I was so looking forward to the arrival of this DVD, within 20 minutes of the opening credits I was wondering why! This without doubt is one of the worst films I have ever seen. I can only wonder what poor Mr Tim Hines was trying to achieve.The film itself did follow the original book quite well. However, the acting, editing, filming and special effects were terrible. The tripods were amazing, they could actually walk through a forrest without disturbing a single leaf, the Thunder Child scene was pianfully funny, the ship looked like she was made of Lego and the whole scene looked like it was done on a home computer, an old one at that. I am a WOFW fan but this film has not done the orignal book any favours. Perhaps the re-edited version of the film will be better, but I have my doubts!