Good good.

Rating: 7/10 (1 July 2005)

Compared to the book, there were a few major differences. The biggest one was definitely the time. The movie was set in the 21st century, the book in the 19th. In ways this is both beneficial and disappointing. It would've been interesting to see humans who haven't even dreamed of powered flight to be fighting aliens with heat rays and the like. A second, in the book, people saw flashes of the pods being launched from Mars, then the pods landed every 24 hours and the aliens built the robots on earth (at least this is what I got from the book). The aliens also could barely walk on Earth due to our heavier gravity. There were a few other more minor differences, but it was still a pretty awesome movie when not bringing the book into it. The book was, of course, better, but that doesn't stop the movie from being good.
In other words, if you liked the book or just love alien movies, I'd strongly suggest this movie.