Suspense factor is way off the chart!

Rating: Null/10 (10 August 2011)

I saw this movie at the theatre when it was first released, and then watched it again at home in BluRay a couple of years later. Even though I knew what the movie was all about from the first time, I did not feel any less suspense the second time watching it. This movie reminded me entirely of the 1997 Godzilla movie, same city being destroyed New York, except this one seemed like it was done right. Monsters are much scarier if you don't see them constantly, and they just pop into view briefly and unexpectedly.
I thought the whole idea of starting the movie off like a love story, and then totally changing the type of movie after a quarter of the way through was an extremely clever plot device. It's what kept the movie completely unexpected for me.
Some people complained about feeling nauseous from the hand-held camera movement effects. I'd say that's overblown, if just watching people at an angle on a screen makes you feel nauseous then you're probably too fragile to even tilt your head.