Spielberg Blows It Again!

Here's one guy who knows a hack when he sees one. War of the Worlds, it turns out, is completely lame. So how come I see hundreds of other reviews that give it 3 stars and call it a boring, silly, badly acted melodrama that is nonetheless "exciting to watch" and "a visual spectacle"??? Are we giving out top ratings these days based on the size of the effects budget? Or are you just too much of a turd to give Spielberg and Cruise a bad review? Is there a more useless job (other than "progressive Supreme Court Justice," I mean) on earth? Oh Martians, destroy us!