Very confusing if you search for his movie as it was made in 2002 but released in 2006 and on some sites shows 2009.
They shot it with a new-fangled digital camera and used proprietary software to give it that old-time patina of black and white with all the lines and scratches of time. They went out of their way to use not-so-steady framing and placed obscure cuts to give the feeling that it was spliced one too many times.
The film itself was made on a very budget over a very long time. They filmed in all the correct vantage sci-fi locations and had to sneak in as they did not get permits.
"This could be the final chapter for mankind. As a fleet of Martian warships from the planet mars descend upon our planet"
The biggest story ever brought to the silver screen!
No one is safe from this alien vanguard!
See our planet at war!
A fury of monolithic proportions!
Over two years in the making!
It may have been a tad campy, but it had a better message than "The Day the Earth Stood still."