Way better than Spielberg/Cruise crapfest. In some ways even better than the George Pal version. If this ever comes out on video I want it! The changes made were not as annoying (the lone exception, the "Tripods"; they were just wrong) but it fairly followed the book in every other way. C. Thomas Howell stamped all over Cruise as the man stuck in the midst of war. The pace was perfect, the survival over the war torn landscape gritty and real. The portion with the Curate was intense (Why did Spielberg have to alter this character from what he was let alone the fate he met?). There was realism aplenty in terms of what the aliens left in their wake shattered homes, poisoned lakes, no electricity working, tattered clothing, mean, mean heat rays and chill evoking scenes with the black smoke and at the end a busted up Washington and smudged-up people crawling out the rubble.
Wow. Again, if there's a video of this movie out I want it.
Wow. Again, if there's a video of this movie out I want it.