DISCLAIMER: This movie does not involve giant monsters and
copious amounts of shaky cam.
10 Cloverfield Lane is director Dan Trachtenberg’s first full-length
feature and is one of the most intense movies I’ve seen in a while. It stars
Jon Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jon Gallagher Jr., and… no one else,
really. It’s a really small movie, and I found it to be really refreshing.
I
think the best part about this movie is the acting, because the acting and the
characters are all top-notch; especially Jon Goodman. Seriously,
the dude was creepy – as in he was that kind of guy you’d see on the bus or
the jeep who looks like he’s one conversation away from snapping. He was
unpredictable and made you feel so uncomfortable, and he was actually a lot
better than he needed to be.
And
I really liked Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s character, as well. Generally, in
these kinds of movies – be it a thriller or a horror movie – the main
characters are stupid; sometimes even really f****** stupid. On the contrary,
Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s character was one of the smartest and most
intelligent characters I’ve seen in this kind of movie. She was trying to
survive and she was actually working to survive, kinda like Dr. Ellen Ripley in
the original Alien movie. You
understood her position and where she was coming from, and in return, she
pulled you into the movie to such a degree that you would end up thinking the
exact same things she was thinking.
Another
thing I really liked about this movie is that it got your brain thinking.
Everything was very vague and unpredictable, and you never quite knew in which
direction the movie would be turning next. And that’s not something you see
every day.
I
think the only complaint I can lodge against this movie is that, at the end, it
felt like it dragged on for just a bit too long. You could’ve shaved a couple
of minutes off the ending and it would’ve been fine.
Other
than that, though, this movie was great. It was exciting, it was thrilling, it
was suspenseful, and it was really well-acted. And I really liked the tone and
direction Dan Trachtenberg took with this one. I see a future in that guy, and
it looks like an awesome one.
In
fact, it was such a great directorial debut that I think this would be worthy
of a Darth Vader thumbs-up.
So,
those are my thoughts on 10 Cloverfield
Lane. Have you seen it? Let me know what you think about it. And, as
always, this has been Rafa – and stay classy.
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