Good concept and nice cuttings but Simple Story and Shaky Camera

Rating: 2/10 (19 January 2008)

I was so intrigued to watch this film on screen after watching the trailer on screen. The concept was so awesome, a monster suddenly appearing in New York Manhattan and wrecking all the buildings into pieces. The feeling was like something really usual and unbelievable happened around you all of a sudden and how different people reacted to it.
Today I watched the film on screen and got out entirely dizzy and frustrated about the story. The filming technique was different from typical movies we watch. It resembled that in "The Blair Witch Project" that the movie was viewed from the Video Recorder's perspective but in a much clearer version (Maybe the DV was of Good quality, thanks to Rob!) However the screenplays were just too shaky and made people feel dizzy most of the time. I understand in real situation it should be as shaky as hell like in the movies, but I think for most audience viewing this movie it would be a disaster. Somehow movies are for entertainment to the general people so I think it would be better if they have improved this part.
The cast did their parts in the movie. Without stars in the movie made it more realistic and let us feel more close to real life. The cuttings and lightnings were great. CG effects were good. However the dizzy camera screen stole a great deal of marks from them. It made me hard to concentrate on all the details as I was about to throw up watching the movie! In addition, personally the story was too simple. There were no twists at all and much was predicted after being surprised by the first attack of the monster. It was sort of the "Resident Evil" style of movie where the government last resort was to bomb the entire area. And the cameraman Hud was doing too much trash talk which made me hate him more than appreciating his sense of humor.
If you can tolerate riding on roller coasters for a continual of 85 minutes, I think you can give this movie a try. The concept was really really nice and I liked it, but I just could not stand watching a movie that makes you throw up. Given improved shaky camera technique and more twists to the story, I think this movie can deserve a higher rating.