I am a big fan of Spielberg and Tom Cruise. I was waiting eagerly for this movie to hit theaters and rushed to watch the movie on the opening day. Was it worth eagerly waiting for? No.
In a way this Movie was a big disappointment to me.
Idea of making an alien movie from the novel written (by H.G.Wells) almost a century ago itself wasn't appealing to me. But this movie isn't about Aliens. Then? This movie is about the feelings of a father (mainly) to guard his Child(ren). Tom Cruise is playing an ordinary man role, he is not a 'larger than life' in this movie. (hmmm....first disappointment. "Why Cruise? Why not some ordinary star"). Not that Tom Cruise did not suit the role. His performance was good in the movie. But the girl played as his daughter (Dankota Fanning) was stunning, her's was brilliant performance). Good thing about this movie is that Spielberg did not picturize as if the aliens destroy historical monuments and important places on earth (like Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal etc).
Another good thing is that the movie jumps in to the main story line so fast. I sat straight and thought "okay that's it, it's gonna be a movie with lots of interesting stuffs". pooofff...!!!
Who the hell are those aliens, where did they come from, why are they destroying us? Is it only me that couldn't understand the movie or the movie itself was made like that? Steve, please help me.
I agree that for the opening scenes it was great and scary when the aliens came in all of a sudden and started destroying the earth. But I sure wanted to know a little more about their origin (is it Mars?) and purpose at least just before the movie ended. oh gosh, probably Steve would have thought that there were already a humpty number of alien subjects, which all had almost similar purpose to visit planet earth, so why to bother fans by telling the same old stuff again.
If the emphasis were more on the feelings of the father & daughter relationship, I would have accepted not showing the backgrounds of the aliens. But with the help of CGI aliens have occupied a considerable portion of the movie. It was kinda mixed.
hmmm....ending of the movie is another tragedy. Aliends start dying all of a sudden....oh come on gimme a break...!!!
In a way this Movie was a big disappointment to me.
Idea of making an alien movie from the novel written (by H.G.Wells) almost a century ago itself wasn't appealing to me. But this movie isn't about Aliens. Then? This movie is about the feelings of a father (mainly) to guard his Child(ren). Tom Cruise is playing an ordinary man role, he is not a 'larger than life' in this movie. (hmmm....first disappointment. "Why Cruise? Why not some ordinary star"). Not that Tom Cruise did not suit the role. His performance was good in the movie. But the girl played as his daughter (Dankota Fanning) was stunning, her's was brilliant performance). Good thing about this movie is that Spielberg did not picturize as if the aliens destroy historical monuments and important places on earth (like Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal etc).
Another good thing is that the movie jumps in to the main story line so fast. I sat straight and thought "okay that's it, it's gonna be a movie with lots of interesting stuffs". pooofff...!!!
Who the hell are those aliens, where did they come from, why are they destroying us? Is it only me that couldn't understand the movie or the movie itself was made like that? Steve, please help me.
I agree that for the opening scenes it was great and scary when the aliens came in all of a sudden and started destroying the earth. But I sure wanted to know a little more about their origin (is it Mars?) and purpose at least just before the movie ended. oh gosh, probably Steve would have thought that there were already a humpty number of alien subjects, which all had almost similar purpose to visit planet earth, so why to bother fans by telling the same old stuff again.
If the emphasis were more on the feelings of the father & daughter relationship, I would have accepted not showing the backgrounds of the aliens. But with the help of CGI aliens have occupied a considerable portion of the movie. It was kinda mixed.
hmmm....ending of the movie is another tragedy. Aliends start dying all of a sudden....oh come on gimme a break...!!!
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