Recently borrowed “Cloverfield” from the library here in town. I was excited to see it become available after placing it on hold. I remember the previews and hype surrounding the release of this movie in theaters and thinking that I really wanted to see it if I could. I had forgotten about it until just recently when I saw it available to add to our “wanted” list at the library.
The movie was great! It was unique in that it is all shot from one camera-angle – from the first-person perspective. I wasn’t ever a huge fan of the old Godzilla (or other) monster movies, and the few in recent years have been intriguing, but not over-the-top like I would’ve imagined.
Cloverfield exceeded my expectations as a modern-day Monster-Movie.
The first-person-perspective realism of the film made it work all the more for me. JJ Abrams produced an amazing movie in Cloverfield.
At least one teachable-moment came from a scene in which one of the main characters faces certain death and cries out to God and then Jesus for forgiveness before his impending death. I have had dreams reenacting this exact scene numerous times in my life. The idea of being sure that we were “prayed up” was a constant conversation with some High School peers while we were growing up. I am thankful to be living a life-of-faith instead of a crisis-moment-faith as many around us continue to do.