Cloverfield

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/

So this is the modern day version of the "Blair Witch Project," where the movie was shot using a video camera the character holds throughout the movie. Kinda made me nauseous at first, but after a while, you got used to it. So there are quite a number of things I want t say about this movie:

1. The movie was really short. Maybe 1:10 or so. Funny thing is that when I started the movie, it gave me a total time of 1:25, so the last 15 minutes was all credits. That's almost a 5th of the movie. Terrible!
2. The girlfriend is very cute. She's like a poor man's Megan Fox.
3. There should have been more extras in the movie. NYC is a little more populated than what they showed in the movie.

The rest of my points will have to go into the Spoiler Alert section, so make sure you've seen the movie before you read that part. Overall, I wouldn't say the movie was "good," but it was interesting. I've come to start appreciating these weird interesting movies that keep me awake versus the cliche blockbuster movies. I do recommend you see the movie though, if only to be used as a conversation piece at your next happy hour gathering.

***** SPOILER ALERT *****

So let's see.

1. I'm glad the movie ended the way it did. I actually thought the movie was going to end when the chopper crashed. That's when it SHOULD have ended. I got mad when I realized that they didn't die...
2. Then again, they should have died in the subway when those monsters attacked them. No way 2 guys and 2 girls are going to be able to fend off a handful of those things, especially since at the beginning of the attack, you see the animals taking out the Marines.
3. But the ending was good. I'm glad all of them died versus being chopper'ed off the island like it was the Jurassic Park ending.
4. I had a problem with the main character going back to find his girlfriend. Think about this. They JUST had a big fight after she brought her new boyfriend to his party. That's a slap in the face. If I was him, I'd be like, "I HOPE that thing ate the both of them."
5. And what's up with everyone following him to find her? I can see the best friend going with him, but the 2 girls should not have gone. Especially the friend of a friend. She shoulda been like, "Peace. I only met you 3 times, and there's no way I'm running TOWARDS the monster to help you find your ex girlfriend."
6. Funny how the gov't was able to evacuate the MILLIONS of people off Manhattan with just the helicopters when we did nothing during Katrina in New Orleans.
7. And seriously, there should have been a little more panic and a TON more people running around screaming for their lives. I can't imagine them being all alone in the subway station. Not only after an hour after the initial attack. That's just ludicrous.
8. And seriously, did the bombs really kill the monster? I think they should have atomic bombed the city to really make sure they killed it.