If your idea of a good flick is a home video by Cousin Bernie (blury images included), then Cloverfield is for you!
You have to give it to the man…JJ Abrams is a genius. He managed to create a high degree of speculation and expectation with tons of lovely theories on the basis of a successful viral campaign…then released it, giving the public exactly what he’d shown on those viral videos, a friggin’ home movie taken by an annoying, dazed and confused character that I swear is based on one of my son’s friends.
Perhaps I’m getting older or I need a new pair of glasses, but after watching this flick I still don’t know what kind of monster it is or what exactly does it look like. For all I know it could be an alien, a mutation or some kind of sexual deviant full of crabs. I also don’t know where it came from. Why did it attack now and why was it in New York.
Okay maybe that last question is ridiculous because everybody knows that for some reason most monsters, aliens, bombs and deadly virus end up in New York. But it pisses me off because my ex-mother-in-law is scarier than the Cloverfield monster and I get her for free.
What I got from Cloverfield was a migraine because the damn camera wouldn’t stay still. It swerved left! It swung right! It jumped up and down! Up and down. Up and down. Left and right until I was dizzy and nauseous. I think I’m pregnant. with JJ Abram’s child. And only for $8.50 plus taxes…
9 responses so far ↓
Cheyenne McCray // January 19, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Does this mean I can’t place my new series about a woman who’s half Dark Elvin and half human in NYC? *g* It was going to be Houston…
hotflashes51 // January 19, 2008 at 4:04 pm
With your talent you can place your Elvin wherever you want.
Cheyenne McCray // January 19, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Mireya // January 19, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Can you people stop destroying the city in which I work for a living?
You know how many times I’ve seen the Chrysler building destroyed? Incidentally, I work ACROSS the street from it right in 42nd Street
*disgruntled in NY*
Mireya
P.S. Joking aside. This movie’s trailers reminded me a bit too much of the movie that I consider the worse movie ever made: The Blain Witch Project. I am not going anywhere near it. Thanks for confirming my suspicions.
P.S. to the P.S. – Hey Chey, I absolutely LOVED “Wicked Magic”. Got to admit I didn’t really warm up to book 2 of the series, but man, I was blown by “Wicked Magic”. Looking forward to the next one!
hotflashes51 // January 20, 2008 at 1:54 am
“Can you people stop destroying the city in which I work for a living? You know how many times I’ve seen the Chrysler building destroyed? ”
Okaaay…have I told you about these hormones I’m taking?
Cheyenne McCray // January 20, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Thanks, Mireya! Wicked Magic was wicked fun to write. *g*
Hey, I destroyed San Francisco. Why can’t I destroy NYC?
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Mireya // January 20, 2008 at 3:42 pm
That’s what I was afraid you would say LOL
VomitComet // February 15, 2008 at 12:34 am
This stupid amateur video technique is what I call “ShakyCam” – the new TV Show seen here in Canada called “The Border” is very bad and I had to turn it off after a minute – they use an additional quick zoom effect that is also annoying. Down with ShakeyCam!
hotflashes51 // February 15, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Why the hell has this technique become trendy? It’s awful. I’ll take a good director with a focused cam any day. I shouldn’t have to pay for getting sick. For that I have the ex.