Good movie overall but bad start and ending

Rating: 6/10 (6 February 2008)

I would've given this movie a better rating if it didn't put me to sleep in the beginning. I really think that the director was trying to make it more personal but that could've been done in less time. Let's be realistic (I know it's only a movie, and a sci-fi at that, but still), they definitely dragged the beginning out a bit too much.
Everything after the first 15 minutes was awesome. The camera man was a kind of annoying, but most people who love to film everything are. And even though most of us would've dropped that camera and just did what we had to do to survive, again this is just a movie and it was something different. Although everybody says it gave them a "Blair Witch" effect. I didn't think that at all. The cinematography was way better and the graphics were amazing. It had me believing that Manhattan was really under chaos.
The little monsters were kind of cool, but why were they coming out of the big one, that really didn't make any sense.
I like that the main character in the film was trying to find a girl; it gave it a love story in the middle of pandemonium. But, the end really didn't leave me satisfied. Now if they have plans to do a sequel and explain some of the things that we saw and then eventually defeat the monster, maybe then I would get some satisfaction. I can imagine that would be hard to do, unless they can come up with a twist to it all and be able to make another hour and a half of viewable footage. I don't see that happening because this movie felt really short. It just ended with them under the bridge and you don't even know if they survive.
So with the first 15 minutes being a total bore, and the end just abruptly ending (too short in my opinion), the movie was pretty good. I suggest seeing it for the 1 hour of good footage, unless you don't like watching a movie in POV style. And be aware of the first 15 minutes of boredom.