I’d take that over my generation’s childhood trauma any day:

This movie got a lot of grief, but I liked it. It was simultaneously a let down and scary to see the alien. As far as aliens go, it’s a pretty boring generic biped. But the suspense and buildup to seeing it, and the way they presented the scene as the viewer seeing it recorded alongside terrified people was great. Nailed it.

Maybe the worst aspect of the movie was the beyond-the-grave prompts regarding water and baseball bats. Meh. But the rest was pretty good.

Could’ve easily been a screenshot of the last air bender

What scene is that?

SFW version of trauma ("There's Something About Mary", zipper scene)

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake's plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan. It spun in. There were no survivors.

That's real childhood trauma.

The aliens that were allergic to water invaded a planet that's 71% covered in water. Such a stupid movie, such a bad director.

Most of the “childhood trauma” people are citing are things that weren’t aimed at children to begin with. Try some Watership Down (1978) at 2pm on BBC1 during the Christmas holidays.

Was I the only one pissed off that the Brazilian kids suddenly speak English in that scene? “It’s behind!”