Great effects. Good acting. Disturbingly incomplete plot.

Rating: 8/10 (26 July 2005)

Visually, this was an impressive film and I did enjoy it - hence my rating. The scene with the "tripod" emerging from beneath the pavement was superb and truly frightening. Unfortunately, the story line had so many holes in it that it appeared unfinished and one wonders what was going on behind the scenes.
H. G. Welles' original story is great but quite dated by today's standards and needed some serious but careful revisions to make it plausible. Some of us have a deep respect for the "science" in "science fiction" and the discipline and creativity that is required to accommodate it. It is a shame that Hollywood nearly always feels that making a "statement" is sufficient in making a science fiction film and that special effects supersede the human brain.
And what about those red vines, anyway?