not that great

Rating: 4/10 (3 July 2005)

This is a big budget movie with terrific special fx. No doubt about that. But the first mistake Spielberg made was hiring Tom Cruise. I am sorry, but he's not a very good actor and he turns every movie he is in an Tom Cruise show. But this movie also suffers from too many improbable and illogical events. SPOILERS*** SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***
OK so the Aliens come and they block electricity and cars. Why is it that mr Cruise is the only one who manages to get a car that is still functioning? When they spent the night at his ex-wife's home a plane comes down. But despite the neighborhood looking savaged it miraculously missed the car. Tom Cruise being able to kill a bigger and more dangerous looking Tim Robbins? I don't think so. The dialog was corny and there was virtually no such thing as a decent and coherent screenplay. And the ending was just corny. I refuse to believe how dumb the aliens turned out to be. Having said that, Dakota Fanning and Tim Robbins were great. And it all looked pretty amazing. If you are going to see it, see it on the big screen which is where it belongs. But don't say you haven't been warned.