January 19, 2008
Cloverfield
I’m almost certain there was a story in there somewhere, but it got kind of lost in the “someone put the Blair Witch camera work in a cement mixer.” It probably is pretty authentic of what would happen if you gave a camera to someone who has never seen one before and then had him flee New York, but an authentic documentary of what not to do with a camera may not have been the primary goal. I have a fairly strong constitution, but watching this movie made me feel like I’ve been on a really poorly maintained rollercoaster, suffering from headache and nausea.
Other than that, it wasn’t too bad. There was a big monster, things collapsed and exploded, people acted against their own best interests (ie the interest of not being killed) with predictable results. In general, a monster movie. And one in which I hope that somewhere out there there is someone who was able to watch closely enough, long enough to tell me what was going on.
On the plus side, there as a preview for Ironman, which could very well be an actually good movie based on a Marvel comic.
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1 Comment
March 23rd, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I never had any desire to see this thing. There are some monster movies that you know by the preview that the entire purpose of this movie was not to enlighten or cause any intellegent thought. This one just screamed to me….. give me 9 minutes and let me kill some of your brain cells.