Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Alex]

Just saw Cloverfield. The shakycam didn't bother me (but then it didn't in Blair Witch either).

It wasn't great but it was good. A few very suspenseful moments and for the most part it remains true to its conceit of being from the point of view of a small group of people involved in a terrible event but in no way centrally involved.

A lot of grumbling when the movie was over, though. If you really want a traditional narrative structure all the way to the end you're going to be disappointed and I suspect the second week for this one isn't going to be great.

Teaser for the next Star Trek before the next movie. Still not excited. Plus it looked like they were building the Enterprise on the planet surface in atmosphere which makes absolutely no sense.