Mini-review: Cloverfield
What is Cloverfield?
It's a monster(big) movie like Godzilla but from the point of view of a guy and his friends videotaping the event on the ground. The tape is found after the event and that's what we see unedited. Poor New-York, monsters like to eat the big apple. They should get a new name to confuse monsters 
Mini-review:
I was surprised in the fact that they added an element that I did not see/noticed in the trailer. Of course, I don't want to mention what it is.
I knew what to expect when I watched the trailer but.... one thing I did not like is the "camera work". I don't want to see the pavement when they are running and it looked amateur(goal of the style). Heck! I did that when I got my first VHS camcorder in 1991. It looked like the movie Doom at the end when it was in first person mode. Cloverfield is an experiment but I still have mix feeling for a full length movie. I'm sure they will make millions on the first weekend but next week, it will be lower but by how much?50%, 40% or lower?. Maybe I should had sat a bit higher to watched it. I was about 1-2 rows to low near the middle.
The effects were okay but we did not see the full monster often. It is mostly a character driven movie after all with not big names in it. But that added to the realism of the video. Cloverfield is short(1h24) and I expected the action to start faster because of that. The first 15 minutes or so are about the party and it also introduced the main characters.
Because it's a videotape, no music or soundtrack was added for the movie.
Conclusion
On Sunday's, tickets are price higher than weekday afternoon's but I had a free entry(gift certificate). I have mixed feeling and would hesitate to recommend it. If you can pay a cheaper price for your ticket and still want to see Cloverfield, then do that instead. At least, I saw a teaser for Star Trek XI. 
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January 21st, 2008 at 9:05 am
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After months of teasers, trailers and Internet hype, I went to see this movie on Sunday. We had snow in Quebec City on Friday and did not want to see the movie that bad in those conditions(icy roads). Now, the first wave of movie goers will give it a h…
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
ive read a lot of good reviews about this film
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I too seen a lot of good feedback. Most reviews were done by people that could not wait to see it thus were bias in a sense. Don’t get me wrong, I like all kind of movie except chick flicks
. But this movie did not get me with the camera angle. It would be a good rent later.
Tuesday’s, it’s $4.95 per entry and it worth it at that price. Paying $12? Not so much. At least they made it back with 40M this weekend on a 25M budget
Next week, I think they will make around 20M.
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