I saw War of the Worlds the same day I saw Batman Begins - WOW, what a difference.

Not to change the topic, but seeing a REAL MOVIE like Batman Begins really puts a perspective on how BAD War of the Worlds was! I am no Tom Cruise fan, but I am not an "anti-Tom" guy either. But I agree, this was not his role: playing a humble longshoreman is simply out of his league, if not his niched roles.

Tim Robbins' character "coulda-woulda-shoulda" any number of things or directions, but was the closest thing to acting I could identify. I mean it DID make sense: he's totally crazy because he's lost everything. The glassy-eyed, drinking crazyman role FIT. It was the ONLY thing that made sense in the whole movie.

Where were those people hoping to go on a river barge? How fast do tripods and "electric blasts" move compared to a river barge?

This should have stayed in the can. I cannot believe they wasted film on this. Perhaps Spielberg should have directed the last Star Wars picture (Ep. III) instead of Lucas, thus killing 2 birds with 1 stone (i.e. NO war of the worlds, and a DECENT star wars). Instead, we got crap all around.

Oh well, i suppose it's better than Bewitched or Herbie the Lovebug.

-myrkat

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