This is not your typical horror/sci-fi movie. Think Blair Witch meets Godzilla. I had zero preconcieved notions when going to see this over the weekend. I have to say I became acclimated to the 1st person perspective immediately. This could be, in part, due to our cultural obsession with Utube video uploading.
This film has all the makings of another hum-drum video game adapation. But it doesn't flop in the same manner. You feel as if you are part of the action from the first explosion to the last. Excellent idea for this genre!
The director and producer definitely play on post 9/11 fear with smoke and debris littering the streets of Manhattan at the onset of the monster attack. People are running every which way with reckless abandon. The real action starts when the main characters turn back to rescue a lover interest. Dumbest idea ever, but for the purposes of this movie, we say go get her!!
Once the group returns to the city, this is where intimacy enters my mind. Silent subway stations and quiet streets. This is only interrupted by the shockingly loud rumbling of tanks and air missiles whizzing past the viewer on their ways toward a looming monster. Godzilla NEVER felt so real!! Some of the scariest moments are silence broken by distant roaring or echoing clicking of creatures... still makes the hairs stand up on end.
You know, I never felt that connected to the characters, which didn't matter as I simply wanted to see where their adventure ended up. I won't give the ending away, but don't leave until the credits are done rolling!! For better or worse, clues are imminent.....
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