The World According To Chris Brewer

***ALERT ALERT ALERT: SPOILER WARNING–This contains somewhat of an actual description of the movie ***

War of the Worlds was a great movie.

Nine of us–count ‘em: Sean, Allie, Tori, Tyler, myself, Chris Brooks, Melissa, Krista and Jessie (as we sat from right to left)–all piled in three vehicles to go see the second blockbuster of the summer. The theater was pretty empty, considering it was opening night–but hey, it was 10:15 PM when the movie started.

When I sat down between Chris and Tyler, I knew I had made a fatal mistake. I had forgotten to use the restroom. I didn’t think much of it at the beginning of the movie because I was feeling decent, but…anyway, more on that later.

War of the Worlds got right past the monkey business and down to alien business. We were instantly thrust into what we wanted to see: lightning storms, the ground bulging, aliens popping up and making crazy computer-generated noises, and half of New York/New Jersey thrust into panic. I gotta tell you, there is nothing better than watching a movie about large cities being destroyed, and looking over to your left and seeing three girls covering their mouths in shock and utter disbelief. I wanted to give each of them a hug and tell them that even though we were all about to die, it would be okay. But I had to use the restroom, so that thought quickly left my mind.

As the movie progressed, one got the feeling that through all that was going on around Ray (the dude Tom Cruise played), he and his family was going to impossibly survive the disaster that hit pretty much everyone else. Special effects, however, negate the corniness of many scenes in the film–such as, er, well never mind, I’ll spare all you readers the wrath of a spoiler. But let me just say that many of the special effects left me on the edge of my seat–and so did my urge to bolt for the room that said MEN on the door.

Tom Cruise’s character was solid, Steven Spielberg’s directing was awesome, whoever made the special effects should be praised, and the girls we went with need to be comforted. I just can’t do it though, so feel free.

The movie’s ending SUCKED, and I ran to the restroom.

I give the movie a 8 out of 10.