Cloverfield

Cloverfield seems to be getting a somewhat mixed reception, I believe that people having been making unfair parallels with The Blair Witch Project.

Overall I would have to say that I found Cloverfield to be a very immersive film, and was enjoyable to watch. There are a few genuinely tense moments and you really do want the protagonists to come through in one piece. I liked how the cameraman for most of the movie 'Hud' (a nice gamer allusion I thought) was accidentally recording over a home movie about the lead dude being so in love and now ultimately heartbroken.

I'm trying not to spoil anything because a movie of this nature really needs to be appreciated with a blank slate, just so that the illusion is maintained.

Particular note should be paid to the the end credit sequence, it works well with the tone of the movie.

Rating: B

Oh, not an alien.