blockbuster misplaced

Rating: 7/10 (24 October 2005)

I think that this is a good film at the cinema I enjoyed it greatly, I also enjoyed the book and I think the book was better . This film did try and stay as true to the book as it could especially in the respect of Human civilisation being routed and posing the whole question that no matter what technology or how clever we think we are, that if aliens invaded or some other catastrophic events outside of our control happened we would be pretty well finished,it applied in 1897 when the book was written it applies now in 2005 and the advent of the film .
I also liked the aspect that Tom Cruise character was just an ordinary guy just as scared as we would all be .
The effects were great and the first sighting of one of the machines i found very sinister and eerie.
The one problem is that unfortunately we live in the age of commercialism and Hollywood happy endings and for all my hope of a good movie staying true to the book and I was hoping set in Victorian England we have to have it in modern day America and we have to have rays son turning up at the end in an inexplicable manner.
The film is good thats why I gave it 7 out 10 but for Speilburgs talent and there is plenty there are times I felt the same about A I that I really think he has to just add on a happy ending for no better reason then to sell cinema tickets.
Good though just a little misplaced it trys to do the dark sparse undertones of the book its just that modern life doesn't want to see that on celluloid