Not many can appreciate brilliance.

Rating: 9/10 (10 September 2005)

I'd like to complain before reviewing, please. To all the haters.
People's mind about movies have been changed from excellent, to good, to fair, and now it is failure. Not to many can understand such detail and complicated story lines. This movie made a realistic atmosphere about what COULD happen if Aliens DID exist and they WERE advanced and they WERE envious of our lives. People want to see crappy action with undeveloped machinery and military weapons. That is weak. People would be weak against such an advanced race, and the army will be useless against the alien machine. No one will know all the answers, maybe some, but you fill what is empty. Or are people just too lazy to use their brains. People like one big scientific explanation about everything by some scientific brain-boy, this movie didn't need long explanations. And the title is JUST A TITLE NOT A SUMMARY!!!!!!!! And the government were probably in conflict on what action to take. They don't have every answer either. And the film's RATED PG-13, it means people 13 and above not under 13. Stupid parents kept bringing little babies and children then complain of the violence EVEN IF IT WAS PG-13!!!!!!! And Ray wasn't the only one able to dodge the lasers. There were many survivors and then there was the man trying to save his child that reminded Ray of Rachel. And standing there wide-eyed at the Tripods is human nature. It's not like seeing a man with a gun pointing at you. These people were amazed at what they are seeing, A HUGE MACHINE NOT A GUN!!!!! If I saw it I would be staring at it frightened and start running for my f***in life. People, this movie is based on possible events. Secondly, why they did-n't just blow us up. Because they probably were afraid of injuring the planet they need. They're advanced, but not complete. They left the Tri-pods deep in the ground WAITING to attack us, they never explained WHY they just did it! I HATE Explanations!!!!!!!!! THERE ..... (GAsp) I'm done.
Now my review.
This movie was beautifully done and created the dark negative emotional mood and portray of human nature and our need to survive relies in our- selves. This movie was a great and dark depiction of the wars humanity fights and why technology is unnecessary for our survival. This movie is one of the only greatest alien movies since "Alien" and "Aliens". And it sticks to the theme and dark portrayal of humanity. It featured a good performance by Tom Cruise and an excellent one by Dakota Fanning. Steven Spielberg hasn't made such an excellent alien sci-fi movie since "Close Encounters to the Third Kind." Throughout this movie, this was what got me so amazed. Throughout it they never shouted "ALIENS!!!" It quite fascinate me by how much we try to cover our controversial ideas about current events. This movie by far is frighteningly real, and horrifyingly violent which creates a more realistic mood to it. See this movie, now.