Sofa King

[lithera]

Let me just say first that I loved Cloverfield. It was just right. At some point I might talk about the specific parts of it I thought were brilliant but there is one comment I am forced to make.

There have NEVER been characters in a movie that I have enjoyed who were that damned stupid.

Ever.

I'm very glad that, for me, the movie wasn't really about them. They were just the vehicle through which I got to see the events and the dramatic tension unfold.

Comments

[lysistratah.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD YES!

Grab a flashlight at the electronics store!

Take the crowbar with you!

Ask the police if they can lend you a sidearm when you run back into the city!

And that's just the stuff I can say without giving away what little plot there was. But y'know what? Who fucking cares? It was delightful. I knew it was going to be a big smashy monster flick going in and I got exactly what I wanted out of it. NEW YORK GO BOOM! I'm honestly impressed that this was made for only $30 million. I enjoyed the heck out of it.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Take the fire ax!

Yeah. Not so smart.

[moriarty6.livejournal.com]

Well let's be fair--they spent their lives in Nyew Yawk Citee making Big Deals and Lots of Money and not spending their time (like us) playing Elder Scrolls and Silent Hill.

We know you don't go into a tunnel without a full supply of torches and arrows and a crowbar and forty health potions. But there you go.

They were stupid, though. What's more, that monster seemed to have a total hard-on for them--out of the 9 million people in Manhattan, these four are the ones that keep getting underfoot.

(ftr i did think it was a great movie)

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Better yet, you don't go into the tunnel AT ALL. And who in their right mind would have gone into that building?

Yeah. Then again, everyone else, other than the soldiers, were busy getting OUT.