I remember seeing this in the cinema and it was a stand-out experience. It was so loud and disorientating. Clearly watching it on the small screen doesn’t give you that but my previous colours any rewatch.
Since people have written some excellent reviews here talking about 9/11, I won’t rehash those. Although I still think the best post-9/11 film is The Dark Knight.
I’ll just talk about the monster. My wife says this movie is not “scary” once you see the monster. I completely disagree. All the tension comes from the struggle to survive, and the fear from a complete breakdown of security. In the latter parts of this movie, death is constantly a breath away and you have a real sense that survival is mostly blind luck.
In today’s world, I imagine that’s how it feels to live in places like Gaza or parts of Ukraine. And I think this demonstrates that the monster itself is pretty incidental. The monster is just the catalyst.
(I will just add that I love the monster, it’s great)
★★★★