Great movie, but don't forget the hype backlash!

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2008)

I absolutely loved the film. It's been a while since I was at a movie where my mouth was truly open in shock, surprise, and excitement. Those of us actually around for the Blair Witch hype may find all of this familiar...but I even submit that the Blair Witch Project had an even more effective marketing campaign, right at the turning point of viral campaigns. Everyone (including me) who saw that movie in advance or the first weekend was blown away! After that, the story gets trickled down, and it becomes less impressive to the next audience and the next audience until it becomes pop culture fodder.
Hopfully the action and special effects aspect of the creature here (what the heck?? Part bat, part tarantula?? The offspring were VICIOUS!) will keep this movie from suffering the same fate as the BWP.
I know I saw some people who were like, Lily was running all night in those heels??? Any city girl worth her salt knows how to do ANYTHING in her heels. ha! That's all I have to say for now...we shall see the results of the hype in a month. At this point, a lot of critics hate it because of the 9/11 connection, but I don't feel they crossed a line. NYC, specifically Manhattan, has been depicted as the perfect setting for disaster movies because it is the city that never sleeps...and what would we do if disaster ever hit? Unfortunately, we found out the hard way...but we can't blame movies for following a proud NYC tradition. We banded together on 9/11 and should Godzilla or Project Cloverfield attack us in real life, we would band together again.