The War of the Worlds

I thought the Tom Cruise version was quite good - better than I expected anyway. If only Americans didn't always have the obligatory child in everything.
I've always enjoyed the old film, although I always feel sorry for the poor martians dying at the end.

In any films, not just in sci-fi!

The original Radio play was so realistic that many Ameicans panicked, thinking it was true. I don't think many people would have been convinced by this film. Does anybody else get annoyed when women in SciFi films are portrayed as helpless idiots? I think things have got much better in recent films.

I too have it on CD and play it often in the car on a long journey love the music and Richard Burton's narration is wonderful, but not impressed with the version they showed today the original film was very atmospheric and much more watchable even if it is terribly dated now.

I wasn't impressed with the Tom Cruise version, but then I am not impressed with Tom Cruise (although he speaks very highly of me )

Annoyingly missed it when it was on tour last Autumn; we'd heard that the guy from Kaiser Chiefs was in it so wanted to see it this time [if something keeps touring year after year it must be good] but forgot to check when it was on .

I've got it on CD with Richard Burton and David Essex (not sure how they managed that?) and listen to it on my iPod. Love it. In Woking they have an enourmous piece of 'art' to remind everyone every time they go shopping.