So, I thought "War of the Worlds" was pretty good!

[nytemare]

We don't see the old positive movies from Steven any more, though. Everything recently has been pretty bleak and dark.

[Bill Wade]

1. The special effects in War of the Worlds was top notch, but

the story itself I thought was rather cheesy.

Also, there were no memorable characters, and hardly any memorable lines.

I do have to admit though that I liked Tim Robbins character. He had a great line something along the lines of: "Occupation forces always lose."

[friesianrider]

2. I think it was...

Occupations never work.

The whole audience at my theater laughed, and you could hear whispers of * throughout the crowd!

I enjoyed it too - some holes in the storyline but hey - I went to see a summer action flick about aliens, and got exactly what I wanted. I thought it was a great time.

[Ediacara]

3. I thought it was ok too

There were two things I hated though:

1) Dakota Fanning shouldn't have been in the movie. NO KIDS should have been in the movie really, but I can deal with OK kids. But Dakota Fanning is too much. Too much screaming, too much acting like a bad actor. BLECH!!

2) The "solution" is absurd. I know this is H. G. Wells' solution, but fuck, it's only the biggest plot hole in any story ever written. What kind of alien society would plan an invasion of a planet without checking to see if they'd get sick first!?