I haven't seen it yet, but i can't knockl Spielberg and Cruise. Despite being a megastar ( :) ) Cruise has done some knock me dead movies like Vanilla Sky and Spielberg ("Empire of the Sun" from J.G Ballard) is always gold quality no matter what he does.

I have seen it, and though I usually hate films that rely totally on their special effects, I must say that these were exceptional. It's a good thing the characters were two dimensional and I had no sympathy for them. It meant I could enjoy the special effects without having to worry about the possibility of anybody I liked getting killed.

I too have seen it. And I must say that I agree with the good nurse. I was positively supprised. It was watch-able despite Cruise. He did an ok preformance.
I must have missed the flag-waving part though (maybe it's selective memory, or I've developed a blindspot :) )

I too agree, i was pleasently surprised, although it does still have that terrible although ironic ending.

One thing I found rather annoying is that they ran Ogilvey and the artilleryman into one character. Scientific genuis versus total nutter. Not an obvious choice in my opinion

One of those Films I never expected to like,But I did!

As someone who lives on the Doorstep of Woking though(Woking being where The Original was based) I still get this Sinking feeling that it was set in Modern USA
I actually enjoyed Cruise's acting quite a bit too,and the effects were done exceptionally well