Amazing

Rating: 10/10 (7 July 2005)

Wow. That's what I said after this movie was over. War of the Worlds is one movie that you MUST see this summer. I'm sure you all know about the plot. Aliens invade, wanna kill us, all that jazz. Now that's all been done before (Independence Day for example), but this isn't about the aliens coming and blasting us to kingdom come. It's about the characters. The sheer terror they go through. I was literally on the edge of my seat with my pulse quickened during several scenes. You see exactly what the characters see, which draws you in more and more into their experiences with the alien Tripods.
The acting was pretty good for this movie. As usual, Tom Cruise did an awesome job, and Dakota Fanning was perfect. Everyone else did a good job as well.
This movie is not perfect by any means, but it is a very great movie, worthy of anyone to see. Many parts are open-ended, so the viewer can interpret them in the way he or she wants. As I said earlier, you see what the characters see. So you might not know during the movie why the aliens are here and their motives. It requires you to think, which I think is a good thing. Too many movies hand out every little detail on a silver-platter, and everything not explained is dubbed a "plot-hole." This movie has no plot-holes, it requires you to think.
All in all, this film was terrific, worthy of seeing twice in theaters. It's a horror movie with aliens. Scary aliens with big, nasty, walking death-machines. And they're already here.