Good AND Bad?

Rating: 9/10 (8 January 2006)

I commend H.G. Wells, and Stephen Spielburg as well, because the story is very creative, and the adaptation of it to the present day was done very well. Yet still, as much as I loved this movie, I feel the need to question Mr. Spielburg... Or Mr. Wells (whichever one wrote the ridiculous part where the ENTIRE FAMILY reunites in the end). Beyond this, and a couple other flaws, I was so damn impressed with the imagery Spielburg and/or Wells used (i.e. the burning train), that I am giving it a 9 - just because it is so worthwhile to see. There is maybe one other movie I've seen that has actually legitimately scared me. And not just as in shocking or gruesome, but it's scary in the way a nightmare might scare you. This alone makes WOTW worth seeing. In addition to a few other outstanding pieces of the movie such as the character development.
I really didn't know whether to give this a 5 or a 10, because it has a few really crappy parts and some major flaws, but if you ignore those things, it is an incredible movie. So it gets a 9.