ShakeyField

We went to see Cloverfield yesterday. "See" is somewhat of a misnomer. We FELT it! It was shot with one hand-held video camera. Add to that lots of running, yelling, things exploding, jets screeching and a very unpleasant monster destroying Manhattan and you have 2 very nauseaus movie-goers. This was the herky-jerky philosophy of film. At one point I looked at the Girl and she had her eyes closed and her hands over her ears. To be honest, she had her eyes closed for about 90% of the movie. When we left the theatre we had to sit in the car and wait for our stomachs to settle.
I think I can speak for both of us when I say NO thumbs up.