Hugely successful in the US, Cloverfield, for once it lives up to all the hype and is a genuinely excellent and gripping sci-fi thriller.
The simple trick of Cloverfield borrows from the Blair Witch Project gimmick of shooting the action through a single camcorder carried by one of the characters.
But this is as fresh and original as the Blair Witch was.
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It's something like Godzilla meets the new media age and the action moves relentlessly at a 1,000mph.
The beast causes mayhem to the Big Apple, even having the temerity of decapitating that famous cinematic icon, the Statue of Liberty.
Those looking for a more subtle meaning to the movie might draw comparisons between the carnage unleashed by the beast and al-Qaeda's 9/11 attack.
Aside from the allegorical nuances, Cloverfield is a fine movie, subtly and intelligently done, as well as being a technical triumph.
And it plunges you into a nightmarish world and keeps you there in what is a genuinely frightening film.
Posted by: film lover, hove on 10:40pm Sun 10 Feb 08
What film did you see? The jerky camerawork non existant script, made this a complete waste of an afernoon. it looks like it was made by someone who'd never seen a film before.
at the end we coudn't wait to get out! appalling!
What film did you see? The jerky camerawork non existant script, made this a complete waste of an afernoon. it looks like it was made by someone who'd never seen a film before.
at the end we coudn't wait to get out! appalling!
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