Friday night we tried to go see Cloverfield but ended up seeing 27 Dresses instead. Last night we ended up back at the theaters to see Cloverfield.

27 Dresses was not your average chick flick. It was silly and hilarious and remarkably fun. There was a lot of excellent dialog and 27 highly amusing bridesmaid dresses. The options for torturing bridesmaids displayed in this movie almost make me want to torture some of my own. Almost. Katherine Heigl (who also played the lead in Knocked Up) really doesn’t do much for me but that didn’t lessen the amusement factor of the movie. Silly, happy fun.

Cloverfield rocked. I think in part I love movies where NYC gets destroyed. For me, Cloverfield maintained serious intensity through out, starting almost from the very beginning. There’s a certain anticipation I brought with me, knowing it was some sort of big, bad monster flick, but the film teased me in the beginning with a fun, fluffy intro. The first 15 minutes of the movie really don’t prepare you for how involved you’re about to get with these characters. And then the intensity builds and builds… it’s not so much a scary movie as an intense ride through a disaster. The ending credits feature an incredible piece of music entitled “ROAR! (Cloverfield Overture)” was intense and dramatic and capped off the movie really well. (Stay for the credits. All the way through.)

I’m not stunned that Cloverfield is breaking January opening records. The theater was pretty full last night at the 10:15 pm show (Sunday of opening weekend, though granted a holiday Monday was coming up) and I’d happily go see it again.

That’s all!

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