Orson Wells is turning over in his grave!

Rating: 6/10 (5 April 2006)

I was so looking forward to this movie. And I was so disappointed. They took a terrific story and ruined it for me by making the characters unlikable.
Take Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise). I know he is supposed to represent everyman, but I found him to be self-serving, selfish and arrogant. And his daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning) to be a spoiled brat who's father wouldn't let her grow up.
The only one I liked in the movie was Robbie Ferrier, Ray's son. He did the things that I felt his father should have done in the movie.
Maybe the problem is that I wanted the leading man to be a hero, not an everyman. The streets were full of everymen during the crowd scenes.
The sound mixing was poor. At times you could barely hear the dialog, but then when the Martians attack, it's too loud.
Oh, and they changed the martians, too. Now they are no longer tripods.