War of the Worlds (DVD, 2005, Widescreen)

This movie was tedious. I was wholly disappointed in this work, especially considering the cast (Tom Cruise, Tim Robins) and director (Steven Spielberg). If you like the movie Twister, you will love this. It has some very good (and expensive) special effects, but I found myself rooting for the aliens throughout the movie. This could have been a real look at what a father would do to save his children, or what people would do to save their planet, or human reaction to the falling of everything they know; instead we get everyone whining throughout the entirety of the movie and boredom waiting for something of true interest to happen. There is one spark of what may actually happen when as Tom and his family get to a little town and lose the van (the only working van on the planet apparently except for the tanks?) the crowd goes crazy and you actually start to see how humans would probably react. Through it all you will sit idly by waiting for some ending (which is horrible and very sappy) and again be disappointed because all you have to do is wait long enough and the aliens die and everyone is reunited and happy. Some insight into the human condition could have saved this movie and delving into a true action adventure movie would have numbed te mind but been entertaining, however, we got a movie with a story line and acting similar to that form a high school AV club production with the most advanced special effects possible.

UPDATE: For further proof this movie was no good and the acting was terrible, Tom Cruise was nominated for a Razzie!

In short this movie is tedious and a horrible waste of time and money. Save yourself some money, get the original movie or if you can the original audio and avoid this at all costs.