So I finally watched War of the Worlds last weekend. Unfortunately, it was the Tom Cruise one. Spoilers abound so don't read the rest of the post if you haven't seen it. However, I will have to warn you that it will seriously try your patience.

It could've been good. It could've been a contender. But instead they decided to pelt us with one annoyance after another. Seriously, I couldn't have written more unlikable characters.

Daughter: Hysterical little girl. The pen's out of ink! OMG everybody panic! I so badly wanted her die. Granted, I haven't been around many children while the world was under attack by aliens but I think her complete lack of even one ounce of courage was a bit over the top. At least the writers didn't completely fall into the stereotypical cliche of having her mature even a little bit at the end of the movie. Yes, she is the same annoying little girl throughout the entire movie.

Son: Stereotypical teenage boy with oodles of angst. Ooh, he gets out of the car with his headphones on and totally ignores his dad. Now that's an angry kid! And then he refuses to catch the baseball thrown by his dad. What a badass! All testosterone and no brains. I wanted him to die so much. Then bring him back to life and kill him again. What was the point of his character besides bludgeoning the audience to death with his stupidity? I was so pissed when find out he's still alive at the end.

Dad: Surprisingly the only main character that I didn't hate. He's a pretty vanilla guy with nothing particularly interesting about him. Normally that's a bad thing in a movie but it's a complement in this one. I felt really bad for him though. Not because aliens kidnapped him and blew his house up but because the aliens failed to kill his kids and he'll have to put up with their crap for the rest of his life.

Man, I'm still pissed that they wasted their opportunity to make a good film.