Saw this preview before 13 Hours last night and was wondering if there would be a thread. Until the name I had absolutely no idea it was going to be tied to Cloverfield. I enjoyed most of the first movie, and shaky cam didn't bother me. Well, I would have preferred it not be shaky at all, but it didn't make me motion sick and it didn't prevent me from enjoying the movie. I liked that it didn't spell things out like every other monster movie. It could have been better, definitely, and the girlfriend plot was stupid. She was hot as fuck, and every time I see her I still think of Cloverfield, but Jesus some of that stuff was dumb. But, JJ needed something to drive the story I guess, and couldn't think of anything better, so whatever. Like I said, I enjoyed the movie quite a bit anyway.
This one looks really, really weird to be a sequel. I get how it might connect, and I guess it fits in well with the "small scale view of a monster movie", but the whole (implied) captivity thing was really a weird angle to take for the trailer. It is possible the movie itself doesn't indicate that he's keeping them captive at all like the trailer did, so I'm a little confused why they went that way with the trailer. I'm kind of afraid that the actual storyline will be much less interesting than the implied one setup here.
I'll still watch it, for sure, just not in the theaters. Also, since it comes out in like two months, isn't it a little weird that we're just now hearing about it? Has anyone else been aware of it before now and I just missed it? Usually something by JJ Star Trek/Wars Abrams would be hyped a little earlier, wouldn't it?
