just watched the movie. i liked it, my friend didn't. my gf got a bit nauseated but liked the story but wanted closure
i knew what to expect from jj abrams. no closure, no answer no nothing. so i thiought it was okay that they left it like that. maybe a sequel is warranted as from another point of view and continue on the story if they had to
i didn't notice the end at coney island where the monster landed, but if that was true, that wouldn't be believable (i know this is sci fi), the monster landed within the visible vicinity of Coney Island and took a few weeks to come attack NYC? (didn't the Rob guy said he did it with Beth, went to Coney Island, and then a few weeks passed by until the party and they never talked in between because he was going to leave for Japan?)
my pet peeve to the movie: fake Spring St. subway station
i stayed to listen to that audio tape at the end, but i couldnt hear what it was because a bunch of dumb kids were laughing loudly... it sounded like "it's still alive" a little bit but only because i spent the 10 minutes of the credits on my blackberry visiting imdb.com trying to see if there was something after the credits worth staying for and i kinda knew what to expect
i also told my gf how not to get dizzy, motion sickness or nauseated from the camcorder style of view. when they go crazy running, etc, it's not like you can make out anything anyway by focusing on a subject on the screen with your eyes, instead i usually (yes i even did this back in blair witch project) stare at something to the side. like the EXIT sign near the movie screen. and i can still see what's going on in the screen but my focus is on a stationery object, not the vomit-inducing screen.