Thoughts on Cloverfield

I saw Cloverfield this past Thursday with Mónica, and despite what you’ve heard from everyone, the movie is awesome.

Yes the camera is all over the place. Yes you see “the monster” relatively early in the movie. The problem is that most people are going into this movie expecting the wrong thing. It really isn’t a straight horror movie or a straight thriller movie.

It’s primarily a story about people. The plot is brillianty constructed, you get just enough info about the surroundings to figure out what might be going on, but not so much that you’re left without questions.

And the ending? Perfect. Structurally closed off. You have the emotional payoff without an “obligatory” situational payoff.

Well worth checkng out in the theater.

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