I didn't think Spielberg had it with in him...

Rating: 1/10 (23 May 2008)

This was the absolute worst Spielberg movie I have ever seen, and I OWN 1941 on DVD. It basically boiled down to a slightly less than two hour extreme close up of Tom Cruise. I keep seeing other reviews say how much they enjoyed the special effects, let me assure you, they were good, that is to say, as good as they could be for special effects that happen totally in the background or reflected off of something. You don't actually SEE them, you see Tom's reaction to them. Save yourself the rental fee, and flip on the Golf Channel, prop your feet up, and fall asleep, there will be no explosions to interrupt a perfectly good nap. However, if you feel you must see it, just download a .jpg of good old Tom, and gaze at it for 2 hours, maybe flick a bic in front of it every once in a while so you can see the explosions. In any event, skip this "modern version" and either watch the original, read the book, or if you're feeling adventurous, simply wander out into the backyard with a cell phone camera, and make your own version with some old GI-JOE figures, mud, and maybe some of that green slime you can get for a quarter in machines at the grocery store, trust me, it'll make a better movie, and the best part of it will be you won't actually be able to see where they probably digitally removed Tom Cruises nose hair...YES THEY GET THAT CLOSE!