awesome up until the end

Rating: 4/10 (30 June 2005)

SPOILER WARNING This was turning into one of the best sci-fi/action movies ever up until the utterly ridiculous Hollywood ending. How is the entire world decimated by the aliens, but a pregnant lady and her old parents have just been chilling in their house while the world is destroyed? They all were spit shine clean and look like they were ready for a nice family outing to the park or something. And don't even get me started on how in hell the kid made it out of that huge fireball explosion. On top of that, why didn't grandma and grandpa let him take a shower and put on some newly washed clothes like they obviously had been doing? Spielberg should know better than to put this at the end of what could have been a sci-fi classic.