Great but not long enough

Rating: 8/10 (19 February 2006)

I loved the movie and the special effects were incredible. However I thought Spielberg left out about an hour worth of scenes that could have made this movie a true classic. What was with the red stuff I know it was human blood but what was its purpose and if it was truly a War of the Worlds where what was the rest of the earth doing and did we unite as one world? Overall the acting was good as usual Cruise was terrific. Dakota Fanning was outstanding and has grown as an actress. I guess I was hoping for more and was let down some even though I thought the movie was good it left me wanting much more. I would have thought with a lot of time to produce this movie that they would have given more of the original version in their version. Like I said good movie just incomplete.