My 10 cents worth (and that of my wife)

Rating: 1/10 (3 July 2005)

Reading the mixed comments on this forum I decided to see the movie for myself. At the end, I could have found a better destination for my money I am sad to say.
This is a good story raped by money loving producers/directors as so many US-based movies today are. Just look at all the remakes, most of them not worth the material they were released on. Unfortunately this one is no different. If you want to see a movie version of the great H.G. Wells' book see the 1950's version and forget about this Spielberg version. Better still, listen to the 1930's audio broadcast by Orson Welles.
Acting is not great, there are obvious errors in the movie (incl. EMP related if that was what they used for the electric blackout), there are holes in the movie, they story moves slowly (there are 'dead' moments in the movie, a lot is about keeping kids under control (at least the first part) which does nothing to the original story or the 1930's audio broadcast, the list goes on and on and on..
I can't imagine how Steven Spielberg makes this crap, unfortunately for all of us, he made it.