Hands down, the worst... Ever.

Rating: 1/10 (1 September 2006)

No-one would have believed that in the early years of the twenty-first century that humans would be watching this tripe. Few men even considered the possibility of such a phenomenal waste of time and money. Yet... Across the planet, minds immeasurably greedier than our own, regarded our wallets with envious eyes... And slowly, and surely.. They made this heap of garbage.
It's uncanny, really, just how amazingly bad this film was. I find it difficult to imagine what Spielberg was thinking. Or, perhaps, he was wrongly medicated for some strange mental illness we are as yet unaware of. Essentially they took what was once a great story and used it's ravaged husk as a weak and weary premise for advertising space and merchandise profit. Now... That normally wouldn't bother me too much, but to leave only (by my approximation) about 10% of the story on which it's based without giving it another title is FLAT_OUT_FRAUD.
1) The machines were never... HERE. 2) Aliens.. didn't have legs. See: Gravity. 3) Alien war cry ("AAALOOOOOO") lame... Sounded like someone in an upstairs apartment moving a refrigerator. 4) Way to combine three characters so you don't have to actually give anyone the real sense of gravity and horror they deserve in this story. Thanks. 5) CHANGE THE SOLENOID?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I could go on but I think I've done enough already. If you have a modicum of respect for the late Mr. Wells and you don't wish to have your hopes dashed... Don't see this. Ever.