War of the Worlds - (Steven Spielberg;2005;USA) -
A man and his two kids flee from New York City when aliens begin a long-planned extermination.
I felt this was going to be a mediocre alien movie along the lines of ID4, but I was pleasantly surprised. It seems like Spielberg rolled the Holocaust and 9/11 together in this film, especially with the images of New York's explosions, and the ashes falling everywhere. As much as I enjoy Tim Robbins, I felt those basement scenes worked against the film, especially with his corny, cliche nut-case dialogue. He felt like a character rented from previous cinematic archetypes. The ending was also slightly off in my opinion, but as for the rest of the film, it turns out to be a very suspenseful and engrossing film. Tom Cruise is also in great form.