Wow

Rating: 9/10 (3 February 2008)

Well, i was going to give the movie a 5 out of 10 for the ending, however after reading the other reviews i changed my mind. Very creative style of directing, they switch the style of the movie around from a third person perspective back to a first person perspective, but, unlike in Doom or the unheard of and wildly unpopular "a day in the life of.." star trek series they take it up a notch and put it in a familiar handicam tone, so the moviegoer can relate to the action( no sense in bringing a huge moviecamera with you when running right?). Anyway, i liked how the entire movie after the party was a continuous ride through constant obstacles and loss, they try to run, but they lose people, they try going back, more die, they try running again.
The monster too, I loved that it wasn't just a 1 dimensional thing like Godzilla, go in, smash city (rawr!), leave. Instead, it looked a bit more advanced dropping off drones in it's wake, apparently for recon and attack. The monster's movements also, not random at all, I was just sitting there going "omg what tank does this thing not step on?" and jeez, it even took advantage of a cloud of smoke at one point, you'd never see Godzilla do that.
Overall, i'd say it's a pretty good movie, though they could've done better on the ending, I think maybe they would've been better off with the cameraman doing the "outro" than the hero, though if that had happened they would've had the "hero" getting chewed apart pushing the cameraman out of the way, bleh, they should do that for the director's cut. I just say that cuz it's out of character for the guy in question to suddenly turn around and grab the camera and do a confessional when the guy who's main priority it was is gone.