Jim Woehr (jim222001us)

Kids find themselves against aliens on their summer vacation. The movie is goofy and occasionally stupid. It's also surprisingly entertaining and I laughed more than I expected. The scenes where the kids get a hold of an alien remote that allow them to control the older sisters boyfriend are pretty funny.

This remake isn't that bad. But the original was just smarter and better made. I also don't even know why they'd remake it. Walter Matthau was a great actor and nothing he made should be redone. The same goes for Robert Shaw (Jaws) who was the villain in the original.

Critics said that Denzel Washington is the best thing about the movie. While John Travolta got no credit for his performance as the villain. Meanwhile Travolta was the best thing about the movie! I'm a big Washington fan but there's nothing too special about his performance since his character is pretty dull. Travolta easily steals the show even if he has nothing on Robert Shaw in the original.

While Matthau was both funny and clever in the original. There's a mystery that had to be solved in the original by Matthau. Here Washington just talks to Travoltat to stall him and keep him from killing a hostage. It's the supporting characters that are thinking about who Ryder (Travolta) is and how is he planning on getting away. Also since this is a big Hollywood movie, of course the hero has to go after the bad guy even if Garber (Washington) doesn't even have the authority to go after them. Matthau at least played a transit cop in the original so it made since that he went after Shaw.

This is the best made of any of the StarWars movies. It has the best story and yes...the best dialogue.

They've been remaking a lot of 80's movies of late and this is one movie that should never ever....ever be remade. It's a smart touching and fun movie about time travel where a teenager (Michael J. Fox) is stuck in the 50's. He meets his parents and teaches his father to stand up for himself against a bully named Biff and to follow his dreams. That's another way to look at the movie anyway lol.