*Holds head*
TIME TO CRACK SOME SKULLS!!!
At the beginning of the movie, everyone is getting vaporized by the aliens. Sudddenly, half way through, Mr. Spielberg must have decided that wasn't gruesome enough and he decided instead to make the alien suck blood. From then on, the aliens instead captured their prey and sucked the blood out of them. Nas.ty. So, why the crud was it that they changed suddenly?
You're kidding right? it wasn't changed, the aliens either use huyman blood as a fuel source or drink it themselves. Not rocket science. OR it is VERY possible they'll use the blood to further study us for whatever reason. This is a race of intelligent beings God knows how many times more advanced than ours.
Okay, so the idea is that BILLIONS of years ago, before human life had even "evolved" on the planet's surface, the aliens planted these ships under our feet, ne? Well, so it turns out the aliens want our blood and that APPEARS to be the only reason that the creators of the film supply us with as a reason for this invasion of our planet. With that said, care to explain how it is that that works when there WEREN'T EVEN PEOPLE AROUND WHEN THE ALIEN PLANETED THEIR SHIPS HERE!?
Did you even pay attention to Morgan Freeman's narration?
"While mankind busied himself with his various concerns, our planet was being watched by intelligences far greater than ours. Silently they watched and waited. Studying our every behavior. Soon these intellects viewed our planet with envious eyes and silently they made their plans against us.
Then Ray's chat with the old man: "They've been planning this for a million years, these were only the first they'll keep coming. This is not a war between the two races, this is an extermination"
That sums everything up: The aliens regarded our race as insignificant and useless. Then made plan to not just invade but destroy us. They were going to kill the human race off for whatever reasons. Maybe use our planet for their race and their further advancement who knows the SPECIFIC reason they wanted to kill us off. But they just wanted us eliminated.
The fact the aliens planted the ships before humans "supposably" lived, just to wait a billion years to attack and cause havoc. Plus the fact the aliens died because of their immune systems... That was just a dumb way to end a movie. Oh, and who would have thought that Tom's son would surprising be alive to greet his father at the end?
Did you evenr ead the book/ the aliens die of bacterial infections. What? you thought the movie would end like ID4 where everything is completely blown up and destroyed? how could that be? pay attention and remember. These beings are THOUSANDS perhaps MILLIONS of times more advanced than ours. You really think we could nuke them and that would be that. They planted the Tripods and watched and recorded and studied EVERY aspect of human life and behavior. They knew how to combat and beat us.
And to top it off, there was little to no character development
What ARE you talking about? the first Tripod that rises is a taste of character development. Notice how quickly Ray went from a slacking, care free iresponsible dead beat. To a highly concerned and caring father who did not even think about his own safety but his primary goal was to get his kids safely to their mother. As well as the peanut butter sandwich scene, AND don't forget when the mob hijacked their car. Look how viciously Ray fought them off to protect his daughter, he went to the point of using a gun to threaten them off. THAT's real character development, just because the characters didn't sit around each other all fancied up while sipping a cup of tea saying "Oh how was your day my love?" doesn't mean there's no character development.
The special effects were phenomenal (after all, it is a Spielburg film!), the acting was very good (Dakota Fanning is a fantastic actor for her age), I loved the cinematography, the whole thing was well done. It was intense, but not without enough comic relief. A very good movie, I reccommend it! 
