THIS BLOG POST WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF CLOVERFIELD. DO NOT READ IT UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN IT.

Cant say I didn’t warn you.

Gone yet? Well its your own fault now.
Yes, On Saturday I went to see the much awaited, highly mysterious film, Cloverfield.
Before I went, I purposefully made absolutly no attempt to even find extra trailers, let alone trivia etc, because I was really looking forward to it. I’m glad I didn’t, however now that I am investigating it as most people are, in an attempt to understand some of the ambiguities of the plot, its amazing the theories which are springing up, and what’s even cooler is the stuff we’re being told by the directors etc. (yeh, I’m a sad bugger if this gets me excites)
I love these ’survival-esque’ films, such as War of the Worlds or I Am Legend - I’m not sure why, but I think I enjoy the way that the invasion of our lovely planet by some sort of Homo-sapien destroying creature always seems to inspire a sense of comradery and the interpretation of the primal urge; survival. Also, lets face it - I like made up creatures, be it a fluffy little pegasus foal or a slimy beast from the unknown.

So the biggest mystery is, of course the monster; and most people are asking “What the fuck is it”. Well I can tell you, with my insider info…no only joking, I don’t know. But I have found a few fairly accurate representations form what I remember (yes, I got permission from the artist.)

from Arvalis

To be honest I’m still saying “What the fuck is it”, but I think that’s part of what made it such a good film - you weren’t swamped with information about it, you were allowed, for the most part, to make up your own little (ok, enormous) creature in your head from the flashes you do see. Now, apparently that beasty was the baby
I found this interview with Matt Reeves, the director.

Having just been born it was going through separation anxiety and had no idea where its mother was and was freaking out and was in a completely foreign place, didn’t understand a thing and that that would be sending it into a kind of infantile rage - because it was suffering from this separation anxiety, it was spooked. It was really afraid.

This makes me excited about seeing mummy! It also makes me sad - it means that the poor thing didn’t really mean to do all that stuff, it was just freaked out about this new place and all these horrible little things shooting their little stingers at it. I guess its also sad that the immediate response to “WHAT IS IT? HOLY CRAP?” is “I don’t know…SHOOT THE BASTARD”

The film itself has been said to cause motion sickness, due to the use of handicams when it was being filmed, but I really like the effect. I especially like the character, Hud, who is documenting the whole thing. He was brilliant due to his role as the unsure coward that the film needed for a little bit of humour and a little bit of realism; if they were all the driven hero’s that Rob Hawkins was, I could see it being a bit contrived and cliché.
The best lines came from him anyway:

Beth: [sees monster] What is that?
Hud: Just… something… just terrible.
[while trying to get to a flight of stairs, Rob encounters a parasite and kills it]
Beth: Oh my God! What is that?
Hud: I don’t know! Something different! Also terrible!

Hud: Nobody ever listens to me, then when they do… we’re gonna die…

From the end of the film, it seems there will be a sequel - one commentator on a forum posted “This one was just an 88 minute trailer for the second”. I’m kind of excited about the next one and I really hope its a little longer - I’m not talking LOTR epic but just a bit more stuff…and maybe less running around?

So yeh, go and see it (actually its probably closer to being out on DVD I’ve left this so late :P)
Lotsa Love
Kat
xxx