Somehow Cloverfield have always managed to step down in line for my next to-watch movie, but I've finally seen it today. I can't brag with any psychic abilities, but I can fairly comfortably state I could have kept on avoiding it.
It's not such a half bad idea they've taken on, but the execution lacks in so many departments. Firstly, it's a short movie. That's not necessarily such a bad thing, but when the first 17 minutes or so is so incredibly boring... then the length is a big problem. You can't spend such a huge percentage of the opening boring your audience to death, and even less so when the movie never really pay the debt for that spent time.
The hand-held is, as often the case with hand-held, tiresome. Even more so because it's so inconsistent in when to be shaky and when it seems very calmly operated. Operator 'Hud' wouldn't been doing such a good job in many of the situations it seems like he's the bomb, and in others he would've been equally qualified to keep it calm but still fails to do so.
The story isn't half bad, but it really should have been done with a better focus and balance, and this could have become a great movie. I guess much of the appreciation it got came because people realize that, but it's not a good thing rewarding it because of potential when the potential is so wasted. Rather reward someone who manage to come back in a decade or so and do it with the style and focus it needs.
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