Cloverfield - the Real Monster Revealed
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I’ve been wanting to see Cloverfield since seeing the initial un-named trailer with the Statue of Liberty without her head. Finally this last weekend, Bryn and I went to see it while it was still on the big screen. Half the theater hated it and voiced that opinion loudly, (but half the theater was punk kids with ADD and no Ritalin.) I thought it was brilliant!
I can see how one would either love or hate this film, though. There’s not much gray area. The hand held filming style lends a certain credibility and realism to the movie, but it nearly gives you a headache and you’re constantly straining your neck to try and see what’s just off camera. So many times in my head, I was yelling, “Hold still dammit.” or “No! Effin’ A, go back to the monster!”.
Furthermore, no questions are answered. We never find out what the thing is, why it’s eating Manhattan, why you explode if bitten by the giant parasites, etc. We don’t find out if it dies in the end or even if our protagonists survive. People with mush-brains tend to hate that. They need everything spelled out and neatly buttoned up in their movies. I, for one, am the opposite. The more open ended the plot, the more your imagination can take over and create it’s own plausible scenarios. And the fact that the film didn’t provide any “experts” to tell us anything, the actual physics and back story are left up to us to ponder. Being the overly-analytical skeptic that I am, I really appreciate that.
Big warning — spoiler after the jump.
So if you haven’t seen the movie yet, do yourself a favor and wait until you do. Half the fun of the movie is that you never really get a good look at the beast. read more »
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