Your thoughts on Cloverfield
I rented Cloverfield this weekend. I liked it but my wife thought her time had been wasted. The first part of the movie the party stuff may have went a little long before getting into it but it also set up the relationships and layed the ground work for understanding the characters. The only thing in common with Blair Witch is the way the movies were both shot from behind a camera perspective. In my opinion Cloverfield accomplished the task were I was very sorry I wasted time out of my life to watch Blair Witch. The A&E documentary of the story was way more interesting than the movie. My criticism of Cloverfield might be that sometimes I don't know if the peoples reaction were correct. For instance, I thought Rob was pretty calm for just losing his brother. On the other hand, all people react differently to things and it was shot from behind the camera so maybe it wasn't on all the time. I didn't like it enough to go buy it but I did enjoy seeing it.
It's worth noting for you HT guys, this movie is a serious subwoofer workout.