Cloverfield

I watched this movie last Saturday night. Either you'll love it or you hate it. Me? I managed to be in between.

Before watching this movie, I already knew that the movie was 'made up' by using a camcoder by an amateur. Masa tau tu, terfikir lah... patut lah tgk iklan kat TV mcm huru hara je gambonya. Takde lah terasa nak tgk pun but since it was recommended by Saira, and I did need to chill-out after the IELTS exam, so I picked this movie.

It was too predictable for me... ok fine... the movie was not made in usual manner... what else? I didn't get really excited. The first half hour agak memeningkan... since the shot was very amateur. Hmm... I have to say, quite bad even for an amateur. In a wedding for example, usually an amateur which might be the relative will record the occasion... and the shot is OK... not too fast or unstable.

I don't hate the movie... I just wish it could be done better. If I was the director or the script writer (yeah right... hehee...), I'd make Hub was the one who was eager to record the event, not that he was pushed too. Hub would promise that he would do his best, maybe just because he loves camera. Therefore, it would justify if the the shot was great, at least OK. It was OK if he was distracted by the girl that he had a crush on. If Rob was so determine to save Beth, Hub should be portrayed determined as well to record the disaster... maybe by saying that he'll make million bucks if he sold the videos... and recorded as much as possible... like the scene on the bridge and at the open road should be longer. Hub could be the one who stopped and tried to record the chaos... instead of Rob the one who stopped just to talk to Beth. Lastly, I wish the story would be longer... not just about 1 hour and 15 minutes. I don't know for sure the length of a recorded movie by using a camcorder or how long the battery will last... but if it happens to be less than 1 and 1/2 hour, Hub should take extra tape or nowadays DVD and battery in the electronic store while Rob was searching for the Nokia's battery. However, somehow after the attack started, the shot was great... at least for an amateur who was trapped in the city with a raksasa mengganas.

I won't review on the illogical things... biasa lah kan dlm movie mmg ada jer yg tak logik. At least, yg tak logik tu tak menyakitkan hati, it would be fine with me.

While I watched the movie, two couples at my row left the movie theater. So I guess, they really hate it, it didn't even worth their time. While went out from the cinema after the movie was over, I heard a group of boys condemned the movie as a stupid one.

After all, it made me think, what if the movie was done in a usual manner? Would it be less interesting? Or would it be better? I give the movie 3.5 stars out of 5.