Hello! Welcome to the forums. Thanks for all the suggestions, good to see a fresh face here once and a while.
I know what you mean about War of the Worlds, it does become excessive very quickly (and wasn't that Tom Cruise in the movie? lol).
I have also heard Twilight is good. I tend to disagree, but I hear it's good

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Anyways, welcome. Feel free to post whenever you'd like.
Cheers.
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