Cloverfield (Matt Reeves)

Everyone else has an opinion about Cloverfield, so I don't see why I shouldn't weigh in with my own two pennies worth.

Five cool things about 'Cloverfield'
1.The monster. They got it just right. Nasty.
2. Slow build up. 20 minutes and all we've seen is a party. But it sets the film up nicely.
3. Hand held filming. Sorry if you got motion sickness. I loved it.
4. The tunnel scenes. Classic horror. Always good to carry a night sight.
5. The ending. Nothing cheesy, not all happiness and light. My style.

Five bad things about 'Cloverfield'
1. The video camera guy. I know he's meant to be annoying but... he is.
2. The hospital... how the heck did they get that set up so quickly?
3. The little creature thingys... one wack with a spade and they're history. Wimps.
4. The camera battery...
5. The kids behind me in the cinema who just didn't get it.

Comments

[Jillian Sims]

Is this Christopher Hunter Curtis that grew up in Pauls Valley?

[Chris]

You're right. The skyscraper was a brilliant idea. I don't easily get vertigo but, wow, crossing onto it at the top was pretty gripping.

[Philip J]

Five more things :
1. The camera microphone. Picked up all dialogue, no matter how far away, and never distorted - not even with the ear splitting, trouser flapping explosions. All this and surround sound too!
2. Translucent sheeting and silhouettes. Classic, unforgettable shot.
3. The leaning sky scraper.
4. Incompletely recording over a previously shot tape. The creators of 'Lost' give us their most ingenious and poignant flashback mechanism yet.
5. No soundtrack whatsoever - until the utterly awesome 'Roar' credits.