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Irn Bru isn't bad- I had an aquaintance from Scotland send me some, and I thought it was okay, and I'm not even much of a regular pop person. I mostly stick to Diet Coke and/or Diet Pepsi. I'm not big on Mountain Dew.

I like bats. I've had the opportunity to see wild ones up close during camping trips, and they are interesting creatures to observe.

Considering that I'm Canadian, I figured I should post here. Happy Birthday Canada!

I just got back from seeing WOTW. My opinion (spoiler free):

The first hour is great. There's a lot of action, and some great CGI. Also, I really liked that it had a sort of old-school sci-fi feel, with giant robots, death lazers, etc. You could almost just watch this movie for the first hour.

Then, it goes downhill.


The second hour slows signifigantly. There are more plot holes, and some plot bits that are just plain corny (though I know that some of these may simply have been sticking to the plot of the novel). The ending left most of the audience saying "Huh?"





A few nitpicks (some spoilers): Ham Salad points out some of the same nitpicks that I noticed- the part with the camcorder, for example. Also, I found it funny that Tom Cruise was the only person who figured out how to fix cars- are there no mechanics in all of Boston? It consisted of replacing one part, and it took his character all of 20 seconds to discover the problem.
Another nitpick: There is a scene in a basement where Tom Cruise and his daughter are camping out with a man who has a screw loose- though this descent to insanity happens rather quickly. This scene lasts way too long, but my main problem with this is that the invaders send 5 aliens and 2 giant robotic eyes into this little basement to find...2 men and a ten-year-old? Is this neccessary? I don't see why incredibly powerful beings would concern themselves with three people.
Finally: The ending bites. It was as if Speilberg was thinking,"Hmmm...I' ve done a good job on the first half...maybe the audience won't realize that the ending makes no sense whatsoever and seems to show Tom Cruise pointing at birds on a robot, and then all the robots dying." This conclusion is very abrupt; the WOTW narrator was required to explain what had happened. Otherwise, no one would have had a clue. The way I understood it was that humans had adapted to Earth's microbes, but the aliens were not. Would an invading race not check if the planet they were invading was...inhabitable? This would be like humans trying to live on Mars, and then realizing that there was no atmosphere.

Glad to know I'm not the only one

I enven went and changed the backround of my computer screen.