10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Hitchcokian pacing: more about the suspense than the action. Love it or hate it kinda film. I loved, wife hated.
~ Aristotle Sabouni
Created: 2016-03-26 |
We went and saw 10 Cloverfield lane. On Rotten Tomatoes it was getting a 90/84% -- so the kiddies and reviewers really liked it. I was in the like category, my spousal unit was in the disgust column. She disliked it so much, I had to buy her Psycho Donuts afterwards as a reward having suffered through that. I had the hush puffies, and she had the Peep show (with a peep on top). Her comment was, "we should have seen Batman vs. Superman instead". (I had no interest in seeing a drawn out battle where in DC's universe, it should have looked like the infamous Bambi meets Godzilla).
The reason I'm spending as much time on the post-movie donut experience as the movie itself is everything I want to say is a spoiler. So I can't say anything, without stealing what little amusement you might wring out of the film.
What I can say is:
- The acting was spot on
- the filming was as good as could be expected for something shot in a very small set (claustrophobic)
- The all the drama/suspense format is in what you aren't completely sure what's happening. That kind of movie doesn't appeal to all equally.
- It's not the most violent film (PG-13).
- It's more derivative than Lagrange's notation (sorry, Math geek humor).
- The answer to every absurb question flitting through your mind, turns out to be, "yup".
Conclusion[edit | edit source]
If you can't see pieces of a dozen other movies in it, you need to get out less (and watch more movies). But it is was unique and unexpected in its own way. So it still worked for me. But as one reviewer summed it up perfectly, "If Hitchcock had ever directed an episode of The Twilight Zone, it might have looked something like this." If that appeals to you, go see it. If that sounds bad, then it will emit the stench of 1,000 gas giants.
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