Spielberg does it again

Rating: 9/10 (8 July 2005)

The remake of War of The Worlds has to be one of the best Sci Fi films this year. Superb special effects, great acting, and a cool story makes this film a total hit! Tom Cruise is perfect as Ray, a down on luck father whose children don't respect him. Dakota Fanning is right on with the part of Rachel, Rays son. Plus we have the son Robbi played dead on by Chatwright. Now the story is cheesy with the whole idea of alien tripods being under the ground and the aliens are transported by lightning through the ground into the tripods so it rises to Earth level and starts havoc, but it all works! The directing is perfectly done by one of the coolest directors of all time, thank you Steven. The special affects though are the best part! Ray driving away from the house with the whole neighborhood being blasted was fantastic, the aliens zapping the people to dust was breath taking, the ferry ride was cool, the electronic eye, the blood weeds, the burning train, you name it was awesome! But then we have Tim Robbins playing some brute survivalist called Harlan. He has one of the best line "This isn't a war, it's an extermination." But you feel as though the character is really unneeded. He gets killed off and you feel like we just wasted a huge chunk of the movie with nothing but some guy who is all dirty and always clutches a shotgun. Tom Cruise though also has the same act as the dad always having his daughter clutched around him, and you feel like it's been the same shot reused. But the film overall is an A, a perfect Sci Fi film. War of The Worlds gets the big 9, some things slowed it down like Tim but the film makes a big mark on you. Enjoy!