lanzman
Joined Jul 2002
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Expected this to be yet another tedious "found footage" movie but was pleasantly surprised to find that not the case. Does an admirable job of building mood, altho the characters are basically too stupid to be sympathetic. I mean, you go hiking in the woods without a map or compass? Really? And fall to arguing as soon as you're in the car? Meh. But the overall effectiveness is not greatly diminished by this cliché of genre films. Also affecting the movie is the lack of effective cinematography for a film set in the very scenic Catskill Mountains of New York. However, what is there does work. This was obviously shot on location somewhere it was hilly and wooded, and in the real winter, so that makes up for the otherwise lackluster camera work. The mood is sufficiently weird and creepy to achieve the atmosphere it's going for, and the ending out of left field is pure Twilight Zone stuff. Not a bad hour-and-sixteen minutes.
Going in this movie had three big pluses: Guillermo del Toro, giant robots, and giant monsters. And oh great Maker what a spectacular mixture they make. There's only a few lulls in the action and just enough about the characters to let you care about them. But the fights. Great Krypton, the fights! The audience I was with was *cheering* in places, and that just never happens. There is awesome piled on top of awesome until you just sit there with a grin plastered to your face and your smile muscles hurt. This movie has bumped Buckaroo Banzai out of the top spot on my list of greatest movies ever made. This will definitely be a blu-ray purchase in four or five months when it comes out. But why are you reading this review when you could be seeing this flick?!? GO NOW!!