A lot of critics came down hard on War of the Worlds. Personally, I thought it was amazing. It's been a long time since I've seen an exciting terror film that wasn't totally cheesy. I was on the edge of my seat for most of the movie. I hated the ending, but I went expecting it (it is a Spielberg film after all) so it wasn't so bad, the rest of the movie made up for it in full.