Don't believe the hype..... - War of the Worlds Reviews

I love Steven Speilberg as well as MOST movies with Tom Cruise, however I feel this movie should have delivered more than just hype. The original movie was new and exciting so it's not easy task to bring the same old story to the big screen and yet still make it new. The machines and the introduction to the movie was pretty well done, however after that, it's as though Steven ran out of ideas. When I was expecting War of the Worlds, I instead recieved Dakota Flemming's version of Jurassic Park but with Alien Tripods instead of Raptors. After 2 and a half hours of movie, instead of being happy in the end that EVERYONE in the family makes it out alive, I was simply excited to be able to go home and take out the trash since tomorrow is trash day.