biped, I'm glad to hear you say this.... I thought I was the only guy in North America that thought Cruise was pretty good in War of the Worlds. I'm a Dad, I had a Dad, and I thought (overall) that Cruise's interactions/acting with his "son" in WOTW was "spot on" considering where the script played both characters.

"We didn't come here to fight monsters, we're not equipped for it" -- Richard Carlson (Creature from the Black Lagoon)