A war movie to remember

Rating: 9/10 (1 July 2005)

I saw the old 1955 movie, the other day and couldn't wait to see this. I love the movie, the only complaint was the shortness, and no meteors as in the old movie and the book, and the question of how a teenage boy walked all the way to Boston by himself. The movie went by the book very well, as compared to the old movie, which had UFO's, this had tripods which made you think differently about "alien movies". It had the same "3" stuff for the aliens like the old one, and the alien prob looked just as it did in the old one. Some people complain about the aliens dieing by (SPOILERS) germs, well READ THE BOOK! This also makes a good ending by "God protecting mankind". The cast was pretty good, but at some points it seemed like a script read line, but was pretty good. The feel of fear in Fanning was awesome, and she had a perfect role as Cruis's little girl. Over all not as WOW as Independence Day or as much action, but with a perspective of a normal person trying to survive, it is different than any other alien movie. Despite some unanswered questions and little changes from the book that was "bad" (the aliens being here all along), it was one of the best movies I've seen, and finally a change from the overboard superhero movies.