Oh I'm sorry is the movie over, I fell asleep!!!

Rating: 2/10 (30 June 2005)

OK so I gave it a 2 because some of the special effects were cool...but over all I was disappointed with the lack of character development, the story was never given a chance to get under your skin and build the terror inside. Frankly I thought that the original radio play had more punch! The original story by H.G. Wells back in the late 1800's had a dark and hopeless view of mankind  then to add the expertise of Orson Welles' voice and dramatic timing on that Halloween radio broadcast in 1938 evoked the emotion of a terror that couldn't be scene and only imagined. That lack of character development (and what I can only assume was apathy on his part) was clearly pointed out by Tom Cruise who put on a better performance on Oprah talking about Katie Holmes! I have been and will continue to be a fan of Spielberg, but this movie just didn't live up to expectations. Yes I too have children that on occasion don't particularly like me, but Tom was a jerk and the boy was an idiot (not to mention the acting was extremely over the top and really not believable), and I only awoke to sweet little Dakota's blood curdling scream...go to your happy place...go to your happy place. And Tim Robbins??!! Was he just wandering thru the Paramount lot and thought he would drop by for a quick cameo?? Where the heck is Susan Sarandon when you really need her? This just goes to show you that putting a star power name on the marquee does not automatically guarantee a blockbuster! Well here is hoping that the next Spielberg project will be better then this one. Again that is just my opinion...I could be wrong!