If Another Dimension Opens Does That Mean We Lose Our Intelligence?

Rating: 5/10 (2 June 2008)

I can understand the stress and horror experienced by the few supposed to be sane people in the store. I can't understand the mass paralysis that came over these few when they went to the pharmacy. Instead of running immediately because they knew from experience they could not fight the creatures without enormous physical effort, they stood rooted to the spot so more of them could die. It seemed never to have occurred to anyone to ask "Where is the military?" After all, they could reasonable expect some type of military response to other dimensional creatures, who I noted where not immune to damage. I mean if you could kill on with a broom handle you sure could exterminate them with flame throwers, tanks, 30-cal machine guns, anti-tank rockets, and fast-shooting machine guns on helicopters. Any of these were more than a match for any "monster" shown in the film. I was amazed that the main character gave up hope after seeing an 80-foot slow-moving monster and hearing other monsters and shot everyone. The group he was with in the market were not in a major area and could reasonably expect tanks to roll up within a day or two. But everyone acted like it was the end of the world, when it clearly wasn't. I agree that Mrs. Carmody was a pain in the ass and needed to die eventually, but why couldn't her histrionics and inciting tactics have been foretold and thwarted? This movie was not like the Langoliers where those people were out of time and had to get back into synchronization with time. A mist came in and monsters appeared. No big deal, get the army in!