Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Should not be ranked with the best

This George Pal treatment of the H.G.Well's classic masterpiece is poor in deed. The FX for the time is great but the story and plot are such stinkers the film simply fails. It is cold war updated and I am sure to the dismay of Wells full of religious overtones which added nothing to the story. To have this poor thing rated with Sci-F masterpieces such as "The Day the Earth Stood Still" or "2001" is a sham and an injustice.