Been to see War of the Worlds tonight, my one sentence description of it would be: Tom Cruise runs around shitting himself for two hours, and it has a bit of a crappy ending.

However thats a bit of a disservice to the film makers. The invasion is seen purely from the point of view of Cruise's family so there are no stereotypical scenes of Presidents leading jet fighter attacks, or Scientists toiling away in secret laboratories to find a last-ditch solution to the alien invasion - which I thought made for a very refreshing take on the story. The effects are very good conveying some memorable scenes of complete and utter destruction, one of those films that really needs to be seen at the cinema. And it's completely terrifying!

If there is a bad point it's with the ending. I know the story in the book ends without any sort of final confrontation, but I could have done without the schmaltzy family ending - especially since the previous couple of hours were pretty good...