I just saw it with my two sons - 22 and 18 years old - and they both loved it. I thought it was okay - maybe two and a half stars, but the camerawork was both distracting and gave me a headache. If it had a more steady cam I might have given it three. They disagreed and said it added to the movie's realism.

I don't know how old you are, but maybe this is an age thing . . . younger kids like spinning rides more than older folks, too. They make me dizzy as did this movie.

TRO, you are right about the age factor. I failed to mention that on purpose. Glad the kids liked it along with other kids helping with the $41 million opening weekend.

Yeah, there were times when I wanted to reach up to the screen and hold it still. Jeebus!

took my girlfriend to see this rag of a movie, i agree with the hurting neck and headache. The only redeeming quality of the flim was that it ended and the manager of the theater gave us our money back. By the end of the film we were rooting for the monster to end the freaking nightmere

Dear Fellow Grownups: Maybe it is an age factor thing, but it's still an incredibly tired cliche. Does anyone remember Letterman making fun of commercials from AT&T and Toyota in the 1980s?

Imagine if everyone still wore mullets and listened to Duran Duran. That's how it feels to approach 50 and still see handheld camera finding such an emotional purchase in the hearts of young filmgoers....

Seen a commercial for the armed services lately? I remember one from years ago:

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(Jump cuts over music w/fuzztone bass guitar)

Teenage Male Voice Over: "The laser calculates the distance to the target... And feeds it to the computer!"

(More jump cuts, something blows up)

(Footage of boyish laughter and backslapping) TMVO: "It's just incredible!"

(Big smiles, cut to title card) Unsmiling Older Male Voice Over: "Maybe you have a big enough dick to join the Army...."
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That copy is almost verbatim (except the end). When you're a kid, you'll put up with all sorts of trash as narrative.