{"id":1216,"date":"2008-02-16T00:20:37","date_gmt":"2008-02-16T06:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/archives\/1216"},"modified":"2008-02-16T01:27:16","modified_gmt":"2008-02-16T07:27:16","slug":"cloverfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/archives\/1216","title":{"rendered":"Cloverfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just got back from Cloverfield<\/a>. I loved it. I haven’t been that riveted by an action film since the first Jurassic Park. <\/p>\n

Predictably, Hub hated it. He prefers more formulaic, wrapped-up Hollywood films. Some spoilers follow.
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The Nokia product placement was a little overwhelming. <\/p>\n

When the helicopter crashed and the sound went dead, you could have heard a pin drop in the theater. Everyone was totally caught up in the movie.<\/p>\n

The gibbering noises that the little critters made was awesomely creepy.<\/p>\n

The acting was a little shaky – almost as shaky as the camera work. There were a couple of moments when I cringed and thought, “High school play!” Most of the time it was passable, though.<\/p>\n

The way the backstory was spliced into the main story was clever. I missed the reveal at the very end in the Coney Island scene, though.<\/p>\n

The special effects were superb and worth the price of admission.<\/p>\n

I thought that was a little homage to Blair Witch at the end, with the confessionals.<\/p>\n

Interesting how the best character development was with the Hud, the guy on screen for maybe a total of 60 seconds. The writers did a great job with his narration.<\/p>\n

Also, Hud’s sacred mission was to document the evening, so it was somewhat plausible that he would keep filming everything. Once he was gone, why did Rob continue to film? That was a plot hole big enough to take me out of the moment, which was a shame because it was going really well at that point. Poor Hud.<\/p>\n

I would pay to see this again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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