I was angry at negative reviewers based on my seeing the trailers

Rating: 6/10 (30 June 2005)

Now that I've seen the film, I must only vote a 6. Basically, my problem is that the tripods doing most of the damage are rather ridiculous. They don't make sense physically and seem to be the result of a very poor imagination. I expected a LOT better from this movie.
The scenes of destruction are fine. Those running the tripods aren't bad. But if you can't buy the tripods, the whole concept becomes somewhat silly.
Also, the trailers, which were excellent and showed all the suspense you're really going to find in the film, were in bright colors. The film itself is like a washed out version of the trailer. Since the action seemed just as realistic in the trailers, I don't see that the washed out quality was needed. Every epic, sci fi or ancient, uses a tinted lens or off coloring. Haven't any of these geniuses ever seen a David Lean film? Also The Sand Pebbles and Ben Hur and Khartoum and The Wild Bunch, etc. could show realism in bright hues. Looks like a lost art.