We went to see Spielberg’s War of the Worlds on Friday night, preceded by the traditional Zebra pub grub.
Tom Cruise is an unconvincing immature divorced parent, just as he is an unconvincing fiancé of Katie Holmes. Cruise’s role should have gone to Tim Robbins, though the latter does have a nice line in crazed loons in cellars. Cruise just looks like he’s pretending not to be a Hollywood star; Robbins can actually act.
Dakota Fanning is pretty good – it’s not a Spielberg SF film without a competent child actor. Sadly, it’s not a Spielberg SF film without a couple of tons of sugar either, generously applied.
Happily this ain’t Independence Day, and Cruise doesn’t become a superhero who saves the planet. For that, we give thanks.
Avaragado’s rating: two bottles of red wine.
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Bah
It only just came out in the US – seems like the UK and US releases are moving closer and closer together.
I did like that they used the original opening and closing narration. However the film seemed really bland and boring to me.