Cloverfield rocked. In my opinion, it’s one of the best Sci-Fi movies of all time. Cloverfield tells the story of a group of people simply observing and trying to survive a giant monster that is busy trashing Manhattan. There are many great and compelling elements here. For one, no one in the story has any information about what’s going on and never does. There’s no quest for information to defeat the beast, no round table meetings with scientists, politicians and generals, it’s just a small group of clueless, ordinary people trying to save themselves. I also really liked the fact that I felt something for the monster. It just seemed like a baby (a big one) with also no clue about what was going down.
There’s a sequel of some sort on the way. We are not sure when but like the first movie the Cloverfield producers (including J.J. Abrams) are spreading the word about a new monster through a new and I thought scary (though I’m sensitive) new viral video. Check it out kids. Thanks Io9 for the early morning jolt.
