I am actually very annoyed with some of the things I've been reading from people on this movie. I was just over at IMDB.com reading the people's reviews there and most of them are ripping the movie into shreads! Most complain about the camera work, other complain about the acting and the 'stupid people' actions they do yet, some actually proclaim they're Monster Movie fans. Now, I read the review complaining you don't see the monster enough? I mean, geez people, lighten up!
I really don't understand the masses. You hear people complaining all the time about how Hollywood doesn't do anything new or creative, how it's the same things over and over again then and when something comes along that is different, that tries something new all people complain about is the stuff that makes it different! "Oh, the camera was shaking too much, it got me sick. Oh, you didn't see the monster all that much. Oh, the people were so stupid for doing that." I want to just grab them, shake them really hard and say, "Shut up! It's a monster movie, what do you really want from it?"
Another one of my friends had a good point about the 'not seeing the monster all the much' complaint. He said, "well, it worked for Jaws." Do you think that if Jaws were made today people would complain about not seeing the Shark, how the crew was dumb for not returning to the shore after they saw large the shark was, and how the shark looked 'too fake' for them?
I haven't been this upset about a reaction to a movie since I saw Grindhouse last year, another movie that failed because it was different and didn't go by the paint by numbers formula Hollywood has shoved down our throats for the past god knows how many years.
So, to those who don't want anything different, who can't embrace when a filmmaker tries something new, I really hope you enjoy your bland, run of the mill movies cause you deserve them.
Whoa, I need a drink!