Hello All,
Okay, I’m just going to throw this out there: I fucking hated the first Cloverfield movie. It was a stupid, shaky, handheld horror movie, that came out at a time when we had a lot of them and they all sucked. So when the trailer for this quite literally popped out of the blue, I was extremely hesitant at first. The moment I realized they were ditching the original’s concept of filming altogether, I honestly got on board just because of that alone. As I started learning a bit more about it, I decided to give it a look when it came out. Honestly, after The Brothers Grimsby review before (which you should totally read after this one okay self promotion moment over sorry) I was just down for anything that didn’t look like complete shit. So how did a sequel to a movie I hated turn out? Let’s find out together shall we?
Plot Summary - When Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) packs her things and leaves home after an argument with her boyfriend, she get’s into a car accident and wakes up in the care of a man named Howard (John Goodman). He tells her that she’s safe in his underground bunker after the world as fallen into an apocalypse. Together with fellow bunker mate Emmet (John Gallagher Jr.), they begin to found out more about their mysterious, and begin to question what his true intentions are for the end of the world.
Pros - The cast is extraordinarily good in this film. I can’t say I’m too familiar with John Goodman work, but in this he just nails it. At times a relatable human, other times an intense psychopath, he just owns the role perfectly. Mary as Michelle has probably one the best written character arcs I’ve seen in a long time, and John as Emmet is just the perfect middle man between the two of them as he slowly wins you over during the course of the movie. The plot and the pacing is great too, as it manages to feel like everything is happening at just the right time, while also keeping you invested in what’s going on in the scene. I went to see this with a friend of mine, and he was literally on the edge of his seat so many times. Everything feels like it’s happening naturally, nothing seems out of place or forced. There are a lot of elements in play too that tie everything up in such a creative way. The film is shot well too, as they know when to make the situation looks either intense, or lighthearted enough, without going overboard with either. It does help making the film really fucking intense, which it also does in spades.
Cons - Honestly, I just hope that if I give this film a 10, no one thinks I did entirely to make a dumb joke.
Final Score - 10/10
Truth be told, it might not quite be my favourite so far of the year, but I did enjoy it a lot and I honestly do recommend you see this when you can.
Next: The Little Prince - I’m hoping to get to this one tomorrow. In the meantime, I have a question to ask.
I mentioned in the last post about some ideas in my head, the first step to this is see about expanding the brand a little bit. I’m going to go in baby steps though, so I figure I’d start with a basic question: Should I make a twitter account for both the blog and my twitch account?
You can answer that by simply following this link here: http://goo.gl/NEaJLh
I’ll try and check it within a week, unless I don’t think I got enough answers then I’ll leave it up longer. I’ll be sure to post the results and keep you folks updated.
Until then, I’ll see you folks at the movies.
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