Great movie.... why?

Rating: 10/10 (22 January 2008)

I went with a group of 12 people to see this movie, and only 1 of them didn't like it because he didn't understand how the movie was set up, and another one of them got motion sickness. First off, the movie was made to be more of a documentary of what the characters would really do if a monster attacked NY. Second, the plot isn't supposed to develop like other movies such as Momento, or Donnie Darko, the movie is supposed to fill in what would actually happen. There is no scientist that knows exactly what is going on and knows how to stop this creature. Even then people are still mad that the plot is poor. The plot is great if you understand it correctly. The movie isn't made for you to just be watching the movie, the movie is made so that you feel like you are filming the characters with the handy-cam, and J.J Abrams does a great job of doing that. He makes the movie seem realistic and that is the perspective you have to watch the movie in. That you are with the characters, and this creature attacks, and you have no idea what is going on.