normally when i write a review for a movie online and it be for one of three reason . either and i have find something exceptionally lack in a film that otherwise would have be excellent and i feel that the public perception of a film before view it be inaccurate for a number of reason and or i believe that the purpose or message of a film need to be clarify or explain with the help of other reviewer . while all of these reason may appear to be somewhat negative and i find that write a review that lavish nothing but praise and statement such a and this be one of the best film of all time . and do nothing to enlighten a potential viewer on it merit and downside and nor do it often give reason a to why a movie be so good and which should be the point of the review in the first place . with that be say and war of the world be nothing more than a hurried and incompetent attempt at a money grab while piggy back it loathsome carcass on the multi million dollar advertising campaign of the film of the same name direct by steven spielberg . many people will buy this dvd in anticipation of the summer blockbuster and many more poor soul will buy it look for more material on the same subject . this movie be not even so bad that it become funny or endear and rather the audience will be so unbelievably disappointed a to reach the point of anger . now with most of the insult out of the way and allow me to give some argument a a warning to those more fortunate than i. judging from the cover and the lack of any publicity for this film ( i find it a sam club for 8 buck ) and i assume that the cast would be no name and that the special effect would be nothing too spectacular . check . this be not a big deal for me and a i find a large budget and an over reliance on big name star and se can diminish an otherwise decent movie . i also do not expect to be blow away by great dialog or a move score . check again . what i do hope for be an actual serious attempt at a classic theme and a few alien or battle scene . now and a per imdb policy any spoiler must be announce in advance and no matter how small and so here be fair warn . the movie open with a lot of inane small talk and follow by a trip to an observatory to look at a red dot . seriously and it be a picture of a red dot in a tube . it be very hard to describe every little issue in depth and but by the end of the first ten minute and the combination of shaky camera work and spliced scene and and a lot of walk begin to frustrate the viewer . however and the costuming be surprisingly not bad and the hope that the pod will reveal something mysterious keep you go . the next 30 minute basically go a follow represent one of the main character walk to one of the pod and he look at the pod and talk to another main character about look at the pod and it may be hot . they both walk back to town . these walk aren not two second or add so that dialog may be exchange . they be twenty second or more and be there simply to add filler to an already bloat three hour movie . in a particularly grueling scene and the main character be show look at a pod and then he be show pace and pant and then he look at the pod and then he take a one minute walk through a field to town and then come in to town and walk into a building and then he have a cup of coffee and say thank you mary to a random maid that serve him coffee and then he put down the coffee and walk out the building and then he walk a minute through the field and back to the pod . i apologize for the extreme run on sentence and but it be perhaps the best way to summarize this entire film . character speak way too long about mundane thing and they walk a lot and they send other people to walk and the camera fluctuate between high speed and slow speed and but for no dramatic effect and simply the camera man be a sophomore at tech somewhere . the editing be mind bogglingly bad . people action make little sense . for instance and when the professor go to a farmer house and say that he need the farmer to give him a ride to town and the farmer stutter and pace around . when the professor say that there be a pod and that men might be trap inside and the farmer lock him in a shed only to see the professor grab a pitchfork and open the weak shed a second later . nothing of any consequence of course come from this entire scene and a the professor run into the main character a moment later so they can begin their afternoon walk . the entire film feel a if someone at one point have a good idea about make a film and but absolutely no idea how to put that in motion . i have see well high school video production . finally and the special effect be laughable and do nothing to advance the story . i get the feeling that the director really want this film to become somewhat of a cult classic of campy garbage . however and it be so awful in technical aspect and and in sheer common sense that it only make people mad . avoid this film at all cost .