Simplistic but effective!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (18 January 2008)

Let me first start off by saying that I'm a huge fan of LOST, and I did want to see this movie because of J.J. Abrams. With that being said, this movie was in no comparison to that of LOST!!!! The movie got right into it!!!!!! The first 20 minutes sets up a little bit of background on the very few number of characters that were in this film. The last 60 minutes of the movie is about their will to survive this chaos that is going on in New York City. I thought the movie could have used a little bit more of a story line. I think the writers should have tied into the plot that the main character(who was leaving the Country because of a promotion) had something to do with what was going on in the city. He could have maybe worked with the government, and they knew something horrible might be coming. But, they chose(the writers) to just stick with a simple script. Cut and dry. There is something attacking the city that came from the Hudson River!!!!!!!!!!
Whatever the thing(monster) was, it could be described as a hybrid dinosaur with a very long tail, tentacles like an alien, four legs like an elephant, a head that could turn on a 360 degree angle, 25 stories tall, strong as hell, a host for parasite spiders to drop from it, & overall just a big mean wrecking machine!!!!!!! I think it was left up to you to figure out what this thing was!!!!!
The action and special effects sequences in this movie were done very well I thought. It looked believable for a movie that was done on a fairly low budget(30 million dollars I believe).
I would love to see a prequel or a sequel to this movie, but I doubt very seriously they will retell this movie in any kind of way.
All in all, I think this movie is very satisfying. I will say that this movie reminded me a lot of The Mist(Stephen King's short story). The creatures looked a lot alike in both movies. Both had one huge creature and both had smaller creatures coming from the host. I'm glad I went to see it. Keep your eyes on the last few seconds of the movie. A lot of people I know that have seen it have said they show something crashing into the Hudson River on the videotape with Robert & Beth at Coney Island..........................