Very Good, but could have been Great!!!

Rating: 4/10 (18 January 2008)

First off, I thought this movie was great up until the second it ended. I felt a part of their experience, felt the rush, the panic, the fear. The way it was filmed lent you into falling into idea that this was really happening. It was an awesome movie. But I must say, that ending left me feeling gypped. To avoid any misunderstanding, I didn't disliked the ending. I didn't! I actually thought it was a pretty cool ending. Instead, what I disliked was the fact that it ended so abruptly, with so many unanswered questions.
I mean I get it, they want the whole movie to begin and end with this one video recording. So they couldn't suddenly jump to regular movie style to wrap things up. I understand that. However, at the beginning of the movie it's obvious that the military had obtained the tape, and that it was now part of their evidence of the events. So I mean they had some wiggle room to address the unanswered question. Heck, even something as simple as a military personal speaking directly into the camera, documenting that this is evidence #blah blah blah, of the events that happened on such a time and date, that concluded with the .... whatever. That's just my lame idea of addressing the unanswered questions. I'm sure they could have come up with a creative way of addressing them. In any case, even my lame idea would have been appreciated by this movie goer.
We don't know if they killed the monster(s)? We don't know where it came from? How many were there? If the girl on the first helicopter lived or died? The details of what really happens to the bitten? So on and so forth. I get that we joined them on their journey and so ours ended when theirs ended. But as a movie goer, I want my movie to have an ending that properly concludes everything. This was like ending King Kong movie as he starts his climb of the Empire State Building.
I'm still giving it a 7 as it was a very enjoyable movie to watch. However, like the movie "Next", the ending leaves you with a feeling of being unsatisfied. Unlike the movie "Next", this movie was really good otherwise.