Steven still has it

Rating: 8/10 (2 July 2005)

Even though I have read the H.G.Wells book when I was a kid and still vaguely remember the storyline, even though I have read many reviews that all say this movie is quite suspenseful, the movie still kept me on the edge of my seat for the entire 2 hours. The special effects, the sound effects were astounding. And it has some good acting too, Tom Cruise did a decent job and Tim Robin was superb as always. The seamless flow screams Speilburg. One surprise after another and with some quite moments just to build up more tension, and surprise you again even when you were expecting a surprise. You may feel you have seen many of the scenes in Jurassic Park, Minority Reports, Saving Private Ryan or even in Jaws, but they are so beautifully woven together it left no room for complain. The plot may be sketchy, it is just enough to deliver a very good movie, and it was amazingly loyal to the novel. With a lot of willful suspension of doubts, it even made several good points. Many people does not like the ending, the original novel ends like that and, let's face it, a sci-fi flick with entire humanity senseless slaughtered just won't fly.