this movie sucks

Rating: 1/10 (4 May 2006)

First i thought, no, Spielberg can't make a movie this bad. Then i thought Tom Cruise can't star in a movie this bad. Then I saw the movie again (ahhh!!) and I realized OH MY GOD!! This movie really does suck. How could an excellent director like Spielberg make a movie this bad? Why would Tom Cruise star in a movie in which he is completely out of character. I mean this is not him. Not only was he unsuited for the role, his character didn't come across as believable either. To be honest, Dakota Fanning acted better than Tom Cruise in the movie. And what is that whole thing of Tom Cruise and his son in the movie? Was that father-son stuff really necessary? Were the children written into the script only to fill in the gaps between seeing the big alien tripods? WHERE IS THE PLOT OF THE MOVIE??? I went to rent the original War of the Worlds made in the 50's and I found that movie, even with it's lack of special effects et al, definitely made a better movie than this new version. At least this one had a plot.