This is the best film I have seen this year or last year.

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2005)

I saw it with four other friends at a large, prime-time screening in the suburbs. We were simply blown away! The entire audience, which seemed to be wide ranged demographically, was silent and stunned throughout the film after the introductory scenes. I totally forgot I was watching a film several times during the showing, and found myself living right with the characters as they went through their cataclysmic experiences. Spielberg has not lost his touch, he still is a master-button pusher on any audience. I especially loved the faithfulness to the original comic-book images of the tripods and the homage to the ending of the earlier film, giving proper credit to Our Creator God as the providential Designer and Protector of our world, even through the smallest of details. Riveting! Breathtaking! All the hype is right on! You got to see this, dude!