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Quite simply a great film for it's time.

While the special effects may not be as good as Star Wars or any of a number of other more modern movies, you have to take it for what it is, and for the time it was made. Doing that you can't help but see how it is one of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made.

I have seen it 3 times and every time lost count of how many concepts in this movie that I have seen replicated, in some way shape or form, in sci-fi movies made subsequently.

Truly the trend-setter for all sci-fi movies that have followed.

Well worth watching and a must see for anyone who calls themselves a sci-fi fan.

Great performance by Crowe, almost as good as his performance in "A Brilliant Mind" for which he should have received the best actor Oscar.

If there is any justice in the world, he should get an Academy Award for this performance.

If nothing else a good old fashioned "against the odds" type of movie, without being boring, repetitive or corny.

Being set in the depression era, it was not too far off base with shots of the life people lived at the time, but perhaps was a bit sanitised as the version of the movie I saw was on-board an aeroplane. That being said the fact that it impressed me so much, and that I enjoyed it so much when watching it on the aeroplane makes me want to wait for it to come out on DVD so I can watch it again. Not many movies can have that influence on me.

Not a Bad film has much more in common with HG Wells' original story than the modern adaptation/remake Independence Day, which has many parallels running through it.

Special effects: I did not find them that bad, again given the age

of the movie they probably could be said to be quite good.

In independence day, you could find things to laugh at or about, this movie is much more serious, and given that, just as enjoyable if not a little more engrossing.

Worth seeing at least once.

The Digitally Remastered Sound Track on CD is also quite good.