Ya Gotta Love Technology...

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2005)

I read reviewers reviews from all the big papers, I saw all of Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning's press junkets -- but I still went to see this film.
I liked this film. Not love..but liked. Why? Well..it wasn't too far from the HG Wells original telling...and I think that is what is confusing folks. Sure, there was a few more CGI things added in...and a few twists and turns here and there for dramatic effect..but the story was still the story.
I wasn't expecting "mega" blow out of the martians...not with PG-13..and it was as PG-13 as it could be. With an "R" rating, I would have expected quite a whole lot more. But I am not the kind of movie goer that needs to see every detail of death and destruction -- and this film didn't do that.
Tom Cruise was okay in this film....Dakota Fanning was wonderful and Tim Robbins almost stole the show. 'Blockbuster' material in 2005 this is not -- but what it IS -- is a 'good' interpretation of a classic.