I just got back from the movies. I saw CLOVERFIELD and all I knew about it going in was that it was a "monster" movie.
I had no idea that the entire movie would be from the point of view of a character with a hand held video camera. You never see the actual camera and while they refer to "tape" in the movie I would strongly suspect that the camera is a memory card based device, not a tape camera, and that they (the writers) intentionally had the characters use the most common term. Frankly I was not impressed with the beginning of the movie and actually closed my eyes for the first half hour or so. I didn't want to watch all the shaky footage .. and was considering leaving the theatre .. but when the s**t hit the fan I started watching and they really did a credible job. There was some times where I couldn't believe that the character operating the camera would be 'filming' certain scenes .. and that he would turn it on and off .. or NOT turn it on or off .. at certain times .. but that's where "suspension of disbelief" comes in. It's a decent "monster movie" .. I recommend it .. especially for video enthusiasts. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
