Lost it's appeal

Rating: 6/10 (19 January 2008)

I was never completely hyped up to see this movie. I looked at it as a "down on the streets" point of view of a Godzilla type movie and that's pretty much what it was. Unfortunately that point of view wore thin on me.
I didn't mind the set up at the beginning to get you interested in the characters you were going to follow around. I didn't mind a group of 20 somethings acting... well like 20 somethings. It all gave it a bit of realism. I had no issue with the camera being shaky (although I had to look away at one point when I started feeling some nausea). I even liked a lot of the aspects of the attack in Manhattan.
My issue was at some point in the movie, probably in the last fifteen to twenty minutes, I didn't care about it anymore. The whole thing just seemed to go on too long. I didn't care about the people we were seeing on the film anymore. I didn't care if they survived or not. I just wanted it to end.
I also, for the first time I can remember in the past few years, felt like I wanted my money back after seeing Cloverfield. That is a bit strong of a statement considering there were aspects of the movie I did like- the creature in this has a very cool design and let's just say the "in the street" fighting really feels like you're right there in the action. It's just that by the end of the movie I felt like "yeah been there done that" a thousand times in other Godzilla type movies. That's all it was in the end.
Maybe it's just me as the other two people I saw it with really enjoyed the movie. It's just my opinion so take it for what it's worth.