A combination of unpleasantness and stupidity that would be difficult to match, unless you were stuck in bed with the shingles while being forced to watch The Ghost Whisperer. The filmmakers wisely avoid showing you everything, instead showing only bits and hints of what’s going on, a technique that really fuels fear in a viewer. The f/x guys in the Cloverfield DVD Trailer have provided a seamless blending of computer-generated and real footage, and by limiting our perspective to just what Hud sees through his viewfinder, the fantastic is rendered plausible. Despite the lengthy party sequence that introduces the cast, these people are less characters than easy-on-the-eyes conceits: Young, hip, essentially interchangeable and willfully stupid. What’s worse, though, is that the film is all surface.
Apr 19