Let down!

Rating: 5/10 (13 July 2005)

When I sat in a cinema some months ago and saw the advert for this movie I was in heaven, Spielberg remaking War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise, wow!!! I saw the movie today, and.. well, I feel like a limp you know what. After being teased by many 'Hollywood' films like Independence day, Deep Impact etc giving us glimpses of 'armagedden' I was hoping Spielberg would get a grip of this genre and blow us away! Sadly he doesn't and that is my main beef with this movie, yes it's probably quite a good thriller... not a bad action flick etc etc but it falls short. As for the ending Jeez Louise!!!!! Gutted!! Maybe when Spielberg decided not to release any previews to the press he deep down knew he hadn't made the film he wanted!