don't think I've ever seen an apocalyptic movie such as this where the disaster occurs so soon after the start of the movie. Movie makers of "blockbusters" such as this should try to put as much effort into story telling, plot, and quality acting & screenplays as they do into special effects. Stories should be able to exist on their own without special effects and be just as entertaining. I will say, however, that this movie had a better screenplay, plot, and acting than the newest Star Wars movies. To me, the new Star Wars movies are classic examples of movies that suffered from too much special effects and not enough attention to story and acting quality.