A rating of "awful" is fair for this movie. I have never seen such a bad movie, even comparing to the cheesy sci fi's from the 1950's. The main problem with this movie is how offensive the cast are and the lack of plot. The plot is not the same as H.G. Well's book, not even close.
Tom is not too bad, other then his character is unreal, disjointed, and acts as a complete supplicant to his offspring. The little girl is the typical sick representation of a brat that Spielberg seems to be obsessed with. A mouthy brat girl who always observes important events first, out smarts all adults, and asks questions well above her age group. There is something deeply wrong with Spielberg. The brat son was essentially the same. All three primary characters, and the freak in the farm cellar, were not related to anything real, they were non-human characters. I've seen Japanese Anime with much more believable characters.
The only reason I can conjure that motivated these people to make this trash movie is some kind of agenda to make Americans stupid and empower children over their dumb and impotent parents. Now that theory is the only good sci fi in this flick.
Tom is not too bad, other then his character is unreal, disjointed, and acts as a complete supplicant to his offspring. The little girl is the typical sick representation of a brat that Spielberg seems to be obsessed with. A mouthy brat girl who always observes important events first, out smarts all adults, and asks questions well above her age group. There is something deeply wrong with Spielberg. The brat son was essentially the same. All three primary characters, and the freak in the farm cellar, were not related to anything real, they were non-human characters. I've seen Japanese Anime with much more believable characters.
The only reason I can conjure that motivated these people to make this trash movie is some kind of agenda to make Americans stupid and empower children over their dumb and impotent parents. Now that theory is the only good sci fi in this flick.