A Stupid Movie

Ok, so if you are planning to see the movie War of the Worlds dont read this, unless you dont care what i say. I did scream my way through the whole movie, until the end, when I busted out laughing!! It was definately an entertaining movie, so I believe it was worth the 8.50 for that reason alone.

In reflection after the movie, I realized how ridiculous it was.

I hate movies where people leave behind common sense and make stupid decisions. (I know this is all for entertainment, but really!) I can't remember how many times in the movie I yelled at the screen because the characters leave all common sense behind and head towards the obvious danger. Or maybe they jump on a ferry, thinking, "Hey, this ferry will of course move fast enough away from the lazer shooting aliens for me to get away!!" Really. Of course once the aliens dump everyone into the water, somehow, the dad, the little girl and teenage son, all seem to swim fast enough to get away... unlike everyone else. I didnt know little girls could swim so fast! Then there was the half hour sequence that reminded me a whole lot of Signs. Hum.
At one point in the movie, the son heads over a hill to watch the aliens and the army fight. After he goes over the crest of the hill there is a huge explosion... because the aliens destroy the army. You dont see the son again... until the end of the movie, where he shows up alive. And in one piece. Dont have a clue how he ended up there.
They spend the night at mom's house and during the night there are a ton of explosions. So dad goes out in the morning to see about 5 747s crashed on the ground all around the house. But amazingly the car escaped! Wow!

Now I didnt read the book or see the original movie, so maybe they didnt make up any of this ridiculous movie.

At the end of the movie the father and daughter make it to Boston. The city seems to be in pretty good shape unlike the rest of... the fields of Massachusettes and New York state. The aliens spent hours destroying out in the fields, because those farmers with pitch forks are mighty threatening. But go to Boston and what do you find? Some buildings that have seen better days and a few abandoned cars (in New York City, they could barely make it through the streets for all the cars.) But in Boston, all those beautiful old houses are still just fine. Amazing!

In the end, it was very entertaining, which is what movies are supposed to do. Otherwise I wouldnt be writing this.