Crimson and Cloverfield.... over and overfield!

Cloverfield attempts to capture all of the feeling of a terrorist
attack on NYC without actually reminding the viewers that it is 9/11
all over again.

I suspect that my major disappointment with Cloverfield is not so
much the story-line (after all, who doesn't love a major metropolitan
city being demolished by a monster) but rather the pretension of the
creator.

I suspect that watching a movie supposedly shot through a camcorder,
is suppose to be quaint. It isn't. It is absurdly annoying --
there, I have said it. I am sure that many JJ Abrams fans out there
will cry foul and call it unique. It isn't.

But, the movie does score big with the special effects caught on
"said camera"

Flawless. And ultimately, it is the special effects with the Cinéma
vérité approach that works well. It is too bad that the mythology
behind the name, the story, the approach, are pandering to a fan-boy
base of internet savvy youth that are none too familiar with all that
came before.

I give this movie a sideways (and passing) glance.... because while I
appreciate the way it pulled off the story, I believe that the story
has been done better and with a thousand percent less hype.

I am waiting for another director to step in, give us the back story
and propel this new american monster movie mythology forward. JJ
Abrams, LISTEN UP You can now start a real cash cow be showing us
the rest of the story which your lame Internet fanbase has helped you
flesh out.

Go to it. BUDDY BOY.

OHHHH, spoiler alert: But to be even clevererer than our intrepid
film maker, I will write my major frustration with this crappy film,
backward.


ssa ruoy fo tuo daeh ruoy lluP. krap lartnec ni enecs eht erofeb
evitca REVEN saw ti ecnis, mlif eht ni etal sucof otua otni og ot
aremac eht deen t'ndid uoy, YEH

I DARE YOU TO READ THE ABOVE. Not really a spoiler, but might piss
some off.

Enjoy Lost, its a better ride..

-B