War of the worlds

I had heard that "War of the worlds", Steven Spielberg's latest offering, was not upto the mark. They were all wrong. War of the worlds is in fact a well paced sci-fi movie. It has the common theme of aliens attacking the planet, but it separates itself from the others by showing that: In the face of danger not everyone can act as a hero and/or think morally. The graphics and sound effects are really nice. And yes the big alien machines did look like the striders of Half-Life 2 (look below).