Could have been MUCH better with just a LITTLE more work.

Rating: 5/10 (28 December 2015)

There are many good things about this movie. The story is compelling, a giant monster attacking Manhattan, it is introduced with a huge explosion in the middle of New York, as Jeff Wayne would put it, "This was no disciplined march it was a stampede without order and without a goal, two million people unarmed and unprovisioned, driving headlong." ~Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Which in of itself is a very good way to describe this movie. The only real issue is, the camera man. Oh my good god almighty, it was like he had the camera attached to a rope and was twirling it in the air the entire time. That's the only issue with this movie and it really just kills the mood of the movie. You can hardly ever see anything! It's ridiculous. I liked the idea of having a camera man with a recorder only in this sort of situation, but my god man, this is awful! And this alone really ruined the whole mood of the movie for me. The acting had it's moments and the monster was seen attacking the camera man at one point and the camera man died. (Thank god). The movie ends with a bombing run to kill the monster and a bridge that the remaining main characters are hiding under caves in. Then the film cuts to a ferris wheel scene before the attack and that's the movie. No resolution, nothing. If the camera was more stable through the movie, and the movie didn't end with a cliff hanger, I would have gave this movie an 8 of 10, but no. I can't bring myself to do that here. I'm just giving it a 5 because they killed the camera man.