fatvegan

I watched Cloverfield in bed late last night. I thought it was a wonderful film. Great build up. Great format. Great execution. A lot of the stuff they usually chuck into disaster films is a bit of a waste of time. I felt like this film distilled the important components of the genre into a good, short film that didn't feel too short.

It was nice to see someone spend a shitload of money making a low-budget style film. I thought it worked pretty well. You normally shoot home-movie style and avoid showing the viewer what is really happening in order to save money. But this film didn't spare much cost. There was lots of great destruction and good army stuff. Those few bits were my favourite. I love it when the US army fights monsters, and here you felt really close to it. Kind of like you had a back-stage pass to the invasion.

Even so, probably only people who like other disaster movies will like this one. It's not like it actually did anything original or amazingly interesting. It was mostly just simple and good.