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Friday, January 18, 2008 12:00 AM

"Cloverfield"

Do we really need the horror of 9/11 to be repackaged and presented to us as an amusement-park ride?

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  • Friday, January 18, 2008 06:19 AM

    Oh please get over yourselves

    I went to the funerals of the people in my own extended family post 911. Get over your pity party selves. Cloverfield will be the biggest piece of shit ever put on a screen.

    Dark screen? check

    Fake bad writing (or maybe just bad writing)? check

    Jittery? check

    Looks like a cell phone camera? check

    Pretending to be YouTube pretending to be a stoner talking about a movie? check

    No plot or story? check

    Some hot chicks (we think, it's too dark to tell)? check

    Typical JJ Abrams all wind up no resolution ever waste of time? check

    Characters you wish would just immolate themselves? check

    Hey I bet they could turn this into the next season of 'Lost' or 'Heroes'.

    Two questions to those who have seen it. Is it really only 75 mins long, and if there are no commercial interruptions, should there be?

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