Scary as it may be, you have to admit that it is a quality FILM. Sci-fi movies are too often nothing more than excuses to show over-produced special effects (Independence Day, Armageddon). But War of the Worlds actually focuses on the characters, not the laser beams.

Funny that you say that.
I wonder if it is a gender thing.
The women I talked to thought it was all special effects and thin on story.

I rather agreed with them.
Maybe my heart was just beating too hard to see what you saw. :-)