Weekly Movie Review: War of the Worlds

Okay, I'm going to try to do a weekly movie review. Maybe new, maybe old. We'll see how it goes. These will probably be short and to the point.

War of the Worlds:

One question: How many things can we blow up, shatter, disintegrate, tip over, or annoy by the time two hours is up? Well, I was one of the annoyed things. It's not a bad movie by any means, bit it's not a great movie by any stretch. Effects were good. Acting was okay. Dakota Fanning was great as always. She has to be like thirty. The tension builds and builds throughout the film, going from one narrow escape/almost life ending event to the other only to resolve the crisis in about two and a half minutes. The "payoff" doesn't equal "work" done to get there. Of course, this is only my opinion. From what I've heard, it ends like the original novel. Don't know haven't read it. This movie has not inspired me to go to the library for it either. I would suggest a matinee. Cheaper and you still have your night free. The effects are worthy of the big screen, so you may not want to wait for DVD. If you disagree with my opinion either good or bad....good for you. That's what makes the internet great, but lets not get into some dumb cyber-arguement over it. Comments welcome.