I was so goddamned tired when I watched this at the theater. Having only 2 hours of sleep in the past 36 hours, I was dozing off at most of the middle dialogues. Anyway this was ok for a Spielberg movie. The alien introduction was superbly handled. The camerawork is fantastic, always close and never straying far from the protaganist at all times, creating a sense of personal attachment, as if it's you who's experiencing what's happening on the big screen itself.
The sound was great, other than Dakota Fanning's annoying shrieking, that is. She was seriously annoying. Yeah sure, she's a child star, and having 18 movies to her name at only 11, I can't deny that. But most people have commented that she doesn't act her age at all, probably because she doesn't have the necessary childhood experience to fall back on, being immersed in movie productions all the time. A child who can act mature is little more than a novelty, and it still remains to be seen whether she'll be an established actress in the future. You know, after she hits puberty and hopefully doesn't fall off the limelight.
Tom Cruise appears normal as the running man turned hero. It's hard to like him though now after having to hear all his dumb talk on being a Scientologist and his apparent disinclination towards anti-depressants. What a jerk.
3/5 stars
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