Noisy, Shaky and Incoherent

Rating: 3/10 (24 November 2008)

Noisy, shaky and incoherent - and no, I'm not talking about a cantankerous geriatric.
"Cloverfield" unashamedly rips off 1999's truly terrifying "The Blair Witch Project", but ironically both misses and is missing a plot.
Good looking twenty-somethings jog around Manhattan in improbable footwear while trying to rescue a friend, who is most likely already dead. One of them videos everything in a desperate attempt to "document" the attack of a monster from the deep. And that's the movie, folks! Mercifully this movie is over in about 75 minutes. This, at least, is a saving grace which again calls to mind the equally compact "The Blair Witch Project". I remain puzzled though at how battery life technology seems to have remained static for almost 10 years, but I suppose it's nothing partial recharging can't explain.
While I discussed and analysed "The Blair Witch Project" for weeks after the movie, I'm amazed I remembered "Cloverfield" long enough to write this review.