A Thrilling, Compelling 1st Person View & Intensifies Creativity

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2008)

First off, I saw this film, the day of release. I woke up and very excited to hop on the nearest Western bus & go to Kerasotes Theatre right down the road. As I wait in line for my tickets, I'm anticipating to see & hoping it's going to be an out-of-this-world overall great film. I get my popcorn, my sour patch kids & a large Dr. Pepper, & I got into the theatre the atmosphere of the entire theatre room felt fantastic, I could already tell, in the simplicity so far, I was in the best mood & mindset to enjoy this upcoming film. Once the previews began & credits of the film began..I was so excited to see how'd it start. The movie started at a party of their long-known friend, who's on his way to traveling to Japan on a business trip. The party is going great, all around likability to the characters that were intro'd from the get-go. Then as the party intensifies with the drama of the bachelor who's leaving for Japan (his girlfriend/bestfriend enters the room.) There's much tension between the 2 of them, obviously there's a bit of hardship their both dealing with, since he's leaving & she's dealing with a broken heart over his departing. Then, out of nowhere, there's a huge explosion outside the balcony, People panicking in the room, I won't give away too much. I'm gone into detail this far. The Statue of Liberty, her head does BLOW CLEAR OFF! Was an Awesome Shot! (as soon as I saw that, I thought of Ghostbusters 2, when the plasmic slime they used to bring Lady Liberty to life!) :). I would definitely recommend this film. There's definitely hard critics who have perfectionist views & expect highly of the film, to the point the critic/critics bash it to pieces. The movie IS very shaky, it's being filmed by the crew who've been watching & documenting every step of the way of the causes&effects of what's truly going on in the city. I will also inform you all who take the curteous time to read this..the film does require patience to understand where the crew, the people who've documented proof of what happened beginning to end, their story will live on & in hopes of becoming re-knowned world historians/heroes in senses. The visuals of the monster were fantastic, a lil-cliché of the realism mixed with CGI Animarion, but overall pulled off successfully. I hope this was helpful & hope to hear some feedback. Enjoy the review :)!