Ahhh yes, the War of the Worlds.

After months of speculation, War of the Worlds finally emerged from the rumor mill. Speilburg, god bless his soul said in just about every interview I saw that he had been waiting to make this movie his whole life. Well, Mr. Spielburg, I think you probably should have waited a lot longer. This film does not deliver on any level what should be intended from the masterpiece.
First off, I am convinced Speilburg has a man crush on Mr. Scientology.

Secondly, the film needs to be about the human condition and the violence of the apocolypse, not about a man and his dysfunctional family--we got the opportunity to invest in a family that doesn't care about itself, so why do we need to? The film spends too much time attempting to invest itself in the faith and values tour and not enough time in focusing on what the movie is about--that we are being invaded by aliens and the race is being lost-humanity is over as we know it and we spend too much time in the family structure watching a group of characters that are bitchy and not fun to keep an eye on.

The eye candy factor is good, but there is no stroy line--not why they are here, not what all the bloody veins mean for the area, nothing. The story focuses more on the family than on the conflict, which might work if this was the War of the Roses....

The film itself isnt anything stunningly amazing either--there is no need to see this in the theatres--the good eye candy scenes are in the preview reels--trust me--dont waste the 9.00 to see it--go see Layer Cake instead.