Since it was a farkity hot day, we decided to go spend the worst of it somewhere with air conditioning. Specifically, we went and watched Cloverfield.

We liked it. The people in front of us weren’t impressed, so must have been 3 of the 7 people in the world never to have heard of the Blair Witch Project, OR to have read anything about this movie before shelling out $15 for it. So frankly, they got what they deserved.

If you’ve seen the BWP, and you’ve read any of the reviews or followed any of the viral hype surrounding Cloverfield – you get what you expect to get. It’s handycamtastic and doesn’t explain everything (while still managing to get right into the middle of things) – just as you’d expect. If you want overarching narration, a deep plot and a nicely wrapped up story, you haven’t paid any attention.

Basically, everything’s shaky, people die, NY gets hammered again, things asplode, and there’s a big bad guy that’s kinda pissed off. It also features the world’s most indestructible vid camera with the king of all uncrackable lenses (certified uneatable by sea monsters).

So like, if you’re not keen on that sort of stuff, why would you go see it?