War of the Worlds

This was comically bad. Some of the worst acting across the board, paired with an incredibly uninspired script filled with dated and predictable tropes. Even the CGI looked low quality and cheap. Considering there was virtually no press or advertising for this film, it is clear even the producers knew it would be a total flop. I truly do not understand why this rendition was made. It adds nothing to the original and does not continue the storyline. It feels like the Kidz Bop version of an alien movie. The best actors in the film were the aliens. I would rather listen to the loud screeching sound they make for 90 minutes than sit through this joke of a film again.

Why was this film even remade? Did anyone on the team think it was going to be comparable to the last version? It's just so, so bad from start to finish. Save the 90 minutes and literally watch anything else. I don't even know how to describe it. Does not even resemble the novel by Wells or any version that was ever produced in another medium. Bad storyline, bad acting, bad cinematography. Just bad.

No storyline. Talent free acting. Senseless main character who doesn't do anything except hapless shoving the mouse pointer over the screen. For 20 minutes! The movie says: you have to believe now that the main character and his daughter are geniuses, because we say so. They are not, whatsoever. The alien spaceships appeared after 25 minutes into the movie, but it is too late, they can have this earth, it is not worthy to be saved.

Inexplicable non-stop use of split screen with online conference software app like Zoom and Teams, with close ups of the apps themselves, and their annoying sounds and menus.

Meanwhile half the screen for most of the time we get Ice Cube's face and terrible acting making us wish for the Microsoft Teams menu to be shown up close again.

The government security expert doesn't seem very well trained, using his work computer to video call every Tom, Dick and Harry that he knows throughout the day, and therefore too busy so can only send text messages to the people he actually works with.

I had to switch off because I could not stand it any longer.

Howard The Duck is a far better alien invasion movie, than this absolute steaming pile of ****.

There was no reason to make this movie, it is an insult the HG Wells and the entire genre.

The acting is terrible, you care little about the characters, and the CGI looks like it was generated using an Amiga 500.