War of the Worlds

I can sum up my thoughts on Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds in just a few sentences.

• Can we all agree that Dakota Fanning, while clearly talented, is the creepiest child actress ever?

• Here's a movie formula for you: Nonstop action + little plot + too much dark lighting = One annoying movie.

• Seriously, the problem here is, it's all shoot 'em up, and you get little to no reason to care about anyone who dies. And only slightly more reason to care about those who live. You will run out of adrenaline before the movie is half done.

• It is now hard for me to watch Tom Cruise without thinking of the media firestorm over his religion. Do we really all care that much? Do we all realize how few Scientologists there are in this world? Do you really think he's more of a threat to your daily life than say, poisonous spiders? I didn't think so.

• To sum up: I've seen better out of much lesser directors than Spielberg. I'm hoping for more the next time out.

Comments

[MetalMadness]

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Can we all agree that Dakota Fanning, while clearly talented, is the creepiest child actress ever?
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Creepy? I think you need to see a psycho therapist. How anyone could have a negative thing to say about such a smart, talentented young lady, who has nothing but smiles for her fans, is beyond me.

[MetalMadness]

How is she creepy? please give some examples.

[lcreekmo]

Have you actually seen War of the Worlds??