Cloverfield

Alien attacks are common. In Hollywood, I mean. Watched Cloverfield recently which is based on the same theme. Alien monsters (of people eating variety) attack a city, and what happens next. There is in an important variation though, you experience the movie not from the god's eye view of the director's camera, but from a survivor's camera. It might not look like much, but really makes a difference. This guy (Hud) runs, screams, jokes, panics, holding the camera on which he was documenting the party earlier that night. The movie has the look and feel of a fast paced FPS. OK, there are no guns, but it reminded me of that. The story is pretty straightforward, but it succeeds in keeping you glued to your seats. I would've liked more on Aliens though (at least where they came from). This movie falls somewhere on the line between Must Watch and Passe, more towards the latter. You'll not learn anything (or maybe you will, I did not for sure), but you'll enjoy the moments. As I currently don't have any bright ideas about a tag name that falls in between (at least not brighter than [(Must Watch + Passe)/2]), I'll put it in latter.

Enjoy!!