Cloverfield

Brendan downloaded a movie called Cloverfield for the weekend. It was described as a sci-fi thriller shot in a "Blair Witch Project" style. But not scary horror movie like the Blair Witch Project, thankfully. It's the story of a group of young New Yorkers who become trapped in Manhattan as a monster attacks. Nobody knows where the monster has come from - is it from outer space or the depths of the seas, we don't know. And we don't know if the monster is intelligent, or just a plain old baddy monster. It's very big, and it also spreads little monsters that can creep and crawl into all sorts of spaces, and guns seem to have no effect on it.

I managed to watch most of it -there are not too many unwatcheable gory bits. And it's a good story - the young people are not heroes, they are not going to save the world, though they embark on a dangerous trek across Manhattan to save their friend.

A good action movie. The monster looks very convincing. Don't watch on your own if you're easily scared. I had no idea why it's called Cloverfield, by the way, until I read the Wikipedia entry.