CLOVERFIELD: A DIZZYING AND DAZZLING MOVIE

Last night, I watched the DVD of Cloverfield, a movie about an unknown giant monster (about the size of Godzilla) attacking and destroying New York City. The movie garnered mixed reviews with many critics hailing it as one of the greatest monster movies of all time while others pooh-poohed it by declaring that it's ordinary, plotless and with underdeveloped characters.

My take on the movie? It's a great movie, very exciting (it's a lot better, I think, than Godzilla and King Kong despite having a smaller budget) and has great speciall effects. The only downside is that it was filmed using a friggin shaky hand-held camera. Don't watch it, I repeat, don't watch if you're severely prone to motion sickness. If you're prone to seasickness and you still want to watch it, my advise is to take Bonamine or Dramamine first.

Fans of this movie are saying that the hand-held cam technique (think Blair Witch Project movie) helped the movie a lot because it makes the viewers feel that they're part of what's happening on the screen. Ang problema nga lang ay mahihilo ka. My niece vomited after watching the movie. Ako nga lang, pakiramdam ko hanggang ngayon ay may jet lag pa ako gayong hindi naman lumilipad iyong sofa na inupuan ko habang nanonood. But this is higly recommended if you're severely prone to vertigo and you miss being strapped on a high-speed, out-of-control rollercoaster.