I really expected more

Rating: 8/10 (2 July 2005)

For some reason I expected more of Director Spielberg. It might have been the movie house was HOT! and maybe I just didn't like Mr Cruise in the lead. I kept going back to the 1950 version. Which I really liked and I think is still better then this one. Let me say I sure do like todays outing. It's really up to date with effects. The star of the show is really little Dakota Fanning. Nobody comes close. I would have liked more information Via news reports to know what was going on around the world as the attacks began. And more of our government's action to attack. Nice work by the 10th Mountain Division from Ft Drum NY. I would have like to see more military involved! Interesting idea that the machines are already here. Buried for many thousands if not millions of years waiting for the pilots. But i thought we would have dug up a few of the machines over the years? Not to give it all away. It did stick much closer to the H.G.Wells novel. Yet I left the move still wanting more.