Review of Cloverfield (2008) by Meryld. — 20 Jan 2008
The obviousness is a detriment--if you're going to use our "new emotional context" for terror (which is now ~ 7 years ago and only resonates for people in New York City and/or airports), you should at least do so with artistic purpose, even if you are just making a "monster movie.
" Vacuous characterization helps me root for the monster, which I would've liked alot more if it wasn't the same old pallid goblinesque "Cave/I Am Legend/every other movie monster of late" creature.
The interesting thing about the Blair Witch was what you didn't see. Cloverfield gets by on what you do see--computer explosions, somewhat menacing spider-crab babies and the Statue of Liberty's head bowled through Manhattan (Chuck Heston must've winced in his sleep).
In other words, good fireworks I will forget in about a week.
This review of Cloverfield (2008) was written by Meryld. on 20 Jan 2008.
Cloverfield has generally received positive reviews.
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