Faithful to the Book

Rating: 8/10 (30 June 2005)

I wasn't going to write out a review for this movie, (too lazy...) but after reading all of the negative reviews here on IMDb I had to put in a good word for this wonderful flick.
Most of the bad reviews seem to stem from the ending of the movie. This ending consisted of two things: 1) The son survived. 2) The aliens were killed by germs.
What many of these reviewers don't seem to know is that these endings are completely faithful to the spirit of the book. H.G.Wells *wanted* a happy ending for the main character.
Also, the entire point of War of the Worlds is to show that if aliens came and tried to kill us we wouldn't have a chance of beating them on our own. It also points out that we shouldn't underestimate the beings that we consider to be the least of everything because there is power in everything.
I went into the movie *hoping and praying* that SS would stick to the Book for the ending and was relieved when the ending came. Maybe if more people these days read classic literature there would have been less grumpiness and more relief at the end of the movie.
Please open your minds and give this movie a chance.