Cloverfield Review

So at around half three today, my dad asked me to go down and return a DVD to the store when upon seeing what the little machine held in itself, I yelped. Seriously, what I saw on that monitor lifted my spirits a wee bit. 

What I saw?

Cloverfield. I must admit, Cloverfield (produced by JJ Abrams directed by Matt Reeves and written by Drew Goddard) is one of the only films I've been excited about since Barney's Great Adventure all those years ago. Since then, I'd always had a certain lack of enthusiasm about new films. Then I heard it was a monster film... it was inevitable, I HAD to watch the film.

Now, onto the actual film. The film is ENTIRELY FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF ONE CAMERA. A camera which recorded the entire thing. Now, I won't delve into details (leading to spoilers) but we follow one main event (May 23rd) and little snippets of another event (April 27th). The snippets are a little comic relief. Some people may be asking why on earth would their be comic relief in a thriller? Well, with the way that Cloverfield captivates you, ties you up, and toys with your emotions at gunpoint calls for a little relief now and then although these snippets tend to lull you into a sense of emotional safeness. Then bam, your psyche is being beaten with a stick.

My next comment is the cast. Nearly everyone is unknown in the bizniz but they all pulled it off so well. I don't know how they did it, but they did. Their acting coupled with the camera really payed off in the end result. Going onto the camera, now, I'm not the harshest of critics, but the worst thing that MAY be present is the camera's angles, which can give some people headaches. I myself experienced no problems, but I've spoken with others who have had massive headaches from the film. 

I was really satisfied with the ending, it left me wanting more, but also left me satisfied. Something seldom found in film these days, what with the cliché endings, cliffhangers and whatnot. 

Now that's the general, spoiler free review, I'm gonna leave it at that seeing as I could throw out a few more paragraphs with detailed praise of the film.

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So, there's a petition to stop Dr. Uwe Boll's Career of taking video games, chopping their limbs off, covering them in pig's fat and then labeling it as his "Latest hit film".

The Petition is aiming for 1,000,000 signatures, so far reaching 24% of its goal. 

First time I heard of the guy, I thought to myself, "Could he really be THAT bad?". I, being the young and foolish adolescent, rented a few of his films. I can tell you, drugs aren't the only thing that adolescent curiosity can tempt you to experiment with. And just like drugs, his films are bad. Really, REALLY bad.

Thinking this guy was just some young buck who sucked, I didn't think I could hate him, but he made me hate him. This guy is failing beyond all expectations. I mean, not only is he a middle-aged man who's had some experience, but as far as public reactions go, his are extremely childish. He later rebutted to more hate from the populous,  at the beginning I felt he was trying to make a valid point, then BAM, a reflex must've kicked in, throwing his head so far up his ass he re-created the CatDog self-ingestion paradox.

He then preaches to the haters, saying he found the IPs of petition-signers and tracked them down like an internet hax0r, despite calling Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay 'computer nerds' for, APPARENTLY, signing more than once. What? Did he seriously accuse these two directors of signing an e-petition multiple times personally? Qrwtfbbq? Also, he continues by saying he found a "Film" on YouTube  by one of the undersigned, and started to ridicule it and compare it to his films even though he puts his out for profit in cinemas, while these guys were trying to get a few laughs on youtube. What was he expecting? To find the works of Giacomo Talimini? Or perhaps a box-office hit?

I'm unsure wether he is schizophrenic, or just an air-headed pillock.

Also, if anyone finds the video where he calls out Michael Bay for a fight in the ring, please send!