One of the best monster movies

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2008)

I really liked this movie. I read many reviews here on IMDb before I went to see it, so I had high expectations. For me, the camera POV presentation was sometimes disorienting, yet at the same time, it really made the movie interesting and tense. There was plenty of suspense and many seriously scary moments. I thought lighting and darkness were used very well to pluck my nerves throughout the film. Sometimes, I got angry at the heroes for the decisions they made, but I stuck with them and found myself pulling for them. There was nothing in this movie that struck me as totally unbelievable or ridiculous. The monster and special effects did not disappoint me at all. What I saw of the monster left me wanting to see more of it. It made me curious. The special effects were first rate. I'm glad that there were no gratuitous sex or nude scenes, which are so often just thrown in to movies. No over-the-top gore either. There was no underlying message or moral lesson to the viewer; just an eyewitness view of a spectacular disaster. The film left me with a bunch of unanswered questions, so I do hope there's a sequel. This one ranks up there with my other favorite monster movies (Alien, Predator, and Jurassic Park).