Awesome

Rating: 10/10 (3 February 2008)

@bloodmane Dude, Hud continued to film while the monster was attacking because to him it conveyed a sense of security. That little black box, too him, kept him safe and was his shield against what was going on. Thats what people do during times of disasters, they find something and hold onto it because that is what is keeping them sane.
Anyways, onto my review. The movie was amazing. It felt real, like I was actually there. This is the first time in a long time that I have built a kind of emotional attachment with the characters in the film. They weren't over the top, or action heroes, they were normal people who were just caught in the middle of something terrible. In summary, the characters were awesome and some of the best I have seen in a while.
The monster was amazing. I was expecting to see something more reptilian, but this thing kicked ass! It didn't need to breathe fire or have atomic breath to be bad-ass, it just owned everything. The scene where Hud sees it close up is fantastic, the detail of it is amazing, I think JJ Abrams has succeeded in giving America it's monster.