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I was weirdly immune to the shakycam here. Along with pointlessly quickly cut fight scenes it’s something that generally narks me, but it was mostly ok here. I think Empire got a little carried away, but I honestly enjoyed the film. It’s derivative and the characters are pretty bland, so maybe the fact that it feels fresh says more about what else is out there than the qualities of the film itself. It’s a fun enough romp and the monster and its skittering offspring are genuinely strange, threatening and pretty decent design wise. I’d say four stars - it’s derivative yes, but it’s well put together and entertaining, unlike that godawful ‘zilla remake from years back.

I’ll have to check out The Host as I’ve not seen it yet.

I personally enjoyed this film. The subway scene was terrifying. While it is not original in the plot, it is one of the better monster movies to come out in many years.

As for Piggy Piggy Snack Snack - you may be a repeat purchaser, but will it repeat on you? Bacon flavor crisps always come back to haunt me after 30 minutes then hang around for hours.

And Justin, please don’t try any more accents - really.

Switched off @ 02:10 guess I need to watch a few more to get the flow of said movie critic.

I actually enjoyed the movie.

Ignoring the cliches and the rest. I thought it was a thoroughly enjoyable movie.

I’m sure a traditional steadycam directed version following a bunch of hobo’s seeking to rescue one of the hobo members dogs would not have had quite the same impact.

No JJ fanboy here but I do like a new dynamic he brings to already tried and tested genres.

I am not a monster movie fan, but this one was not too bad, mostly because I grew up in Manhattan and it’s always interesting to see film of your old neighborhood invaded by multi-limbed impervious monsters from the deep, then shot to pieces by the army.
Going against it were the 20-something protagonists, who were annoying as f**k. It came perilously close to one of those movies where the audience WANTS the heroes to be eaten, just to make the bad dialogue stop.