'F' for Fail!

Rating: 1/10 (14 September 2013)

Rule #10 of movie making:
If you are going to make a remake of a classic, either make another classic or make an awesome tribute to a classic. Be prepared to be labeled as a money grubbing bullcrap artist if you make any thing less than a perfect tribute to the original.
Dakota Fanning wasn't my favorite child actress at the time and she proved me correct, but I'm not sure I can completely blame her. The director and Tom Cruise probably had a lot to do with the direction she took her character (a whiny, annoying little brat).
Tom Cruise. Well what can we say about Tom Cruise? He's a one dimensional actor who, at times, shows the brilliance that he once had before he joined that "group" that shall not be named. Yet, in this movie, he doesn't show that brilliance.
Director Steven Spielberg is awesome but he failed to follow rule number #10 of movie making. He didn't make another classic and he didn't pay tribute to the original classic.
There are so many bugs and goofs in this movie that I can't post them here. After reviewing the goofs posted by other viewers I'd say they got about 50% of them.
I believe that this movie does not do justice to the original and with that I fail it on all aspect except FX.
Direction (-1) Acting (-1) FX 1 Rule #10 (-1) I hate this movie (-1000)
-1002 out of 5