See, you have to go in knowing what to expect. Which is a thriller, plain and simple, and not the twisty-plotsy surprise! stuff that you're used to getting from Bad Robot.
So with that in mind, it wasn't bad, especially if you willfully ignore all the leading build-up over the past year. Don't think about that. Then you'll just feel like you were cheated out of something groundbreaking and clever. If you expect a pretty good monster movie, you'll end up much more satisfied.
You'll also be happier if you have a strong stomach, one not prone to motion sickness. Mine is made of steel, only assailable by viruses or other physical attack (or pregnancy hormones, bleargh), and I still got a little queasy about halfway in. And this when my tummy was all happy and soothed because of Junior Mints (they offered me a box from the fridge, how awesome is that?)! I was forced to look away from the handheld camerawork for a few seconds to calm it down. D. was queasy until we got some fresh air after the show.
One thing it does share with previous Abrams work, Alias, is the vaguely Michael Vaughn-esque Rob Hawkins character. Or that could just be me, projecting my Michael Vartan love... hmmmmm.
1. Stardust * *
2. The Bourne Ultimatum * *
3. December Boys * * *
4. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants * * *
5. The Ex * * * *
6. The Terminal * * *
7. Cloverfield * * *
8. Veggie Tales: The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything * *
9. Live Free or Die Hard * * *
10. National Lampoon's Class Reunion
11. Jurassic Park (RiffTrax'ed) * * * * *
12. Pride and Prejudice (1995) * * * * *
13. Sherrybaby * *
14. Stranger than Fiction * * *
15. The Matrix Reloaded (RiffTrax'ed) * *
16. Chocolat * * * *
17. Zodiac * * *
18. Beowulf (RiffTrax'ed) *
19. Eight Legged Freaks * *
20. I Am Legend * * * *
21. In Her Shoes * * *
22. Hide and Seek * * *
23. Crossroads (RiffTrax'ed) * *
24. Casanova * * *
25. Cloverfield (RiffTrax'ed) * * *
26. My Boy Jack * *
27. The Darjeeling Limited * * *
1. What to Keep - Rachel Cline
2. The Owl Service - Alan Garner
3. The Generous Years: Remembrances of a Frontier Boyhood - Chet Huntley
4. The Forest Lover - Susan Vreeland
5. Open House - Elizabeth Berg
6. Before Green Gables - Budge Wilson
7. The Lost German Slave Girl - John Bailey
8. Mudbound - Hillary Jordan
9. The Overland Trail - Wendi Lee
10. Brief Intervals of Horrible Sanity: One Season in a Progressive School - Elizabeth Gold
11. The Speed of Dark - Elizabeth Moon
12. Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library - Don Borchert
13. Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure - Sarah Macdonald
14. Maid Marian - Elsa Watson
15. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
16. Fluke: Or I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings - Christopher Moore
17. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
18. Summer Sisters - Judy Blume
19. The Revolution: A Manifesto - Ron Paul
20. Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
21. Atonement - Ian McEwan
22. Princess Academy - Shannon Hale
23. In the Company of the Courtesan - Sarah Dunant
24. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
25. Emma - Jane Austen
26. Harry: A History - Melissa Anelli
27. The House on Beartown Road: A Memoir of Learning and Forgetting - Elizabeth Cohen
28. The Willoughbys - Lois Lowry
29. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling
30. You Suck - Christopher Moore
31. Reading - The Rift - Walter J. Williams
32. Reading - The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
