the ending of the movie was 'bitin' but it was faithful to HG Wells' 18th century book, on which both the 1950's and 2005 movies were based on. in the book, the hero finds all the martians dead from earth bacteria. yeah, i know it doesn't play out well on the screen where we're always expecting Independence Day-style final battles.

i saw it in a theater here in florida and as we were walking out many people didn't like the ending either. they didn't like Tom Cruise either :bwahaha: they felt a 'real' action star like Mel Gibson or Harrison Ford should have played the hero.

in my opinion it was ok, but it was more a family drama than it was a bombs-and-bullets action movie.