Cloverfield

Caught the movie last Friday. I went in rather skeptically, thinking it would essentially be Blair Witch meets King Kong/Godzilla. Funny thing is that that's about right, but it's still a great movie in my estimation. There were moments where it bugged me that they were ripping off far more movies than just those. Enough so, that I think you could make a drinking game out of the movie homages. Oh, and I was certain that I'd be nauseous after 15 minutes of watching the big screen shake around.

Doesn't matter, though. It's still a great movie. Make that a GREAT movie. Of all the facets of the movie discussed on the reviews and fansites that are everywhere, I've not seen a great deal on the social commentary part of the movie. I'm reluctant to get into it because it's still Week Three for the flick and I'd risk spoiling it if I got into detail.

Ultimately, my strongest endorsement is that I'm already making plans to take it in again. There's enough backstory to research and other tidbits I apparently missed in the movie the first time around.

I'm not entirely sure any of the trailers do the movie full justice. But for what it's worth, here's one of 'em: