it was OK.....................

Rating: 6/10 (6 April 2015)

Its not a bad film in it's self but if you are a fan of the original war of the worlds (for people who are not I mean the 1897 book not the 50's film) then you may be disappointed. While it does follow the story line of the original to a point, but taking it out the proper setting made the film a lot worse, as well as the over dramatic cruise acting it all detracted from the film. If you are a fan of alien invasion films then it is defiantly worth watching.
The new look of the Martians was also rather upsetting, to see them reduced to the generic alien look. The film really took a classic sci-fi, one of the earliest if not THE earliest invasion story and made it just like all the others. I am a fan of sci-fi, cruise and Spielberg but was really disappointed with what they came together to make.