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Sorry, this movie sucks

Excellent adaptation.

Crappy film

Captivating movie !

Its obvious this was just a rip off of the film "Cloverfield" but its not the worst thing I've ever seen. Some of the acting is convincing while some of it is incredibly bad. One thing I've noticed? Apparently when an entire room full of people scream at you to turn off a camera, you're supposed to ignore them. One thing that infuriates me is that a classic "ROOOOOOOAR" is heard throughout the city, and the 2 american girls are still scratching their heads saying "What's with all the earthquakes?". Its pretty ridiculous. Not to mention my least favorite part? You never really see much of the monster, only really what you would expect given the cover art of the DVD. This is another one of those films that proves how Americans are so much different from the Japanese and seem a lot more crude and disrespectful, but I won't get into all that. Bottom line the movie was, I suppose decent, and had an interesting story line, it just wasn't all that impressive.

Even bored on a rainy Sunday afternoon I could not cope with watching this. It's another "found footage" film, which in itself is not necessarily a bad thing - some of them can be good. This, however, was in my opinion unwatchable. A large amount of the run time had nothing discernible on screen thanks to the massive amount of camera-waggle and low light etc. I know some degree of this is part of the genre but in this it was far too much. Unless it was a dull (and often repetitive) piece to camera by one of the 2 main characters you could barely see anything and the waggling camera is enough to make you feel sick. This is one of those low budget films where almost nothing happens, when it does you don't see much (it's basically a monster movie with almost no monster at all) and it felt like a total waste of my time. I've thrown this away because I would feel guilty if someone else ended up paying any money for it and wasting 90 minutes of their life on it. It truly is awful.

Despite it being from the notorious The Asylum, there was something about the idea that intrigued me into seeing Monster. Unfortunately the execution is just diabolical. If there is one redeeming quality it is the cute and decent turn from Erin Evans. That however is it. The fact that it looks cheap doesn't help matters in the slightest, the effects are artificial and overused and the scenery is dully lit, but the worst asset was by far the camera work. The hand-held camera technique I am not a fan of, at times it is effective, but it wasn't here, not only because it gave you a seasick notion but it was also used far too much. The script feels constantly stilted and aimless, and the characters have no likability or credibility. The title monster is incredibly bland to the point of being nondescript, and the acting with the exception of Evans doesn't feel like acting, nobody seemed to be scared or even bothered about their surroundings and predicaments. The story is the worst asset, with sluggish pacing, very thin, repetitive and extremely dull storytelling, an ending that is so abrupt that you swear the film wasn't even resolved and many ridiculous scenes like with the fireballs and a line about an earthquake and then you hear a distinct roar afterwards. Overall, Monster is awful and if it didn't have Evans it would have been irredeemable. 1/10 Bethany Cox

The title of this movie was the scariest thing about it. Not only was the acting HORRIBLY atrocious; the script, effects, and everything made me want to kill myself! Never mind the fact that the script was both insulting to the Japanese culture, but also made Americans look like absolute brainless wonders of nature. Thank God there was a reasonably attractive heroin in the story (if you can call it that) - but even she killed it the first time her and her sister had to "pretend" to be in a Monster attacked Tokyo; simply awful. Maybe they should try singing for American Idol instead. Intensive acting school is indeed of great need for these would be starlets - as well as many-many lessons in captivating screen writing. (5 burned-out stars, is how I would rate this "monstrous" failure.)