Monday, July 25, 2005

War of the Worlds

A really (suprisingly!) good film. I was sceptical after all of the recent media about Tom and Katie getting together, and married and all that kind of crap recently. He's got this movie playing at the moment, and she's got 'Batman Begins' out now (which I'll be reviewing soon).

Spielberg really took a lot from the coverage of the 9/11 WTC attack coverage, with a hell of a lot of it eerily similar, from the lead character being covered in dust of dead people, to people running madly through streets when the aliens arrive.

Edge of the seat stuff, and would work really well in a dark cinema, with loud sound. Not terribly much in terms of CGI, which is always refreshing, and Tom Cruise isn't too stretched as the deadbeat father, who has both of his kids when all hell breaks loose.

Definately worth a watch.

8.5/10

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