Cloverfield
Director: Matt Reeves
Year: 2008
Stars: Mike Vogel, Michael Stahl-David, T.J Miller, Odette Yustman, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas
I wanted to watch this when it was released at the cinema, but never really got around to it. So when it was on TV I recorded, and finally managed to sit down and watch it today!
The movie follows a group of 20-somethings as Manhattan is attacked by a raging monster, and we get to see what happens through the eyes of one of their video cameras.
Even after watching it, I wasn't sure exactly what to think. I enjoyed the film for what it was, but it's an idea that's been done before - perhaps most noticeably on The Blair Witch Project. Having said that, it's done very competently here, and makes for an enjoyable movie. Just don't go in expecting a novel masterpiece, and you'll be entertained rather than bemused.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Watching films is one of my favourite hobbies. Often the films I watch aren't the biggest, or newest, films of the moment - but smaller independent movies, things on late night TV, or simply films I missed first time around. Not to say that the latest cinema releases don't get a look-in: my tastes are pretty diverse and I'll give almost any film a chance! This blog aims to reflect something of that diversity, reviewing as many of the films that I've watched since November 2008 as possible.
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About Me
- Anna Lawson
- I live in Bristol with my husband Dan (who I married in July 2007), my son Joe (born 2012) and daughter Jess (born 2015). I work at UWE (the University of the West of England) in Bristol as a Research and Open Access Librarian. I'm orginally from Exeter, so moving back to Bristol is a bit like coming home - especially as I studied for my undergraduate degree here (also at UWE). I love travelling and movies, although I get to do a lot less of both since the birth of our children. Although we have still managed to fit in holidays to the Isles of Scilly, Chamonix and a summer in California since Joe was born.
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