A Different Experience

Rating: 6/10 (18 May 2013)

I was so excited about seeing this movie. I thought "this is going to be a great movie". Why? Because the previews hadn't revealed any vital plot or character details! It appeared to contain elements of the destruction of part of New York by some sort of monster or god knows what, from who knows where and who knows why! The potential therefore to be completely surprised and exhilarated. The movie takes a surprisingly realistic approach, and even though you can still feel that it is acted, the movie serves a nice survival experience.The actors also do a nice job, although some scenes feel more acted then others.I found myself saying: "Run faster fat ass, I want to see the end of the movie!" several times. The first person angle got me so engrossed with this movie that, among other things, I sometimes forgot myself and worried about the "cameraman" surviving so I could see how it ended. I had a three friends over watching the movie with me, and a couple times that I yelled that they actually yelled along with me instead of just laughing. Other than the filming style, this was a great movie. It was totally engrossing and fast paced. It created a great air of tension but only sparingly used the "jump out and say boo" element that so many other movies abuse and overuse, making it meaningless. Actually, there may have only been one of those in the entire movie! When the movie ended I wanted more, the hallmark of a good movie experience.