Well… do I put out a spoiler warning? Or do I say “just go and see it”?
Maybe the latter. But, warning, plenty of people might need to take sea-sickness tablet before they go in. Dunno if it’ll help deal with the nausea from the handycam work, but it just might.
So you don’t know what Cloverfield is all about? Even better. Something is terrorising New York city, and all we have is footage from peoples handycams, phones and the like.
Still curious? Then get yourself along to see it.
I’m already thinking of going again to try and spot all those things I missed first time round!
Well the whole surviving being bombed and shot by tanks isn’t much more credible than surving being nuked.
Nukes in movies are usually a blinding flash though aren’t they? Cloverfield II could be the monster goes over to New Jersey and takes on the Sopranos.
The Blair Witch Project has to a lot to answer for. That’s all I’ll say about the drunk-cam.
Cloverfield couldn’t possibly have lived up to the hype but was a decent night out all the same. It’s dumb, loud, obvious and (let’s be frank) a more palatable way to get in touch with your inner sadist than torture porn like Saw IV. Admit it, isn’t the party scene boring? I didn’t hand over my money for a bad episode of Felicity or What About Brian; I was after the sick thrill of watching huge numbers of people getting slaughtered in inventively ghastly ways.
17 January, 2008
Review – Cloverfield
Posted by Che Tibby under , review,[10] Comments
Well… do I put out a spoiler warning? Or do I say “just go and see it”?
Maybe the latter. But, warning, plenty of people might need to take sea-sickness tablet before they go in. Dunno if it’ll help deal with the nausea from the handycam work, but it just might.
So you don’t know what Cloverfield is all about? Even better. Something is terrorising New York city, and all we have is footage from peoples handycams, phones and the like.
Still curious? Then get yourself along to see it.
I’m already thinking of going again to try and spot all those things I missed first time round!
WARNING!! Comments might contain spoilers!!
10 Responses to “Review – Cloverfield”
17 January, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Jeebus Tibby! We only just got home, I knew you’d review it quickly but, wow!
You should also warn people to take motion sickness pills of a sick bag, just in case.
18 January, 2008 at 5:59 am
dude, you reckon there will be a sequel?
i have a sneaking suspicion… it is jj abrams after all.
18 January, 2008 at 6:55 am
I thought about it, I mean the very first words on the screen say “the first sighting of designate ‘Cloverfield’”
Ah, I’ll just wait The Host 2, given that’s what Cloverfield seemed to take all it’s cues from.
18 January, 2008 at 7:33 am
heh. it’ll probably star the one who escaped in the helicopter.
i wonder how the hell that creature could withstand being nuked though?
plus, those “back-story” comics look like being bullpucky. unless they’re the tale of yet another survivor.
18 January, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I dunno, they’re all in Japanese so I can’t tell for sure. but they are produced by Bad Robot so they’re official.
I do agree about the nuke (though I wasn’t sure it was a nuke), nothing survives that…but what if there are more of them?
18 January, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Well the whole surviving being bombed and shot by tanks isn’t much more credible than surving being nuked.
Nukes in movies are usually a blinding flash though aren’t they? Cloverfield II could be the monster goes over to New Jersey and takes on the Sopranos.
19 January, 2008 at 6:29 am
The Blair Witch Project has to a lot to answer for. That’s all I’ll say about the drunk-cam.
Cloverfield couldn’t possibly have lived up to the hype but was a decent night out all the same. It’s dumb, loud, obvious and (let’s be frank) a more palatable way to get in touch with your inner sadist than torture porn like Saw IV. Admit it, isn’t the party scene boring? I didn’t hand over my money for a bad episode of Felicity or What About Brian; I was after the sick thrill of watching huge numbers of people getting slaughtered in inventively ghastly ways.
19 January, 2008 at 7:12 am
Loved the headline on the New York Times review:
We’re All Gonna Die! Grab Your Video Camera!
23 January, 2008 at 1:43 pm
And I finally got up
25 January, 2008 at 3:52 pm
And I, too, felt nauseous which hampered my enjoyment somewhat.
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