Cloverfield

[innerSpaceman]

I think I read that J.J. Abrams used The Host as one of his inspirations for Cloverfield. Maybe, maybe not. But I want to see it ... and so on the NFlx queue it goes.

Spoiler:

I really liked the ending of Cloverfield. I don't think anyone who was expecting the main characters to live was paying attention at the start of the film, which made clear that the camera was found in what used to be known as Central Park. Does that sound like anybody makes it out alive to you?

So I wasn't surprised by that, and I did like that our principal characters die for once. But I liked the particulars a lot. The testimonials that harkened back to Rob's farewell party and the snippet of un-taped-over video of Beth and Rob romantically happy on the ferris wheel at Coney Island. I think that combo was very effective, and was a touching coda to ... well, everybody dies.