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Is there a reason (other than spectacle) that this monster attacks NY, as opposed to any other city on the coasts?
Terrorist or alien movies where they attack NY: ok, I get it, you can do research. It's a population center. You're sentient. Go at it.
But random creatures picking it always bugs me. Manhattan is a shielded harbor. You don't just happen upon it. The thing would hit ground on Long Island, Brooklyn, hell, even Bayonne before heading up the East River. With the latest Godzilla, I'll go along... "Hey, let's blow up NY, it'll be fun!"
But here, it doesn't sound like Cloverfield is supposed to be fun. It's horror veritae.
Well, give me my veritae!
Echoing the other thoughts around, blowing up NY in a movie is just starting to feel like a lazy premise. The more I hear about this movie, it sounds like something out of a South Park episode, or The Player: "It's Godzilla meets The Blair Witch Project, but ya know, with heart."
