Cloverfield would be really close to being brilliant if it wasn't so goddamn awful. Rather than being an on-the-ground chronicle of what happens to real new yorkers in the midst of a chaotic attack on the city, it's more of an on-the-ground account of Gossip Girl mistakenly shot on the soundstage of a blockbuster Godzilla movie. However, in hindsight, watching the glamorous yuppies get attacked, impaled, and killed one by one is delightful fantasy-fulfillment. i would love to see this movie re-shot with a completely different cast (the more 'of color' variety), without any script (only a basic plot; think Robert Altman improv), but with all the same editing, cinematography, special effects, use of sound, and even the Godzilla proxy.
two hilarious reviews, one from the times that thrashes the movie (click here) and one from the village voice that praises it for destroying the cesspool of yuppyland that is manhattan (or click here).
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