Where did you get the stupid notion that Robbins was a pedophile? Can't you even leave your bigoted nature toward his politics out of this discussion?
He was insane from his ordeal. He simply made a comment on the basement stairs to Dakota Fanning while Cruise was sleeping that if anything happened to her dad, he'd take care of her. Cruise woke up and heard it and put her away from Robbins because he was unstable. That's all there is to that.
IMO, Cruise was not necessary for the success of the movie. It could have been an unknown. But Tom Cruise was adequate.
The star in the movie was the visual story itself.
What movie did you go and see?
Ray is told to drop his gun while one is pointed at his head...because the guy wanted the minivan. Unless I turned my head and missed it, his gun was never shot at anyone.
Just as in the book, earth's own bacteria makes the tripods vulnerable.
All in all, the movie gets 2 thumbs up from DCPatriot.
That, and $1.25 gets you a 16 oz. coffee at the 7-11.
Thanks for the other point of view....