Re: Cloverfield

Mordechai T. Abzug wrote:
> Has anyone watched Cloverfield?  I enjoyed it rather more than typical
> movies of its genre.
> 
> One of my favorite aspects thereof was the really clever way it was
> filmed.  The movie claims to be found video footage (a la Blair
> Witch[1]).  But they figured out a way to incor****ate flashbacks[2] in
> what should have been a simple chronological story.
> 
> - Morty
> 
> [1] Which I loathed.
> 
> [2] Flashbacks make a post Highlander related, right?

Yes, I saw it.  There were a lot of complaints when it opened in the 
US (prior to its UK opening) about the "shaky-cam" effects causing 
people to throw up in the cinema, so there were big warnings outside 
the cinema and at the ticket desk - but I can't say it was any worse 
than watching a BBC news re****t from a war zone - the kind where the 
re****ter and journalist follow the troops around in the heart of the 
action.  It was a very interesting treatment - Godzilla crossed with 
Aliens as seen from the PoV of characters who would be the "collateral 
damage" in a normal movie.

Did you catch the very last flashback scene?

:-)

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