Cloverfield

[Kain]

Anyone seen this movie yet?

[NorthernXposure]

I am supposed to see it tonight. The local radio station questioned some people when they we leaving the theatre and aparently, about 30-40 people left the show early due to motion sickness!!! Looks like hand held cams are the culprit again!

[audiobliss69]

I was surprised that there are no updates in this thread, so here's a post I made about Cloverfield on another forum:

Just got back from seeing. I have to say I'm VERY pleased with it! I
also have to say it was very different in several unexpected and
unusual respects, but I think they all contribute to making it a unique
movie that keeps you guessing the whole time.



For about the first 15 minutes I was thinking, "Oh gosh...this shaky
cam thing is making me CRAZY!!!!" Then I never even thought about it
again until after the movie when I realized, "Hey, that wasn't too
bad!" Like Refefer said, the shaky cam actually REALLY adds to the
movie, makes it seem real, and I adjusted to it fairly quickly, even
though I was really not digging it at first.



The 'monster' was awesome, too. They didn't over-expose it in the
beginning, kept you waiting, and then when you got to see it, it
certainly wasn't a let-down. Not overdone and totally unrealistic, but
also not so low-key that anyone could complain about it as some have
about the 'dark-seekers' in I Am Legend.





I was just really pleased with the whole thing. The way it's shot, the
way the story starts, the limited view (both with visuals and the
pieces of the puzzle) you get from the first-person type vantage point
as the story unfolds, and the end are all very unique, at least in my
movie-going experience. And I thought that though some of those
approaches aren't always the best, combined together in this movie they
really came together and made it an awesome movie.



Oh, and I was really surprised how it all ended.

[jacksonbart]

I want to see it or at least rent it when its out, so I did not read the replys. Heard actually good review.