It was a little bit of a let down

Rating: 4/10 (24 August 2015)

I checked the Spoiler Box but just wanted to say again:: this contains SPOILERS. This movie came out in 2008 and I just got done watching it on August 24th 2015. I remember seeing the ads for this movie, but never got to the theater & kind of forgot about it. Until I saw it on TV. It started out good. Except for the guy that was holding the camera (Hudson but they called him Hud). He wasn't very likable. And he ended up surviving almost the entire movie. It's weird because these people had the best luck and the worst luck at the same time. First, they went through A LOT & all should have probably died 5 times before they actually did. That was their good luck. Their bad luck was that they just couldn't get away from this monster. I know they headed right into the hot zone trying to save that girl (I can only remember her last name for some reason.) I know the creature was big but so is New York. I guarantee you that others got away. When they left the party and on their way to the girls apartment building, I understood that part as they were in the city. But it was driving me crazy when they were in the helicopter. For one thing, it hardly looked like they were moving at all. Then they go the same direction as the creature and fly over it! Was it REALLY that surprising when the creature hit the helicopter? They survived the crash (luck) and then Hud looks up and Shazam!! The creature just happened to be right there. (Bad Luck) I know they were hurt, but why did they stop running? These people went through hell and back, lost friends and family members, got attacked by small & large creatures, & survived a helicopter crash and they couldn't let them live? Had those two survived, I would have forgiven everything else. What was the sense of having the Going Away party? I'm mad that I stayed up late to watch the movie!