Cruise and the mom are far more annoying than either of them imo.

then a personal taste criticism then. Annoying characters aren't really a real flaw of movies. (ie Hard Candy, preacher lady in the Mist, etc)

Agreed. At least to some extent.

Right but I think those characters in Hard Candy and The Mist add more to those films than the kids in War of the Worlds. Especially Chatwin, though. His whole "fuck you, Dad!" attitude got fucking old very quickly. I'm probably the only person here who wanted Robbie not to come back after he went over that hill. Dakota's acting was good as usual but the bitch would just not stop crying/screaming. I wanted Cruise to leave her in a car.

FYI I do not hate War of the Worlds. I think it's a lot of fun but those characters got on my nerves a lot.

I really don't get all the hate for Dakota's character, I think she's a very damn good child actress. Was her constant screaming hard to take? Yes it was. But she also perfectly captured how a real 10 year old kid would handle a situation like that.

Unless she's had one hell of a life, I don't think any little girl would react calm and rationally when the world is being invaded by 150 feet tall tripods whose favorite hobby is gardening and using human blood as fertilizer. Actually, would ANYBODY react calm and rationally to that? Seriously what did you fucking expect?

People always complain about the characters who freak out in these kinds of films, as if they would be fucking Solid Snake if confronted with such a scenario themselves.

Oh I know, audiences tend to hate characters who share those kind of traits with them, just because they don't want to be reminded.

1971 Duel 7
1974 The Sugarland Express 6
1975 Jaws 8
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 8
1979 1941 4
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark 8
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terristrial 8
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 7
1985 The Color Purple 7
1987 Empire of the Sun 8
1989 Always 3
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 8
1991 Hook 4
1993 Jurassic Park 7
1993 Schindler's List 8
1997 Amistad 7
1997 The Lost World: Jurrasic Park 6
1998 Saving Private Ryan 8/9
2001 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 8
2002 Catch Me If You Can 7
2002 Minority Report 8
2004 The Terminal 7
2005 Munich 8
2005 War of the Worlds 6
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 4

Duel: 8
Jaws: 9
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 10
Raiders of the Lost Arc: 10
ET: 10
Temple of Doom: 8
Color Purple: 9
Empire of the Sun: 4
Always: 3
Last Crusade: 9
Hook: 7
Jurassic Park: 9
Schindler's List: 9
Amistad: 7
Lost World: 4
Saving Private Ryan: 10
AI: 9
Catch Me If You Can: 8
Minority Report: 8
The Terminal: 7
War of the Worlds: 6

1971 Duel 6
1975 Jaws 7
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 6
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark 4
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terristrial (seen but need to rewatch)
1985 The Color Purple 5
1987 Empire of the Sun 4
1991 Hook 3
1993 Jurassic Park (seen but need to rewatch)
1993 Schindler's List 4
1998 Saving Private Ryan 4
2001 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (seen but need to rewatch)
2002 Minority Report 6
2005 Munich 5
2005 War of the Worlds 6

You're pretentious.

Good man. I really like that movie, both on Hanks and DiCaprio's part.

*need to rewatch

1975 Jaws 7.5
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind *
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark 8.0
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terristrial 6.8
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 8.0
1985 The Color Purple *
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 7.0
1991 Hook 2.8
1993 Jurassic Park 6.8
1993 Schindler's List 10.0
1997 Amistad 5.8
1997 The Lost World: Jurrasic Park 5.5
1998 Saving Private Ryan 7.9
2001 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence *
2002 Minority Report 7.5
2004 The Terminal 4.8
2005 Munich 8.8
2005 War of the Worlds 5.3
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 4.0

The Sugarland Express 7.5 (7)
Jaws 9 (1)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 9 (2)
Raiders of the Lost Ark 7
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 7
Empire of the Sun 6.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 7
Jurassic Park 8.5 (3)
Schindler's List 6.5
Saving Private Ryan 6
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 8 (4)
Catch Me If You Can 7.5
Minority Report 7.5 (5)
War of the Worlds 7.5 (6)

he's retarded, so much talent gone to waste. Also lol at Emily Watson in the usual stock role she's always in