I just saw Cloverfield last night. It was an interesting an experience, which I’ll reveal why. In terms of the storyline, with minimal spoilers, this is a disaster movie (roughly). People start out having a party, and then all of a sudden, a disaster happens in New York, and we’re (as an audience) left to see what happens through the eyes of an amateur videographer. I found there were some funny parts, even though they weren’t intended. They mostly came through the use of the CG added to the movie and how it added to or took away from the immersion factor. In addition, there were also some good quotes:

[somebody]: “What’s that?”
[the cameraman]: “Something terrible!”

It might be a quote I use. But in terms of an experience, here’s my recap. The POV used for the whole movie made it feel like I was playing a mod of Silent Hill, except something tremendously less scary. In addition, the sets were reminiscent of how Doom 3 looked, in terms of there being absolutely no light (or very little) in many of the places. I also found empathy in the cameraman, as he was a pretty cool guy and had lots of color commentary, and spoke like a real person. That was cool. I was frustrated at the fact that these people didn’t know the basics of survival games, in the fact that they went into the worst possible situations and places to try to get away. Example: let’s go into a pitch black subway tunnel and walk on the tracks with absolutely nothing at walking speed. They should have been walking at least with a little speed. To cut this short, and to allow for commentary, I’ll end this with the fact that there was no real denouement. It just sorta stopped at the climax of the action and ended, in a non-traditional ending. Hope to hear from you!