Caught the much anticipated movie, Cloverfield!

If the movie’s viral marketing campaign has reached to you, I think you would also be very excited about this film! For those who have zilch idea about it, it’s something like a cross between Blair Witch Project & Godzilla.

But first, I do have to warn those people who get motion-sickness very easily. THE ENTIRE FILM IS HANDHELD! Which means you’ll get those shakes, bumps, fast zooming and those irritating turns like how an amateur person films with a handheld camcorder.

Quite a few people actually walked out of the cinema halfway through! And I read that a boy puked at one of the premiers in US. LOL!

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Aside from being dazed by the movie, I actually prefer this unconventional type of filming method! It somehow makes you BE inside the movie; feeling like you are the one filming this entire thing. There was this particular scene when I literally moved my body forward when the guy was escaping towards the building. So surreal!

However, there quite a few… loop holes, I would say?
…that hot chick (Beth) was stabbed through her body (near the heart) by some metal rod, was groaning in pain and VIOLA, in the next scene, she was running faster than the guy holding the camcorder! Oh, and that guy (Hud), it seemed strange to me that he actually bothered to video down entirely even when other people are running for their lives! AND THE CAMCORDER!! I wonder what brand they used! It won’t break no matter how many times it was dropped. And the battery, my gosh, it lasted the whole night and into the morning until the movie ends!

And what’s with the obvious Nokia product placement?! There was even one point when the lead (Rob) leaned against a big Nokia poster! …Bad, very bad.

On top of that, the most obnoxious thing is that we have no fucking idea how the monster landed on earth (though the viral marketing did show some deep sea drilling company may have triggered the monster to rise from the deep waters… see lah! anyhow poke poke poke) AND we are left hanging in the air whether the monster died or not!

Despite all that, I still think it’s a rather cool movie! The visual effects seemed very tight and it’s actually very believable, unlike movies like Godzilla where you get to see very clear shots of the monster stomping across the city.

Fingers crossed, but I’m hoping to see a sequel or something. You know, like they found another camcorder that tells the story of what happens after which.

Nonetheless, what’s movie review without rating it right?

I’m giving it 4 nerdy jays out of 5! The last one fainted due to motion sickness… hehe