1/15/08

Cloverfield

DO NOT GO TO THIS MOVIE!!!!!

This is "Blair Witch Project" gone hi tech. This is a party video gone nuts. This is a frenetic, confusing, horrifying mess. It is supposedly shot by an amateur so the herky-jerky camera work is non-stop, headache inducing, blurred and messy.

DO NOT GO TO THIS MOVIE!!!!!

The actors are all unknowns so we can buy into the initial farewell party plot. I found it interesting that in the later frantic Manhattan mob scenes, there were no people older than forty or younger than eighteen...I'm just sayin'....

DO NOT GO TO THIS MOVIE!!!!!

There has been a clever advance publicity program maintaining lots of mystery and suspense. You may have seen the shot of the head of the Statue of Liberty tumbling down a Manhattan street. There is a LOT of blowie uppie stuff!

DO NOT GO TO THIS MOVIE!!!!!

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Addendum: I live a block from the Cinerama movie theatre. When "Cloverfield" was playing there, they put a sign on the ticket window stating that the camera techniques would cause motion sickness and that there would be NO refunds!