Rating of
2/4
Once is enough.
FZero - wrote on 05/11/08
Ok, full disclosure, this is being written after watching it a second time, in which a lot of the luster is lost and just the flaws remain and are thrust into the foreground. It was a mistake on my part to watch it again. The original rating was 3/4 now reduced. With all of the mystery and anticipation of seeing the monster gone all you are left with is stupid one dimensional protagonists, inane dialog and what feels like a longer movie than the actual runtime. The opening party is especially painful and overdrawn in attempts to establish characters that can only be described as cardboard cutouts. Some of the positives still remain, from top notch special effects of the destruction of New York to one cool looking monster which we don't see enough of and that point is painfully obvious during the second viewing. It also doesn't fall into the trap of trying to explain everything, there is just speculation. This is a clear example of me falling onto the hype train and riding it through the movie, which I guess was the plan all along.
