H.G. Wells must be turning over in his grave. First, Steven Spielberg butchered War of the Worlds in every form and fashion known to man (am I the only one that wanted to smack Dakota Fanning and tell her SHUT THE HELL UP!!!)....the sole reason most wanted to see this movie is to see how the Martians would lay down some whoop-ass and the military's efforts to stop the otherworldly invaders. Instead, Spielberg doses out a driveling family story. Piece of advice, Steven...stick to flicks like Schindlers List and Munich...let Lucas and others tackle Sci-Fi. If this piece of trash wasn't bad enough, here comes the Sci-Fi channel with their version of the Wells classic, starring Timothy Hutton. (And what the hell has he been doing the past 10 years, smoking crack??? He looked about 95!) You know, I thought I'd seen some bad movies in my time, but this actually made me feel embarrassed for the Sci-Fi channel. If you didn't know the title of the movie and weren't familiar with the story, no one would really know what it's about! It's not even established half way through the movie that the invaders are even aliens....Hutton's character, a supposed astronomer, isn't even given a chance to use even the most trite of cliches one would expect from this movie. All you see is him walking from town to town, with the shoddy effect thrown in from time to time. Seriously, one has to wonder how in the world the Sci-Fi channel can stay on the air by throwing their money into such horrendous productions. Just want to say....Mr. Wells, I am sorry.