I Expect More From Spielberg

Rating: 4/10 (7 January 2016)

I was intrigued by this film and it had a lot going for it. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Starring Tom Cruise and based of a book from the one and only H.G Wells. So was sad to say I thought this was a bad film. The 30 minutes of this movie were really generic and nothing new just a divorced dad trying to connect with his kids which we have seen so many times. It also doesn't help that Tom Cruises character in the movie is really annoying and unlikeable. The aliens in the movie were actually done very well but are extremely under-utilised as were only ever hear about their about their atrocities and rarely see it with your own eyes. Now I personally believe that it is dumb to believe a bad ending can Ruin a good movie the problem with this ending though is War of The Worlds wasn't that good a movie in the first place and this ending was so unbelievably stupid this Alien race that apparently are causing so much death and Destruction are brought down naturally and makes them seem a lot less of a threat because of it. This isn't without its high point though as Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning do have good chemistry with one and other as the movie progresses. Like most Spielberg films War of The World is very well directed. The basement sequence is my favourite in the movie it's so creepy and intense and Cruise being force to kill someone with his daughter right behind him was very well done. 4.5/10