just an impression

Rating: 6/10 (30 June 2005)

I saw the movie Tuesday evening. My comments--not to bad. The movie follows the line of the HG Well's book fairly well. There are only a few real departures from the novel: 1. How the Martians and their machines get to earth 2. A rip off from the 195? movie (two of them) 3. The lead not being a solitary individual 4. And how the Martians look 5. The crash of the 747--hmm---wonder how that went down and there was a convenient path for the three central characters to drive away???? 6. The capture and escape of tow of the leads
All in all--not to bad. The only real complaint I have is there is a rush to the end of the movie. Many of the scenes while being violent in nature are not gory. But with that said, it is pretty intense in places, esp. those where so many individuals are killed. The special effects are pretty good and the tripod fighting machine is well done.
I would have loved to have seen this movie set in Victorian England, as the book is and given a more faithful rendition of the novel.
Alas--while fairly well done, it is a Spielburg production and for better, or worse, it is ended in that neat and tidy fashion that only Spielburg seems to use.