There isn’t much to say about this movie except it is worth seeing one time. The home video look of it really makes it difficult to watch, but it displays an excellent concept. Everything the audience knows about what’s going on comes from the footage presented on-screen, and despite some obvious conceits, it was pulled off rather well. The problem is it isn’t a movie that warrants a second viewing (except perhaps to catch a glimpse of the origin of the monster—it is in there, but you have to look carefully). Not an Academy Award-winning film by any means, but more meat than one usually can find in 80 minutes.

If you like action movies (and you’ve seen the previous two films in the trilogy), you owe it to yourself to check out this movie. Though it uses a tad bit more shakycam than Supremacy, it was nonstop awesome, and is probably the finest action film of the year. All around, rockin’.

Grade: A (for awesome!)

I have a chronic condition where I have to schedule time to go see movies in the theater. I don’t know why this is now the case, but I find it extremely difficult to decide on a whim to go see a movie. I managed to break out of this pattern last week when I decided to go see Transformers, thanks in no small part to the goading of friends and siblings, eagerly referring to it as the coolest movie they’d ever seen. Not to break tradition, however, I also reserved a ticket for the newest cinema installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, in the local IMAX theater. Following are my brief impressions of both films. I’ll do my best to keep it spoiler-free.

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