Cool, but

Rating: 9/10 (29 June 2005)

Too much of the little girl screaming, too much Tom, not enough military action shown. The only military action shown is a doomed attack on one of the tripods, by troops, M1A Abrams, M3 Bradleys, F-16 Vipers, AH-64 Apachies, and Ray's son. Also at the end several troops attack a dying tripod with M203's, Singers, and some sort of anti-tank weapons. The only thing I would have added was a montage of tripods getting blown to hell at the end like ID4. Also it could have been a bit more true to the book, although I never read it, some who did say that the movie missed several things, and was more focused on Ray, but it may have been to allow people to more closely associate with the protagonist. But still great overall.