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Title: Oh my Godzilla!
Review: In my opinion The Blair Witch Project was all hype over substance and I found it neither scary nor entertaining. Cloverfield is likewise a more clever piece of marketing than cinema. The problem I have with movie fiction masquerading as real amateur footage is that it can actually seem less real. Because I know it's not real the fly-on-the-wall style intrudes on my ability to suspend disbelief and I'm constantly aware that I'm watching a work of fiction. Maybe I'm unusual in this but heck, I can't help that. Having said all this Cloverfield is better than TBWP. If you can ignore the tedious first 20 minutes, the excessively shaky camerawork, and the irritating characters, there's just enough spectacle to make it worth watching.
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