Struck By Lightning

Rating: 8/10 (9 March 2006)

I think the only word to describe this film is: Wow. Personally I'm not a fan of Spielbergs alien-crap like E.T., A.I. and Taken, but I'm willing to make an exception for this extraterrestrial masterpiece. It all looks so realistic even though my common sense tells me it's not. The special effects are amazing of course but in my opinion they're not the reason why this movie looks so real. I expected some stupid romantic scene somewhere in the middle of the film and lots of emotional conversations, but they are very limited. There is constant action to highlight the immense cruelty and mercilessness of those Tripods (which is a ridiculous name, no wonder Scary Movie 4 makes fun of it). This movie is definitely less boring then the previously mentioned Spielberg-movies/series. And the acting is outstanding. We all know Tom Cruise and Tim Robbins are high class-actors, but even though she has an impressive filmography I'm still struck by Dakota Fanning. Someone so young acting so good, that's amazing.
War of the Worlds is definitely one to remember.