Effective telling of the old story,but oh,those CGI's!

Rating: 7/10 (3 January 2006)

This is a story that if told well,could be a very effective hide under the covers type of movie.After all,let's not forget that Orson Welles' radio telling of this same story scared a young nation nearly to death in 1938.This time,it is put in another pair of more than capable hands, Steven Spielberg.We can rest assured that he will stop at nothing to tell this familiar story to us as good as we know he can.He succeeds, throwing in a credible combo of father and daughter,Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning.There are alterations to the original story,but you won't mind.In fact,you may end up going,"Hey,that's a good idea,why didn't they do that before?".All in all,this is,as I stated before,a very good hide under the covers flick.There's just one problem that I have with it, personally.Until they come up with computer graphics(or CGI's,as I hear they are called),that are a little more realistic looking,I am afraid I am going to be nothing but bothered by them.That being said,it is still an excellent film otherwise.