Spielberg Screws Us Again

Rating: 1/10 (3 July 2007)

After the crap that was "A.I.", Spielberg takes another dump on the film-going audience with another SciFi extravaganza made up of annoying, unsympathetic characters; disjointed, pot-holed plot line; and a sappy ending that sucks the life out of this picture much as the aliens do of their hapless human victims. I must admit... some of the effects looked good... and that my dislike of this film is intensely fueled by my loathing of Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, and the other kid (I was rooting for the aliens). But it was in the discount bin and completed my collection of all 4 of the War of the Worlds films - of which only the George Pal version is worthy of more than one viewing!