First I do not think this movie is bad by any stretch of the imagination. Yeah parts blew chunks but almost every movie I have seen in the last year and probably most of the movies I have seen in my life had parts like that. It just did not have any parts that made up for the sub standard parts. Graphically speaking the movie kicked ass. As far as the acting went I was not really all that disappointed. The only problem I really had with this movie and the one made in 1953 is that the book never implied that the aliens were (sorry martians) invincible in the way that they are portrayed in both movies, they where still easy to destroy just very difficult to hit with the technology of the time. Obviously in order to make that believable in this day and age that they needed some form of shielding around each of the 'walkers' (reminded me very much of the ones in Half Life 2, which you should own by now) otherwise they manage to keep fairly close to the way the book was written just updated to match the technology of out day.
I felt that the end of the movie would have been much improved by the death of at least one if not all of Tom Cruises characters family members. It was in the words of Yankee too improbable for one man to be so lucky and it is this lack of realism which degrades the overall enjoyment of the film.
All in all worth seeing. I would actually recommend that you see the movie then buy the book and read it if you even slightly enjoyed the film.
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