I hope they saved money using a handycam

Rating: 2/10 (22 January 2008)

Whose idea was it to do an entire movie from a camcorder? If I were watching a real life documentary, then O.K., I'll watch whatever footage is available, but we're talking about a feature film of a fictitious event. Get the funding necessary and use a big boy camera like all the other movies do. At first it was cute, then it just got annoying. You tell me who is dumb enough to tote a camera around for 7 hours while the world is falling apart around them, a huge creature is attacking the city, and miniature creatures are running loose infecting people. And not only does our beloved cameraman Hud run scared through the streets of New York filming, but he keeps the camera up most of the time capturing key events. He's even better than that though, because he also has the presence of mind to make sure to hit the pause button every once in a while so as to conserve tape.
RIDICULOUS. The entire movie I have to suffer through a bobbling camera, miscellaneous screams, and useless banter, all the while I'm starving to see some great shots of the action. I didn't care to see some incredibly dumb and naive New Yorkers run through the city to save a girl when they heard the Army say that they were going to level all of Manhattan. This movie triggered no emotions except boredom, annoyance, and finally anger. A terrible waste of time and money.