Sad, unimagined and offending directing

Rating: 1/10 (29 July 2005)

Spielberg lost the point here totally. What did he want to show with this catastrophic adaptation, except to show all the world that he can sell anything to stupid viewers. That's Hollywood blockbuster story. At least he should have shown some respect to the story of H.G. Wells. I must admit, I did not expect a lot of this movie, but at least several new, so far unseen special effects. But even in this segment, nothing special, I could even say that effect were actually obsolete, from late 80's, early 90's. Some scene, are on the verge of forgery (if there would be copyright for effects), e.g. scene where this mechanical "snake" is probing the cellar where Tim and Tom are hiding. This is used in last century's Abbys movie. And who said that Tom was bad father at the beginning of the movie?! OK, he is mediocre good parent, but that is not good enough, he must kill "marsians" first so he can become perfect parent. What is moral here? Well done Steven, just cash it and go!!!