If you've ever seen any other movie you know how this starts, proceeds, and ends

Rating: 2/10 (30 March 2013)

ALL of this review is spoilers..... I saw this in the TV listings with 3 stars so thought it must be worth watching. What a mistake. There is 20 minutes of tedium at the start that makes you wonder if you are watching the right movie. Twenty minutes of talking about, setting up, going to the going away party for some guy who's just been promoted to VP of some Japanese company. We don't, and never will, have any idea of what he does and there is nothing about his demeanor or personality that suggests he's VP material. He and his friends appear to be only one step removed from their frat house vibe/bar every night vibe. Then the "monster" appears, sort of. It's never clear where the monster comes from or why, not that it matters to this film. The rest of the film is people doing stupid things like all rushing to the Brooklyn bridge, presumably so they can all be smashed together in one place unable to escape. Apparently the idea that it's better to stay spread out never occurs to anyone. Certainly one wonders why, after the monster has already smashed his way thru your area without killing you, you would then want to go to some other area and give him another chance to stomp you. And of course our "hero's" have to go into the subway - again, why stay where you can run when you can pre-trap yourself. Then, out of nowhere, little baby monsters show up to attack them in the tunnels. The connection between the big monster and the little ones?? not at all clear. Our hero's trudge on to rescue their friend, who the VP belatedly realized he loved now that he's about to leave for the airport and fly to his new VP job overseas. After rescuing her (from her nearly destroyed building that still manages to have electric) they wind up running into the military who are ready to load them onto helicopters. The rest is a silly blur, most likely several of them died, I really didn't care who did or didn't, there was never any connection to any of the characters established. I can't believe so many people liked this movie. I must be out of step. The only thing making it better then plan 9 from Outer Space was that it's in color and the actors/actresses are prettier.