Let me preface this by saying i’ve been following the Cloverfield viral marketing campaign for 6 months. From the initial rumors on first showing, to the tagruato.jp slusho.jp and 1-18-08.com websites. With that being said…
JJ Abrahms created an incredible piece of work here, everyone. Initially, I had a feeling this would be like your normal monster movie. Monster attacks, single hero avoids death and somehow helps destroy said monster. I was expecting the cheezy CGI special effects that were all the rage in the US remake of godzilla. I didn’t see that at all.
For those of you who don’t know, the movie is shot from a hand camcorder’s perspective. One of the people fighting to stay alive documented the entire thing. While shaky at times, it just adds to the realism.
The monster was Nothing I expected. I won’t ruin it for those of you who haven’t seen it yet, but you’re in for a suprise!
Overall, it was shot extremely well, there were some great action sequences, it wasn’t full of hollywood meetcutes and stupid romances. This was a solid movie, that left me begging for more: how did the monster get there? where did it come from? What happens next? Ahhhhh.
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