AMAZING. But people miss the point...

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2008)

As I said, from what I can tell, most of the people that didn't like the movie were missing the point of the movie.
1. "The camera was shaky". YES. THE CAMERA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SHAKY. The movie is being filmed from the point of an ACTUAL PERSON who is stuck in the attack. You have to be foolish to think that anyone in the middle of a giant monster attack can manage to hold a camera straight and not shake it while running. Maybe some people are prone to motion sickness - fine, but that is no reason to give the movie a bad rating. Your own personal medical problems are not the fault of the producer.
2. "The camera's battery lasted too long." The thing people seem to miss is the fact that the camera wasn't on for the full 7-8 hours. The footage shown was the raw footage recorded by Hud. When something was cut out, the camera was off. This means the camera was only on for as long as the movie - about an hour and a half, which is plenty in range of a typical camera battery.
3. "The camera is too powerful/has special features." Yes, the camera is high quality. Yes, the sound is good. Yes, it has strong lights and night vision. Yes, it can survive being dropped. People, they DO make very high quality cameras - who's to say this camera wasn't one of them? Rob is obviously upper-class money wise, so he may have had a very expensive camera.
Anyway, now that thats out of the way... The movie itself was really terrific. I was worried about it, honestly - I thought it might be bad, but I gave it a shot anyway, and I've gotta say - WOW. I was really blown away by this movie. I like that there were no super-famous actors, because they were all REALLY AWESOME at acting. The script was terrific and 100% believable. The camera was only shaking where it was appropriate, such as when Hud is running or something explodes, etc. I truly felt like I was there during all the events - it felt extremely realistic and I loved it. They were aiming for that feel and they hit it spot on.
I will say, though, that if you are prone to motion sickness, do not see the movie. And if you do see the movie anyway, please don't rate it down because you, knowing the movie will make you sick, made you sick.