War....blah......what is it good for?

The Mrs. and I made a rare outing alone to see War of the Worlds tonight. And I must say that I was rather disappointed. It's not that it's a bad movie, it's just.....not what it could have been. There are scenes in it that are incredible. The action sequences are really well done as always.

But the main issue I have with the film is that Spielberg wanted to made this a "personal" story about a global alien invasion and, frankly, you can't make a movie with that kind of subject matter that way. Ang Lee tried to make The Hulk a "personal" and he blew it...big time. If Spielberg wasn't Spielberg, this movie would've been a total fiasco.

But do NOT get me started on the last 10 minutes........

Another thing that bothers me is the rating - this movie should have been rated "R". It is very intense and has very disturbing images mostly seen through the eyes of a small child. But, you know, it's summer, it's Spielberg...it's ok. But I hate to be the parents of the children that get taken to this film this weekend.