Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[flippyshark]

Saw Cloverfield today. For some reason, I'm inclined to give it more props than it probably deserves, maybe because I really dig kaiju eiga as a genre. However, I hope this is the movie that buries the Blair Witch handycam style forever. Blair Witch Project made me feel queasy, and so did Cloverfield. I sat in the back of the theater for both, and still had to look away from the screen on occasion. What an unpleasant sensation. I guess I'm more sensitive than others in that regard.

Anyhow, I thought the movie had some clever ideas and impressive sequences. Characters were paper thin (by necessity) and the story was a foregone conclusion, but I was surprised when the audience began to boo at the closing credits. Wuh-oh!