love/hate Cloverfield

Okay, I thought I would absolutely HATE Cloverfield. I thought it would be another gay ending like Stephen King's the Mist (which ruined the entire movie for me), but I actually REALLY liked Cloverfield. It wasn't as jerky as I thought it would be because God knows I suck with keeping a camera steady. I liked how it seemed like a real video they found instead of the movie it was. There was zoomin, cuts from one time to another (because who really leaves the camera on the whole time), etc that just added to the overall style of filming. The confusion with the camera in intense moments just made me want to pay really close attention so I wouldn't miss anything. I loved the person carrying the camera, I think he added humor and realness to the 'documentary'. I heard one of the actors before I saw the movie on the radio answering a question about whether or not we would like the ending or would they leave us hanging and his answer was (not word for word guys I mean this was like 3 weeks ago...) 'this is the kind of movie that no matter what the ending was you'll come out of the theater liking it because of the jam packed (ok maybe he didn't use that word but I couldn't think of anything else) suspense that we put in the movie.' And you know what... he was right! lol. I didn't even care about the ending... okay I cared, but it didn't affect what I had watched before it, it didn't leave me disappointed and wanting more. I was thoroughly satisfied by what I had already experienced.... :D So if your thinking of watching it and don't mind a shaky camera then I really recommend it!

“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.”

Margaret Thatcher



~netta