cloverfield

am i the first one among you guys to blog about this? lol. ok, random kiasu-ness aside, cloverfield is one of the rare times i managed to catch a movie on it's opening weekend as well as NOT have anyone spoil it for me. no worries, i'm not planning to spoil it for anyone :)

anyways, went to midvalley with chinhooi, andrew, alex and gang (forgive me for not naming everyone individually, you havent been forgotten lol) for lunch and a movie. went to chilis for lunch and watched cloverfield after.

i enjoyed the movie. the marketing plan was great. lol. i'm amazed that nothing had been leaked prior to the movie and that everyone is dying to know wtf is going on. i absolutely loved the filming style. for those who don't know, the movie is all from the perspective of one video camera. really cool, really real, and pretty original. you kinda feel like you're watching a real , personal thing. like, you are seeing this all from the characters' perspective and not just like some fly on the wall. a word of caution though, for those who get motion sickness or can't stand all the jerk-iness and sudden movements of a handheld video cam, i advice you to go and see this movie on an empty stomach. serious. there are a lot of sudden swivels and upside down shots and from-the-floor shots and whatnot. a lot of people were affected by the camera movements. i really liked it though. for some wonderful reason i wasnt affected. hahahaha.

its a good thing that the cast they chose are virtually unknown. it makes it seem more real. and i only found out after the movie, that mike vogel was acting in it. i liked him in grind and sisterhood of the travelling pants. heeee

so yeah, watch cloverfield. it's cool :)

*edit* crap. i've been reading wiki and other stuff on the movie and i realized i missed something in the last scene. must watch again! lol

and hey check this out. i came across this on pinkisthenewblog. each of the main characters of the movie have their own myspace page. pretty cool. notice that among all the comments on their pages, the latest one is before the night of 18th jan 2008. and the 18th jan comments all seem to be hinting about rob's party. haha pretty cool. anyways...

rob
beth
hud
jason
lily
marlena