Pointless

Rating: 1/10 (4 January 2006)

I only call it awful because at the very end the only thing that came to mind was "pointless." It was full of suspense, action, great acting and over the top special effects - but in the end there was just no point to the movie whatsoever. I felt completely cheated out of the two hours I'd spent watching by a lame, cop out of an ending. (And I realize it's based on a book, so I suppose the fault lies w/ H.G. Wells rather than Speilburg, but... yeah. If I - or any other contemporary author - wrote an ending like that, my editor would laugh me out of his office.) Wow, I just got told by the automated thingy that I have to say more bad things about the movie... OK, I guess I'll try to balance this out by saying that Dakota Fanning is a young actress we should be watching because she was spectacular in this. Given her age - I think she out acted Cruise (not a slam on him, just that she's just a kid and she is really, really good. She reminds me of Kirsten Duntst when she was that age.)