War of The Worlds

Audio-Visually very good. Great effects. But the story is very weak, really lame. Tom Cruise plays the role of an irresponsible father, who realizes the importance of his children after Aliens From Another World attack Earth (if you think about it, it seems so ridiculous that it took such a massive event to make a father realize his responsibilities, but what the hell, this is the Movie World). The story doesn’t really have anything spectacular to write about, its all about the effects. And I must agree they are really good.
Tom Cruise has acted just fine, but the little girl, Dakota Fanning who plays the role of Tom’s daughter, according to me stole the show.
I did see one of the live sets used in the movie, that of the plane crash at Universal Studios, and it looked pretty neat both on and off the screen.
A one time watch, I suggest.
But don’t think too much while watching the movie.
Shut your brain and watch the drain.