Amazing War of the Worlds

Rating: 9/10 (15 July 2005)

After I saw the original War of the worlds movie from 1953 I was pretty impressed by the story. The only thing that bothered me was the fact that the original tripods from H.G.Wells' book had been replaced by swan-looking flying saucers. Fortunately Mr.Spielberg didn't make the same mistake.
The tripods in this new opus are very impressive on all accounts. The war cry and the tentacles and everything works very well. And I have seen many movies with Tom Cruise, but I think this is one of his strongest performances. The best part is that he is more worried about his family than trying to be a big shot and take everything into his own hands.
Overall a very impressive movie, I recommend it to all fans of War of the worlds and/or the BBC series The Tripods for that matter.