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This is the best th heat ray the violence, this is a cool movie the aliens look realistic. Trust me you won't be mad.
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I'm sorry I can't even rate this 2 stars. Beacuse of the ending and how they tried to turn it into this feel-good family reunion at the end gave me the creeps. It's like, oh everyone in your immeadiate circle JUST HAPPENED to survive....yeah right. I wanted this to be a more realistic take on what would happened if this really took place in our lifetime. They spent more time keeping Tom cruise and dakota fanning in isolation, with all of their sentimental bs. I fast forwarded when tom cruise sang that lullaby thing, sorry, don't need to hear Tom cruise sing! Dakota fanning acts to much like a self-aware adult, you just want to grab her and say, be a kid! act normal! I guess that is her normal but it's creepy. And every extra in the movie seemed to be wearing a knit cap! Creepy!
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The real horror of this very minor Stephen Spielberg effort is the relentless, never-ending shrieking and screaming and whining of Dakota Fanning. She's the daughter of Tom Cruise who is forever cradling and holding the little shrieking brat. What most movie-goers certainly wanted was for Cruise to give her a good smack to shut her up. Equally as irritating is Cruise's creepy son who is so asinine and repellant that he's another character who needs a good smack or two. They have endless arguments, even when the alien monsters are literally at their heels. During the scene when the aliens are racing closer, the son screams at Tom for being a lousy father and therefore it's time for sonny boy to join the military. While this is going on, the shrieking daughter has wandered out into the woods where she sees bodies floating in the river and of course this gives the screamer a chance to exercise her lungs again.
The big basement scene was effectie with the monsters actually showing themselves--yet,again, the atmosphere of terror was dissipated when Cruise argues with the house owner over the owner's desire to fire upon the intruders. While the creepy aliens are moving all over the basement, the two men are still arguing and we all have the fierce desire to give Cruise a big slap on his boyish face.
The ending is so terrible that you watch it dumbfounded and asking yourself: can this be real? Although most of Boston has been devastated by the aliens, the sole remaining house just happens to be untouched and who should come bounding down the steps but Cruise's ex-wife and Tom's irritating brat of a son. Cruise stands dramatically still and awe_struck while the viewer has by now drifted off into a catatonic stupor>
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I was concerned that this movie might not be good because of some reviews. Now that I've seen it, I think their criticism is utter nonsense. This is a spectacular summer blockbuster type of movie. Everything you'd want is there: lots of big action scenes, great aliens, great story & acting, etc. I like it better than the original movie. Unlike most movies, I feel like I could watch & enjoy this one again. The alien death machines and their plan of attack were not strictly logical, but they were nightmarish and scary, which is even better. I wouldn't mind having one of those death machines to disintegrate some people I know :) I really disliked the teenage son. I was glad when it seemed like he died. Boy was he a jerk. Dakota Fanning wasn't as annoying as I thought she'd be. I loved how cold, intense, and merciless the aliens are. This movie rules. It's one of my favorite DVD's.
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I have long been a fan of the 50s version of this novel, which brought frightening possibilities to my Cold-War era child's mind. To be honest, I saw little point in remaking such a perfect film (definitely 5 stars), so I balked at getting this one until the price was so low I could own rather than rent it for nearly the same price.
When we played it, I was very happy with the new adaptation. Cruise is really good as a flawed, struggling divorcee: he can scarcely cope with real life as it is, and suddenly he is confronted with a truly terrifying menace. His children are also excellent actors, in particular the rebellious son who goes his own way and uncannily resembles Cruise. There is also Tim Robbins, whose defiant ranting is such a convincing counter-poise to the cautious Cruise as survivor.
Of course, the special effects are simply spectacular, and as in so many contemporary films almost a distraction from the plot. I particularly liked the aliens' attempt to re-make the ecology of Earth in their grizzly manner.
Warmly recommended. This is a better than average remake that sticks to the book's original themes and the acting is outstanding. There is a wonderful theme of man at his worst throughout the film, but it is also excellent hard scifi with innumerable unexplained details that the viewer's imagination can fill in.
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