Cloverfield

It's funny how i've written with a sense of diversity all around this blog of mine and i've never really taken a chance to apply my skills. I'm a film student at Humber college in Toronto so naturally i gotta use some of my skills to rate some movies.

My first review so hopefully it flies well...

CLOVERFIELD

(spoilers so make sure you've watched the movie already)

I'll start with the writer since all of them are being kinda bitchy these days

Writer:  Drew Goddard

Director: Matt Reeves

Producer: JJ Abrams

Imagine your the classic Manhatten up-scale kid, you got a good start and you have a  good education and everything is pretty much fun and dandy and a lot of booze is consumed, then all of the sudden this "thing" comes after you and your mission changes from doing yagerbombs to dropping real bombs upon this creature and don't forget to save the girl!

What I really enjoyed about Cloverfield was the realism, sure it's obviously all fake but people who go to movies with that kind of attitude can all just work in taxes or insurance or something. The camcorder first person viewfinder movie is a phenomenal idea and whether JJ had any idea in the testing of the movie or not it still defiantly makes a difference. It really brings you into the film, keeps you on the edge of your seat, and may make you sick at times so don't sit too close unless you wana get scared/motion sick. 

I thought it was funny how the camera and sound were so perfect considering all that Hud, best character in the movie,  was holding was some expensive camcorder that can survive helicopter crashes and mini-spider attacks. 

That lens was pretty clean by the end of the movie considering all the shit it went through, and as far as the sound goes? Amazing really captured the ambiance of a broken city and how it was inclosed in fear and chaos. 

It just really seemed like 5 guys with boom mics were following our heros the whole time too. But regardless of the sound it still looked sick, all the focusing and out of focusing really worked as far as realism, the monster never revealed itself until the end and even then it was kinda hard to see, the movie defiantly left you wanting more than just a lizard/ape with six arms and a face like a frog with teeth. (my girlfriend said it looked kinda cute)

Aside from the very good acting and realistic drama they had at the beginning i really liked the progressing terror and action, the subway scene is intense! I mean after a few minutes of understanding the characters and their motives you just wanna see people get attacked by bug-things with the night vision mode one. That had to of been JJ's idea the man is a genius. 

Aside from some of the story disputes; helicopter crash, stomach explosion and splash in the ocean in the last scene I really thought this movie was well done for its short run time.

You wanna know why this movie is such a sucess? JJ fucking Abrams! the man not only caught us with the trailer when we were most vulnerable (the transformers movie debute) but he gave nothing away! He went out of his way to make sure everyone in production kept their mouth shut, how? by telling them is was another type of movie. The man never gave in with his trailers...kept us wanting more so we had to by that ticket on opening night which i might say was really sweaty and loud. 

The boxoffice is already exploding with 50 million in sales in the first fucking week! now could JJ just be a huge dick and take his money and run? NO

The guy has so much more put into this film, just look around the web for the backstory its better told by them, just look up cloverfield, and slusho and you'll eventually find it. It's just a very intriguing backstory, the part that got me is when they revealed that the thing that attacked Manhatten was a confused babey......A FREAKIN BABEY!

all i know is when the sequel comes out watch the fuck out for a pissed off mother!

and a rich ass JJ!

In turn Cloverfield is, in itself, is a giant action film shrouded in mystery and stories that you have to work for to understand which I think how the film industry should work. The depictions are amazing and the clues JJ leaves are amazing, expect a few new breakthroughs in filmmaking in the next few years kids, and hold on for the shaky ride.  

I  think they called is "Cloverfield" because in a field of Clovers there's only a single 4-leafed one, just like in a city of people there's only one monster alone and confused

.... but apparently their Production office is on Cloverfield Road so that kinda ruins it.

8 outa ten people!