I'll Document

Rating: 3/10 (19 January 2008)

Greetings again from the darkness. Have been trying to find something good to say about the film and all I can come up with is that it's unconventional. I am a fan of unconventional, but prefer it mixed with a dose of substance. This is nothing more than a bunch of second tier TV actors running around being filmed in the dark by some hand held cameras. Blair Witch Project blended with Godzilla on September 11 just as the War of the Worlds begins.
The only suspense here is whether anyone in your audience will barf from motion sickness. OK, it is loud. And unconventional. Oh, another positive ... there are no opening credits and no need to stick around for the closing credits. The best of the actors is Lizzy Caplan, who gives her best (but not good enough) Zooey Deschanel impersonation.
Oh, and there is a monster who changes shapes and experiences no apparent side effects from the mightiest military weapons. That is unconventional. Director Matt Reeves ("Felicity" is his main claim) doesn't give us too many real shots of the monster, which is probably a good thing.
Pretty sure most of this was filmed on a sound stage and I assume there were numerous camera operators ... one's arms would get awfully tired jiggling a camera around non-stop. Not sure who the target audience is since we never really get a chance to know any characters, but I will say the film is unconventional ... and lacking substance.