tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321165284766276273.post8609352495113412646..comments2023-06-06T04:50:07.708-07:00Comments on Giant Monsters Attack!: Movie Review: CloverfieldMysterious Pantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11132519432524261914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321165284766276273.post-49241382872756813982008-02-12T11:57:00.000-08:002008-02-12T11:57:00.000-08:00I suppose that's always going to be the nagging pr...I suppose that's always going to be the nagging problem of the "found footage/handycam" format- at times it's hard the believe that the camera operator never just ditches the equipment and makes a run for it. <BR/><BR/>Then again, it wouldn't be much of an entertaining film if the footage primarily consisted of a prolonged shot of the ground where the camera was discarded, though...Mysterious Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132519432524261914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321165284766276273.post-89906487295933705372008-02-08T17:57:00.000-08:002008-02-08T17:57:00.000-08:00A fair review, and you nailed one of my main probl...A fair review, and you nailed one of my main problems: the characters' actions undermine the film's conceit. Despite the found-footage presentation, I never once believed that this was really happening. Due to either ineptitude or cynicism, the filmmakers thought the hyper-realisitic "YouTube generation" style would be convincing even if the characters talked and acted like standard-issue Hollywood cutouts. I do <I>like</I> the found-footage idea, though, and it provided for a few memorable bits, like the genuinely eerie title scene and the part when they watch news footage of an unindentifiable thing smashing up against a building, lit only by helicopter spotlights. The movies runs most effectively on atmosphere, which it doesn't seem to realize. Still, it's a cool concept, and with actual effort this could have been as scary as The Blair Witch Project, or the infamous birthday party scene in Signs.M. Sáflohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783971214731543500noreply@blogger.com