Remember when I said certain people who hated Cloverfield were/are stupid. I meant that. Here's an example of one very retarded American critic:
Roger Friedman, Fox News wrote:
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'Cloverfield': Horror Film Not Sensitive About 9/11
Matt Reeves' "Cloverfield," produced by J.J. Abrams of "Lost" and "Alias" fame, [i]is an 84-minute rollercoaster ride of a monster movie that should be a big hit.
But Cloverfield also inadvertently disses New York for what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, by re-enacting scenes of buildings exploding and massive clouds of debris for fun and profit.
Does no one recall what was said following the World Trade Center disasters? There was such sensitivity about the huge human losses that images of the Twin Towers were erased from movie posters and excised from films.
Yet six years later, the "Cloverfield" gang is cool enough with it to show New York being pulverized. Very quickly and without warning, downtown New York is destroyed. The first bit of damage is depicted by a World Trade Center-like structure exploding and collapsing downward, sending off a cloud not unlike those my friends ran from that day.
Later in the film, the main characters go to the city's new Twin Towers, represented by the Time Warner Center. The structure looks so much like the World Trade Center that you have to wonder what these people were thinking. "Cloverfield" was truly made by California movie people. No one in New York would ever be this insensitive.
But I suppose I'm being too sensitive. "Cloverfield" is just commercial entertainment. If you don't read anything into it, this slightly plotted edge-of-the-seat nail-biter is a good big studio take on "The Blair Witch Project." It's the perfect winter doldrums popcorn fest.
The clever aspect of Reeves' film is that it's all shot with a handheld camera that's supposed to be the camcorder belonging to one of the main characters. This gives the film an intimate feel, and the look is very personal as the city is devoured.
Reeves and Abrams do not supply much information, just that good-looking young professionals are interrupted from their partying by the the destruction of the city.
Screenwriter Drew Goddard, who comes from Abrams' TV circle with "Lost" and "Alias," has only turned in two acts - which is fine for the small screen but lacking for the big one. Hence, "Cloverfield" ends abruptly and leaves a lot of questions unanswered. (Shades of "Lost.")
"Cloverfield" boasts a small but plucky cast of young unknowns, and they're not bad, although none of them really breaks out. Lizzy Caplan as Marlena, who is bitten by the monster, does the most with the least in the Ally Sheedy role from "Breakfast Club." The others - Michael Stahl-David, T.J. Miller, Jessica Lucas and Odette Yustman - must bear the brunt of the script's lack of humor or wit or any subplot. Give them points for that.
They are so blinded by the fact that this movie touches a nerve that they actually forget to watch a movie. How can you review a film objectively when you have a personal vendetta against it already?
Jan 20 2008, 03:42 AM
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