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[SPOILERS] - About the Ending - Also a Gripe

[blaaaaaah]

Well, when the monster knocks the copter out of the sky, its not in central park. I think it was just a terrible coincidence on the part of HUD, Rob, and Beth. They crashed, and the monster continued sniffing around the city, eventually ending up in central park right when the group woke up.

Not unrealistic, just unlikely. There's a difference.

[Euchre]

At that point Hud was about the only thing left around to look at. The military pretty much evacuated so they didn't get bombed into next Tuesday. Rob and Beth seem to have run off and hid in the brush nearby. Hud freezes, and well...
Ends up being bubblegum.

[shrtyscott3]

I was just angry that Beth started to run after having been knocked out for hours with a pole in her shoulder, I was like WTF?!

[xboyonfirex]

[Patrick Star]

I got three words for you "Friggin Brilliant".

This movie has set the bar for any other movie. That is if any production company has the k-jones to take on an equally masterful project. It was epic yet personal. And wow that Heigl chick, whoa.

[RaveGamer]

[shrtyscott3]

[xboyonfirex]

[Euchre]

She was probably a little screwed up from her overall stresses and shockiness. They did bind her, which would be totally necessary to arrest some serious bleeding. That puncture was perilously close to her brachial artery.

[Mr. Mania]

I don't know about anyone else, but even if my arm had been torn off, I'd run like a banshee for cover. Seriously, I don't want to die, and the fear of having to close those eyes and stare into the darkness for eternity isn't appealing.

[The Stray]

Theoretics

[Euchre]

The helicopter spun in, which wouldn't happen if MGP grabbed the body of it and pulled it down. The alarms and spin were indicative of a loss of tail rotor, which prevents the body from spinning while the blades try to stand still. If you don't have a tail rotor or jet exhaust pushing opposite the direction of the rotors, there's nothing for them to 'push' against so they work properly. Wind resistance of the rotors starts to be what is pushed against and the body starts to spin instead. This results in an effective stall of the wing surface of the rotors. Wing stall means you loose your lift. If you manage to hit the body in that opposite spin when you take out the tail rotor you'd have this effect almost instantly, which is what apparently happens here. I'd have to guess that they at least attempted an autorotate to try to regain lift, and that would allow them to crash land at least slightly softer than just the usual way of falling down outright (spun in uncontrolled).

[The Stray]

Oh. Uh... Okay

[pegassissy]

To everybody saying that it wasnt realistic for hud to get eaten, please, its a movie. I would have been happy never seeing the monster, but that would not fair well with the source of income. People demand to see the monster, because they pay 9.25 to see a movie. Realism and realitiy are two different things. A realistic ending would have been for them to die in the helicopter. A movie with cinamatic realism is just the ending they provided, we had to see an active shot of the monster, because JJ's smart. This didnt actually happen you know, im in the city right now, and the SoL is fine.