good action but a flat story

Rating: 3/10 (3 July 2005)

I've just watched the movie and my opinion is that the movie is just a good action movie. All the special effects were very impressive and the sound went right through me, especially the sound of the tripods. There were similarities to the series 'The Tripods' from 1984. But on the other hand the explanation why the aliens died is flat. Spielberg tried to put the story into a framework plot but he failed because I think it would have been better to let the explanation develop more slowly. In addition to that the part in the basement with the mad man was too long. I think that Spielberg made much better movies in the past and I'm a bit disappointed that IMDb suggests people to watch 'Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King' in case people like the movie 'War Of The Worlds' because these two movies are not comparable at all.