War of the Worlds

[silkyraven]

This film is an adaptation of the H G Wells book of the same name that it now occurs to me I've never read. Bit of an oversight, must get round to it soon. This version is set in the States with Tom Cruise as the semi-useless father of a standard dysfunctional family. The kids come to stay one weekend and the world is attacked by aliens who, it turns out, have been planning this for some time. Dakota Fanning is excellent, and once again acts much more experienced actors off the screen...in this case everyone. It's a fairly standard Spielburg affair really - lots of explosions, touching emotional moments and the obligatory happy ending. I enjoyed it, one for a brainless night at the cinema. 7/10

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[sadaprilsky.livejournal.com]

Why do film makers show children in peril? Don't they know how upsetting it is? There's enough to worry about children in the every day world without having to concern oneself about alien attack... :-)