This is a terrible movie

Rating: 1/10 (19 January 2008)

Awful. Bad. Stupid.
First, using the 'shaking camera' thing is effective when people are running, falling, fighting, etc. Using the amazing shaking camera when people are sitting and chatting, it's just stupid.
Second, this movie pretends to be an alien invasion movie, but it's not. Actually, it's about this really great guy Rob or Tom or something and he had sex with this one girl Beth, and like, totally no one at the party knew that they had had sex, so now that an alien giant monster is attacking Manhattan, it's really important for Rob or Tom to go find Beth.
Ya'see, "Giant Alien Attacks Manhattan" is the headline. "Stupid boy seeks girl in monster stricken city" gets coverage on p18, right? You can't make the alien attack the 'back story'. It didn't work in War of the Worlds which was "really" about a divorcée trying to reconnect with his kids. It didn't work in Signs, which was "really" about a man's quest to recover his faith.
I'm all for Alien movies. I'm for love movies, divorcée movies and movies about recovering one's faith. I just don't like hyped up movies that pretend to be one thing but aren't. I mean, you don't even get to SEE the stupid alien. How dumb is that? Not to mention, an hour and a half of shaky cam and I literally went home and puked.
Terrible, awful, bad movie. I want my money back.