I finally watched Cloverfield. It always intrigued me but seemed beyond my scary movie boundary. It was proposed as a topic for an Incomparable panel. Watching it for “work” gave me courage. (That’s how I finally watched Jaws)

I liked it quite a bit! Podcast episode out soon.

@jean The first trailer for Cloverfield (the one without a title) hit me really hard, especially with its depiction of young professionals just out of college taking cell phone photos of the Statue of Liberty head on the street. I simply had to go see it in the theater, and I loved it. Unfortunately, when I went to watch it a second time, it lost a bit of its appeal. That said, it's one of the most memorable movies I've ever seen. Also, 10 Cloverfield Lane is an incredible quasi-sequel. The Cloverfield Paradox, not so much.

@jean I've seen Cloverfield twice and enjoyed it each time. The shaky-cam was great for capturing that you-are-there feeling. And the scenes that show how huge the monster is was really cool.

@josephaleo Judicious use of monster appearances. 👍 And it was a lot less gross than I was expecting. 🎉

@jean I loved Cloverfield, but even I was extremely afraid of watching it initially. But the marketing was done so very well that I was extremely curious. But those handheld shots did make me nauseous at times -- I had to skip parts.

@jean No, but I was pretty young and accustomed to first-person video games back then. The theater experience was incredibly immersive, and I felt lost the whole time. I didn’t have good guideposts for knowing how far along the plot was. Knowing what was coming the second time made the movie feel a lot shorter.