ET combined with Cloverfield

Rating: Null/10 (14 August 2011)

J.J. Abrams as a director & Steven Spielberg as producer, now thats a combination for a huge hit movie When i first saw the trailer, i was really excited as it displays a train crash & then something emerges from the cargo car which looks like a monster or animal of some sort & all this was filmed by a super 8 camera. which reminded me when I first watched the Cloverfield trailer. Now comes the movie, the first half was really exciting and you get the feeling of Spielberg's hit movie E.T. But the second half, although it had most of the action but was not as captivating or thrilling as the first half. Abrams did a great job directing the movie and a balance between the acting and the visuals but what was realized was the "Spielberg" 80's way of directing an alien movie which spoiled what the movie was trying to reach as a blockbuster movie. But overall, it was an enjoyable movie which has it's thrilling parts but it failed to deliver a thrill ride similar to Cloverfield (Abrams was producer) or a memorable alien movie.