Great idea - Bad idea &...'WARNING: YOU MAY GET SICK!

Rating: 5/10 (7 May 2008)

OK, getting directly to the point... This is exactly the kind of storyline (and probably the kind of script) that makes a great movie...ie.- The kind of movie that you're actually glad to find while channel-surfing the TV ten years later... like on a lazy Saturday afternoon - when the weather sucks - or you've just mowed the lawn - or you find yourself with 'that wonderful feeling of nothing to do'...Rather it 'COULD HAVE BEEN' that kind of movie (like, oh let's say a movie like 'the 5th Element, a Die Hard or even something with a little more of an edge, that you can watch several times through the years...OK, OK, back to the point...It could have been just that...The 1st person story-line was fine...The big, big, (behemoth) mistake?...It's the lack of cameras, combined with the Blair-witch camera effect...It's 'just too much for Hollywood'...and often nauseating at the same time...The bottom line?...This could have been 'that great movie' (as described above) if only they had kept several(few?)camera options available for the editing and the filming to 'tell the story'...While utilizing all the hand-held camera effects for strategic 'storytelling' shots is fine (in their usage and movement), it's a really bad experience to 'try' and watch an entire movie that 'is supposed to be' shot by a 1st time shooter 'Hud' with a $400 video camera...So either Hud's an expert with a non-linear editing package and the camera also has a great shoulder-mount because so much of the video is rock-steady (even when it's slanted at 60 degrees, but who knows; maybe 'Hud' has one leg that's a lot shorter than the other?...or he's got some kindov' wacky 'vertigo' happening...?) You really don't see very much of him. You mainly hear him continually yelling for/at Rob!!, Rob!!...At any rate, he's definitely got the best lines and with the slight lisp (lithsp), he's pretty funny too...All in all (aside from the lack of camera(s) planning), it's a pretty decent flick...And on the risk of repeating myself, AGAIN...I really wish it had been shot from the 3rd person perspective with 'Hud's camera-work' sprinkled in between. I'm convinced that's all it would have taken to be a really watchable and much more enjoyable film...I guess its true - sometimes less is more and this feels like a prime example of it... Ohh, the lil' creatures look to be 1st rate work, regardless of how they're done, even glimpses of them are pretty evil... Have fun & remember...If you get sick while watching 100 minutes of 'shakey' camera movement...beware cause you may find yourself quite nauseated!...