Better than what I expected

Rating: 9/10 (9 July 2005)

Saw the new War of the Worlds tonight. Now some people will hate it, just another big blockbuster with all effects and no substance. I went there thinking pretty much that, expecting just a lot of amazing special effects with lots of explosions and impressive scenes (and the usual world ending only in America). However, I was pleasantly surprised.
This version is rather faithful to the original and features Tom Cruise playing a very good character with some depths - not your usual action hero type of role. He displayed the type of frailty you would expect from an average Joe in that sort of situation.