I WAS looking forward to this movie.... *SPOILERS*

Rating: 2/10 (24 August 2005)

Why this movie was really, really bad! *SPOILERS*
1. The tripods were buried in the earth before mankind even came into existence. So why did the aliens wait to attack us when they could have prevented us from ever existing??
2. We're told they watched us with "envious eyes." What were they envious of if they were so far advanced?? And is that the only reason they attacked??
3. Why did Tim Robbin's character have to die? Sure, he was a little eccentric, but all Tom Cruise had to do is knock him out with the shovel and gag him if the only problem was him being loud. If he was really trying to protect his daughter, I doubt that would be the way to do it. Now he has scarred her for life because she knows he killed this man who comforted her.
4. People are getting killed left and right, but somehow his whole family manages to survive in Boston. Boston doesn't seem to have taken much damage either. Apparently Boston is the place to be if aliens attack. For some reason the aliens are searching an old basement in the middle of nowhere while Boston still stands. The cities are much more dangerous for them then a few people in some basement in the middle of nowhere. Why are they searching basements and not taking out the cities??
5. How the heck did his son survive? He ran into battle!! There were lots of tripods vaporizing people, but he charges towards them and survives!! And how did he get to Boston without getting killed?? His chances of survival were very, very low. I'd say even lower than the chance of successfully navigating an asteroid belt.
6. This one is simple: Why did the aliens look like reptilian monkeys??
7. Why were the aliens looking through that guy's family pictures? You think they'd have more pressing matters (like destroying Boston) than looking at some guys family pictures. Why would they care anyway?? They just wanted to vaporized them.
8. Four words: People turning into dust. (It's just silly!)
9. When Tom Cruise is looking for his daughter, why did the tripod put the guy on the ground before taking his blood? Obviously, then can just trap them in the cages then suck them into the tripod and do it. Why would the do that?? Obviously these aliens like to waste time.
10. The ending. The aliens were able to put their Tripods into the earth hundreds of thousands of years ago and watch us. How could they not take into account germs? If they've been watching the earth, then they should know the dangers of being introduced to a new biological agent. Isn't it obvious that a different planet would have dangerous germs on it??