War of the Worlds

Watching War of the Worlds was a frustrating experience. The movie starts off brilliantly, with lots of tension, great effects and plenty of "oh shit, did you see that?"-moments. However, as the running time drew longer, my interest started to fade away, completely dissapearing at the contrived ending that was met with a collective groan from everybody in the cinema. It's a shame that director Steven Spielberg let such a brilliant premise slip through his hands like this.