A Roller-coaster i want to ride over and over!

Rating: 8/10 (30 January 2008)

What really made me want to go watch this another 5 times was its sense of realism, and the fact that you felt you were experiencing this incident with these people. It was perfectly balanced so that in the beginning you get to know the characters then ride this roller-coaster with them. I would get this sense that I should duck or look back throughout the film. The 1st person view made watching this movie in the cinema fun!
The first time i had the pleasure of watching this film was on the 17th of January (as i live in Australia) and i had waited and waited for this film ever since the first previews. I had to see the first session! Now I'm not a person who watches a film over and over again, only if it has a spectacular narrative or if it's powerful, but up until now i never thought i would want to see a monster movie like this more than once in the theater. This film was so much fun it changed my perspective of what good films are. A good film taps into your emotions and leaves you with a feeling you'll never forget. When a film does this properly no matter what genre or subject matter the film has succeeded! This film did just that! It's enjoyable, exhilarating, and enthralling! I think Matt Reeves and J.J. Abrams have created a new type of disaster film for a new generation.