Cloverfield Disappoints
Monday, January 21st, 2008
I saw Cloverfield, the J.J. Abrams flick, over the weekend and was sadly disappointed by the movie. If you haven’t heard anything about it, click HERE to view the trailer.
The concept is kind of cool - the “disaster” is documented by a guy who is filming goodbye messages for a buddy moving to Japan - but if you had a hard time keeping your layered butter popcorn down due to the unsteady camera work in The Blair Witch Project, this is not the movie for you (especially if you get there late and have to sit in the front row).
The movie is only an hour long, but it feels much longer. I was making a grocery list in my head during the whole opening scene, where everyone’s talking about how Rob slept with Beth (how 90210). The special effects are fairly decent, with only a few unintentionally laughable moments, so if you definitely want to see this film, I would recommend taking it in on the big screen. Mind you, if you wait to rent it, you’ll feel less ripped off when you turn it off than you would walking out of the theatre.
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