"I found parts of the movie "War of the worlds" scary. That little girl (Dakota Fanning) was like screaming every five minutes. Were you scared too?"
"No, not really. I guess they were the same bad ass aliens that you saw in the other movie, "Independence day", may be a little uglier.”
“What were the aliens doing on earth this time?”
“It is an old story of aliens invading the earth to exterminate the humans and to make this planet their home. This time they were riding in "tripods", sucking human blood and getting dysentery or something. I think that's how they died eventually."
“Eww! That’s what they were eating? I think I missed that part.”
“What were they supposed to eat? They were not strict vegetarians."
"They didn't have anything else to eat?"
"I guess not. See, all that planning went down the tube because they forgot to pack their food with them for the mission. At least someone should have thought of that in the higher alien hierarchy before planning an interplanetary war.”
"That's dumb. I am sure somebody is going to get fired over this."
Pause
"I really liked Tom Cruise's role."
"Yeah! Though, he was mostly running the other way from the aliens throughout the movie. He was portrayed as a "lousy dad" living alone, but was able to take care of his children during the alien attack."
"Isn't that cool? He came out good as a father."
"You don't really need an alien invasion to bring a family together. Do you?"