So...
What did you guys think of the movie?
My thoughts about it--[POSSIBLE SPOILERS]
The movie itself was pretty good; engaging, exciting, interesting, mysterious. A sense of chaos was captured everywhere--especially in the camera, which made me dizzy as hell. It is LITERALLY a homevideo held by Hud (supposedly; I mean maybe a pro-cam. man was holding it, but it followed Hud`s movements, running and jumping and all)--not by a professional cameraman like say in Dancer in the Dark. I nearly threw up by the time the movie ended, so thankfully it was short.
[OKAY, ACTUAL SPOILERS MENTIONED]
However, I felt that the movie didn`t live up to the hype it has created; either that, or I expected too much out of it. Cloverfield did not provide ANY background information about where the monster came from, why it chose to attack New York, what exactly happens to the people who get bitten, etcetc. Yes, this is realistic since the cameraman is one of the characters, but at the end of the movie, I felt very unsatisfied and wanted to know more about the background of this monster. When it ended, about 80% of the theater stayed behind hoping that there would be some sort of explaination at the end of the long credits, but we were only rewarded w/ a sound clip of Rob saying either "I`m alive" or "Where am I?" The people who haven`t been following up w/ this movie`s websites and rumors about the plot will not understand what is going on and will find this movie pointless. Imo, the "passive organisms in the Slusho! being consumed by humans and their wastes getting dumped into the ocean where the aggressive organisms are stirred from their sleep to devour these passive organisms" theory fits the movie the most.
[END SPOILERS]
For those who haven`t watched it yet, don`t stay for after the credits; it`s not a videoclip and it`s not worth the wait. What happens after the credits is above in my review, which you can find out after you watch the movie.
My thoughts about it--[POSSIBLE SPOILERS]
The movie itself was pretty good; engaging, exciting, interesting, mysterious. A sense of chaos was captured everywhere--especially in the camera, which made me dizzy as hell. It is LITERALLY a homevideo held by Hud (supposedly; I mean maybe a pro-cam. man was holding it, but it followed Hud`s movements, running and jumping and all)--not by a professional cameraman like say in Dancer in the Dark. I nearly threw up by the time the movie ended, so thankfully it was short.
[OKAY, ACTUAL SPOILERS MENTIONED]
However, I felt that the movie didn`t live up to the hype it has created; either that, or I expected too much out of it. Cloverfield did not provide ANY background information about where the monster came from, why it chose to attack New York, what exactly happens to the people who get bitten, etcetc. Yes, this is realistic since the cameraman is one of the characters, but at the end of the movie, I felt very unsatisfied and wanted to know more about the background of this monster. When it ended, about 80% of the theater stayed behind hoping that there would be some sort of explaination at the end of the long credits, but we were only rewarded w/ a sound clip of Rob saying either "I`m alive" or "Where am I?" The people who haven`t been following up w/ this movie`s websites and rumors about the plot will not understand what is going on and will find this movie pointless. Imo, the "passive organisms in the Slusho! being consumed by humans and their wastes getting dumped into the ocean where the aggressive organisms are stirred from their sleep to devour these passive organisms" theory fits the movie the most.
[END SPOILERS]
For those who haven`t watched it yet, don`t stay for after the credits; it`s not a videoclip and it`s not worth the wait. What happens after the credits is above in my review, which you can find out after you watch the movie.