First off, and once again, the movie is badass and I recommend it for everyoney. On to the good stuff.

PROS:
1. The monster is badass, really why anyone said it's a whale is completely unnecessary because it looks nothing like it. This monstrocity looks more like the huge fucking thing for The Mist than anything else.
2. The monster's effect is personal when it sheds some crab/spider-like creatures that runneth all over the fucking place. When they bite one gets infected and explodes (SHIT YOU NOT!).
3. Monster + SFX are realistic and very VERY well done. It's believable and a lot of time and effort were put into the CGI on this film. Apart from the first 15-20 minutes your attention is never taken away.
4. The story line is well drawn and believable apart from few instances. The cast is fantastic, except for the best friend of the leading guy, he ends up holding the camera for most of the movie and sometimes gets annoying with his dumbass comments.
5. It's uniquely shot though one camera viewpoint (SOME BATTERY ON THIS MOTHER!). But incredibly edited and one doesn't get bored.

CONS:
1. The camera work is shaky, obviously because of the hand-held shooting, and is downright nauseating at times. I had to look away and compose myself at least 5 times throughout the film because I felt that bile creep up in my stomach. So if you get motion sickness real easy (which I don't really), you might be really uncomfortable throughout the film.
2. I understand we're getting to know the cast and characters and to really feel for them, but for the first 15-20 minutes absolutely nothing happens. The beginning of the tape is him with this girl in some NYC highrise and they're tossing strawberries at each other deciding to go on a date to Coney Island. Then they throw the dude a going away bash cuz he's going to Japan, and accidently film over this date of theirs.
3. It's a bit of a sappy love story. At the party he finds out she's now with some new guy because he's been avoiding her, trying not to get attached. So he doesn't mind the whole date being filmed over. Then when all the shit goes down she's trapped in her apartment and leaves him a message so he goes to rescue her... I guess it's something for the ladies.
4. A few instances of unbelievable shit. Like the bitch surviving and actually running at the end of the movie after being impaled for 2+ hours on a metal rod in her apartment. Whole gang gets attacked by those spidery things but only one girl gets bit... and explodes LOfuckingL.
5. Some action is predictable. Like obviously the spidery things are going to attack in the darkness of the subway when they're hearing noises and playing around with the camera's nightvision. But the CGI is done well enough to make it believable.

CONCLUSION:

The film is done really well and original. The way it's shot really makes you feel like you're a part of it, like you're right there surviving with the rest of the crew. Action is non-stop after the opening bit of introducing the characters. There's some humor injected here and there, with a bit of irony, which really makes the story come along - it's not just a gory monster movie. Everything is well done, and apart from the camera-work, nothing is really that annoying. I enjoyed it immensley and recommend for all to see.

cheersies!

Last edited by denys envy on Jan-19-2008 at 14:59