Kind of annoying

Rating: 3/10 (24 October 2013)

This movie was just OK to a point. I mean it never made much sense. The electronics weren't supposed to work and they did (cameras, camcorders). The van they got was the only car to work except for the military vehicles that all worked (tanks, planes, etc). Then the jumbo jet that falls out of the sky minus any passengers. It was hard to like any of the characters in the movie. The kids were especially annoying. The daughter Rachel is bratty and screams through half the movie. The son Robbie is a smartass who becomes obsessed with fighting the aliens. He even tells his father that he should have balls and go back and fight them. Well, the tripods just laser beam the crap out of people until they turn to dust so how the hell did he think he was going to take on the aliens? Just stupid. They go up a hill, there is the moment where father and son connect for a moment. The son says let me go while the daughter is being confronted by concerned people for her safety. The son goes by himself up the hill and then you see a massive fireball the would torch anything in 500 yards and out comes one of the tripods. Skip through the rest cuz the movie is just boring at this point and holy crap, father and daughter make it to Boston where his ex wife and family are and whom do you see? The son...really??? He survived and made it to Boston...I thought he was in for the fight....he didn't do much... lol...and on the doorstep of the Brownstone is the rest of the family who are dressed up like they were having Thanksgiving....just silly. The original movie was way better.