Horrible when it tries to be original. Needless when it doesn't

Rating: 3/10 (9 July 2005)

Certainly, there is a lot of noise and shocking scenes in this movie. It is a generous display of FX and bangs and so on... But it is a complete failure. *Angry spoiler* The first horrible mistake in the script is why the hell those tripods were buried in ancient times. Ridiculous and completely unnecessary. Then that stupid story about the blood they take -and, apparently they swim in- from human corpses. It would be laughable, wasn't it because you have paid to see a good story, not this. With all the amounts of money that have been wasted in this poor work, I think Spielberg must not be satisfied with the final result. When I was watching this movie, I remembered the modern remake of "Planet of the Apes" a few years ago. This was another insult to the original movie, exactly like this one. This story must have been absolutely awesome when Orson Welles drove the US to panic in the 30's. It was a nice and well looking movie in the 50's, although a bit outdated even then... and a complete bluff in the 2000's. Spend your money in something better