[Sam Gamgee]

The movie really kept to the spirit of the book that it was all action right from the get go. The book cannot be beaten I agree, but I remember the character in the book would finally find a place to stop and rest, and then wouldn’t you know it, another one of these damn walking pods appear. That was well captured in the movie. I didn’t care much for the idea that the machines were always there. That didn’t add up. Also the movie could have explained WHY the aliens came. The book has a great but grim ending where the main character comes across dogs eating the carcass of one of the aliens. I would have liked to see that in the movie.

[FraudFactor.com]

I thought War of the Worlds did not have enough military battle scenes, and spent too much time on the less expensive footage containing interpersonal dialog, driving in a car, and hiding in a building or basement.

I thought the Terminator and Lord of the Rings movies were superior chase movies.

Also, War of the Worlds never even explained who the aliens were or why they were attacking the earth - were they supposed to be Martians as in the original story?

There were many logical holes and contradictions in this remake of war of the worlds.