damn good movie

Rating: 8/10 (31 October 2007)

I saw this movie last weekend and still can't get over how good it is. Almost makes me want to rent the DVD just to see the extras. What was so good about this one is that the plot gets going right away, no messing around for half an hour. And nothing in this movie appears fake or unnecessary. Once the family to the gas station, I thought they were done right there because the old dude there seemed a bit off. But once the man gave Doug and his family a shortcut to get to California by taking a side road in the desert of New Mexico, that's when I knew they were done like dinner. Everything else was just brilliant, few flops here and there, but well done nonetheless. March 06 The one other thing about this movie is that it pokes fun at the US near the end in the house when the US anthem is being played. Alexander Aja did an awesome job here shedding some light on what the government did between 1945-62. The one thing I couldn't figure out was the scene back at the camp when the antenna started moving around. Apparently it was supposed to be a distress signal from young guy to Bobby, but can't tell for sure. Was the guy's left hand figures chopped off in the fight in the house? According to wikipedia, he lost 2 fingers, but by the final fight, they appeared to be reattached (it was hard to tell because they were also taped up). I still think that the sequel should have picked up where this one left off because the ending here was absolutely brilliant. March 8 My idiot friend thinks it was a bad idea to have Doug not kill the young girl mutant at the end because he thinks the audience would love to see the unexpected twist ha. and when Bobby found the mutant consuming his mother's remains, instead of running away, should have taken aim and shot him??? March 10..the other thing that might have made this film even better is a slightly improved score. There were several scenes (when Doug goes off looking for help) when they could used audio with a more intense, frightening sound, something like a Marylin Manson or a Ministry guitar track.