Shame the cant make it like it is written in the book!

Rating: 6/10 (6 July 2005)

I was rather disappointed with the movie after expecting so much. The book was written so so well and Jeff Wayne's album follows it just about to the letter. This new movie steps away from the martians arrival and is stretching the imagination a bit too much for my liking.
Personally I would love a producer/director to take on the challenge of doing a "War of the Worlds" movie that follows the book, with the setting as is written in London at the turn of the 1900....with the special effects systems they have they really shouldn't have a problem. The book was written in 1898 and is a masterpiece of its genre, and for those that haven't read the book should pick it up.
Overall the film is extremely well made, the special effects are special, the heat ray is very well done. The film is a step up from the 1950's movie, although in its day that was a ground breaking movie.
But please some one making in its right setting!!