lame

Rating: 2/10 (7 January 2006)

Even lamer than the usual Tom Cruise movie if that is possible. The only good things are Spielberg's effects. Dakota Fanning so over acts it will make you want to barf. How she garnered any acclaim for this stupid try at "acting" are anyone's guess. I guess someone just told her if she looked stupid enough and screamed loud enough no one would notice. The special effects are the only thing that are entertaining here. The movie so trashes HG Wells story and the original broadcast from Orsen Wells that it defies the imagination. But if you look at society now days and the average American mentality, (Bush for president, etc.) maybe it is little wonder. Wonder bread and Madonna seem to be ruling the world so this movie fits right in.