One trick pony, and the trick is both good and bad

Rating: 5/10 (12 November 2009)

As others have said, this is basically a by the numbers giant monster invasion movie.
Its one trick is the pseudo-amateur documentary filing style ala "The Blair Witch Project. In fact if they had named this movie "The Blair Witch Godzilla" you wouldn't have even had to go to the film to get 90% of it.
The BWP technique applied to this subject material IS interesting. My experience was that it added to the sense of realism. I stopped thinking about the CG (which was thankfully used sparingly, someone understood that what you can't see is a lot scarier then what you can) and just accepted the action, which is unusual in my experiences of modern effects film.
Unfortunately, the shaky hand held camera work really made me ill. I had to do deep breathing exercises just to make it through without vomiting.
So... its an interesting little film IF you literally have the stomach for it. But if you are prone to any kind of simulator or motion sickness, I wouldn't try this movie.