First version from 1953 is great, this one is only terribly expansive

Rating: 1/10 (30 June 2005)

I saw both interpretations of this great book from H.G.Wells and only a few details in new one movie are worthwhile to sit and wait until movie end. Dakota Fanning - She is only 9, but I newer saw so genuine show, like she made. I was scared, when she was, I was happy, when she was and so on. But this is almost all of good on this movie. Tom Cruise, totally untrustworthy, Tim Robins, oh god what it was, I do not know, but definitely not a dramatic art. On the other side animations and tricks are excellent and also crowd scenes are very real (it was main problem in 1953 version). And the end, this is really a disaster. Movie is somehow graduating when mankind loses. Last 10 minutes when aliens are dying because of bacterias and Tom meets his family, have to be cut-ed out from movie. This is disgusting and totally devaluation H.G.W. book artwork. So finally, in one sentence, 200 millions bucks wasted for nothing.