Greatly Over-hyped

Rating: 5/10 (18 January 2008)

I was so excited to see this movie because it just seemed like it couldn't be bad...I was wrong. Some people will really enjoy this movie just for the awesome visuals it has in the movie (Statue of Liberty's Head flying, Buildings leaning on others, etc.). However, if you go into this movie looking for it to have some resolve or even a somewhat happy ending, then you will be greatly disappointed as I was. The acting wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. The hand-held camera shaking did get a little annoying at times where I found myself wishing they'd stop just so I didn't feel sick. I think it was a great attempt to make something that could have been truly amazing, but it fell way short of the expectations that I had for this movie. There were only about a dozen people in the theater I was in, but when it was over there wasn't one person who seemed happy about the ending, I heard many "you have to be kidding me" or "you really know how to pick the crappy movies." I would only recommend this movie to someone that is a realist and wants to see what it would really be like if a monster did attack, but not to anyone looking for a "true" ending or any answers to anything that is happening. I'm sure they are just setting it up for a sequel but hopefully they leave out the hand held camera's next time.