Cloverfield Movie Review by Pr0LiFiX

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Well, I went to see Cloverfield on the opening weekend and missed the first screening, so I had to wait an hour and a half for the second screening. After hanging out at a cafe’ and browsing the internet, I noticed it was almost 2:00 PM, so I got my ass to the theatre that was just down the block and went to see the most anticipated movie of the year, Cloverfield.

After what seemed like 75 minutes, I came up with my thoughts on the movie, so here they are:

- The movie opens up great. You get to see how the characters live their lives, relationships that are in somewhat of a mild crisis (Jason and Lily and Rob and Beth, and then we get to the party and as soon as Hud gets the camera, you know something’s up.

- The monster makes itself known through a thunderous, painful roar just as Hud, Jason and Rob are talking to each other on the fire escape just outside their apartment. As soon as I heard the roar, I knew the movie was going well.

- It also appears that the broadcast footage of the monster gives us a new angle of this behemoth. It’s a dark grey colored beast with bumps on its back, long arms that grapple onto buildings and also conveniently used to take down opposing enemies such as the military.

- Great character development; when Jason and Marlena die, you kinda feel sorry for Rob, Lily and Hud because the movie makes you feel as if you’ve witnessed everything with them…that is, until Beth comes along.

- Beth gets trapped in her apartment. I looked at what’s left of her apartment and think to myself, “These guys are really gonna climb this thing?” I guess I would, too, if my girlfriend was stuck a couple eighty or so stories high.

- Although the movie seemed rushed, it really pays off in the end when you get completely shocked when Hud gets a good view of the colossal monster that is the main attraction in Cloverfield…and gets eaten. I felt sad when he died because he was such a good-hearted, humorous guy who was misunderstood by Marlena, the loner bitch who popped like a balloon.

- People say the monster wasn’t as intimidating as they thought it would be. I, for one, am glad it branched out from the generic godzilla-hulking-green giant kind of monster thats always displayed in movies. But, as you can probably tell, people hate original ideas.

Overall, it was a great movie and would recommend everyone to see it. I did not experience motion sickness or dizziness from watching this movie.

RE: Cloverfield Movie Review by Pr0LiFiX

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Good review Pro. I didn't catch the first showing either as I would have had to get out of school early to catch it. Secound showing was just as good though.

I'm with you on the feeling of saddness and pity due to the deaths. Marlena had just started to warm up to Hud when she went pop, and Jason's was just wrong.

Funny thing about the amount of people getting motion sickness. My theater posted a warning say that the movie might cause it, and as far as I could tell nobody around me had motion sickness. I chucked my immunity to it because I myself use camcorders and stuff and watch them.

Once again, great review.

RE: Cloverfield Movie Review by Pr0LiFiX

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Thanks, I had more to write but I got a little lazy.

RE: Cloverfield Movie Review by Pr0LiFiX

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Great review! I'm hoping to write my own in the next couple of days.

Like you, I'm really glad they didn't go for the traditional 'Godzilla' like monster. Actually when I first saw one of the trailers I joked to my brother that I hoped it wasn't going to be a Godzilla remake. Not that I dislike Godzilla or anything, but there's so many remakes now days, that I like to see new and original ideas. I think that's one of the things that impressed me so much about Cloverfield. I thought the final monster design was quite unique IMO. I'm a big fan of games, both fantasy and horror, and even comparing to those genres, it's managed to retain it's uniqness about it.

I've actually never seen so many people leave and come out of a movie before as with this one!

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