General Comment

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2005)

Well, I went to see it so I could see it before hearing any details or reading any reviews - and (be warned) I'll mention a few things that come to my mind that I wouldn't have wanted to know before seeing it myself. First - when were the tripods buried? How did the aliens decide where to put them? How did they know that they would be located in population centers? Why hadn't any been found in excavations? Why did the aliens wait till now to use the tripods - were they waiting for critical biomass? Now - since the plot is very faithful to the Wells novel - why hadn't the aliens done their homework to be sure there weren't harmful elements in the environment? And, finally, why didn't anyone at the end say something like - "Gee. That's interesting. They were done in just like the aliens in Wells' War Of The Worlds."? My conclusion: spectacular, but improbable. I think that people who just stay put would have a better chance for survival than running into the streets to see what's going on.