djByron [Dan Byron]husband, father, christian, musician & technophile ( but not a dj )

So a bunch of us guys went to see Cloverfield tonite…. My take on the move? I’d give it 4 out of 5 stars. I thought the movie was great overall and really only initially disappointed me at the end. Really even then it wasn’t a disappointment if you look at the context of the movie. It’s shot from the viewpoint of a hand held video camera from open to close. If you keep that in mind I think quite of the few bad reviews out there could be dismissed. Yes initially I was like… huhhh? When the credits started rolling because there’s no real closure at the end.. But when you put it into context, how could Abrams have given the movie closure unless he opened and closed the movie outside of the camcorder. I thought it was very entertaining, the effects and cg were great and once again even the ending made sense in context. By far the best Godzilla type move to date.

[update] I guess Drew’s comment about something happening after the credits wasn’t wrong after all… He sent me this link earlier this AM: http://movieblog.ugo.com/