Cloverfield
January 19th, 2008
Filed Under: NYC, Reviews, movies
For those that have yet to see it I will simply say this: very kool!
I went with a bunch of buddies on opening night to watch the latest “let’s destroy New York” film which told the story from a first person perspective through a hand held camera. Going into the movie you don’t really know what to expect other than the hype generated from last summer’s trailer that showed an explosion in lower Manhattan with the head of the Statue of Liberty ripped off and thrown into downtown; the movie didn’t even have an official name at that point, yet the buzz was sky high. Overall, I thought the special effects and pacing of the story combined with the novel camcorder perspective and personal narrative was great, though without this angle it’s just an average monster film. But much respect to director J.J. Abrams (LOST) for coming up with a worthwhile nerve-racking thriller.
Below I highlighted 10 thoughts I had about the movie while mindful not to spoil too much:
01) What the hell was Rob thinking going back for Beth?! Fool.
02) That camcorder had quite the battery life, didn’t it?
03) No way you’re making it from Spring Street to Columbus Circle in under an hour on foot, in the darkened subway tunnels no less, gimme a break.
04) Somehow, Rob walked into the electronics shop and got a brand new cell-phone battery charged up already. Nice.
05) Hud has got to be one of the luckiest souls on Earth because he should’ve died 5 times over, easily.
06) On the other hand, Marlena got the rawest deal back at the shelter.
07) Stay for after the credits finish.
08) The viral marketing of this film was genius, with the studio allowing the initial buzz of the movie to generate interest in the film along with the film’s website. Think Blair Witch Project.
09) I’m tired of all this poo-hoo about how the film evokes raw memories of 9/11 in various film reviews. Please, this is FICTION, but when you see a film about Dafur or Hotel Rawanda where’s your sensitivity (let alone action) then?! Just what I thought.
10) And lastly, since the monster doesn’t go uptown at all to wreck any havok there it gives further credibility to the theory that bad-ass city-destroying creatures just don’t want to take their chances in da ‘hood.
If you’ve seen the movie already I’m curious to know what you thought about it…
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8 Responses to “Cloverfield”
Monkey Nutz
Dammit, I knew I should have waited for the credits to end.
Observations
1. Please will all these loser fan-boys go kill themselves???
- don’t clap during the Ironman trailer
- don’t clap during the Star Trek teaser
- don’t clap when the “bad robot” comes out
- don’t clap when the movie ends
unless you’re at the screening with cast and crew “NOBODY f’n HEARD YOU, YOU f’n LOSERS”
2. It is a weak argument, but I will not shy away from there were moments that evoked 9/11, but as people let’s not be so prissy that we can’t realize that this was fiction. The first X-Files movie evoked memories of the OK City bombing.
3. ***SPOILER*** I’m not going to climb the stairs of 1 TW Center to save a chick while a monster is destroying the city. Let alone, what did that chick do to be able to afford living there? And why was she even bothering with these lowlifes??? Sorry I had too?
4. All in all, (Abrams only produced it and LOST is not worth watching) the fashion in which the story was told was well done. Therefore, don’t expect to be told where the monster came from, what ended up happening to Manhattan, that’s not part of the story.
..:JJP
Nice one Monkey Nutz, and thanks for the correction on J.J. Abrams role with the film.
A couple more things:
1) when hordes of rats are running away from you faster in the direction you are heading, then you know you got some ill problems right behind you.
2) Look at the movie poster a bit closer, specifically in the clouds, some extra info in there I think about our mystery creature.
Kevin Wideman
I wanna see that so mf bad. Looks like a winter blockbuster!
Chad
Lots of stuff ripped off, but it was a heck of a ride. It’s what Godzilla wanted to be, but failed miserably. I wish I read the tip about after the credits. Damn. Now I’m going to have to spend another $15 to see what happened. Or just email me Jamie.
..:JJP
“dude, its a fucking tiger!”
Somebody posted this on one of the various YouTube.com video comments trying to guess what the creature is… I nearly pissed myself from laughing so hard… fanboys take this stuff WAY too seriously, so I found this comment refreshing.
..:JJP
*SPOILER* Okay, for all those that want to see what the Cloverfield monster looks like just click here.
ryno
There are pictures of the Monster all over the internet. I don’t know anything about this movie, and I’ve seen them.
R ta tha G
There’s 4 monsters! ***Spoilers***
Big un (main one)
Lil uns (biters)
Tenticle monster (by the bridge)
Smaller Big un (at da end)
Also, I could have done without the army video cards at the beginning, which basically told me what was going to happent at the end of the movie.:roll:
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