Cloverfield – Take 2

Yep Cloverfield came out on DVD yesterday and it wasn’t exactly a difficult decision to buy it, after enjoying it immensely at the cinema back at the start of the year.  The big concern I had was how it would translate from the large screen to the smaller (well 32 inches isn’t really that small….) screen, the answer was very well.  The cgi effects still look awesome and ‘Clover’ really looks impressive, yes as a second viewing there is a definite lessoning of the shock factor, Melina’s standout moment was hardly a surprise.  Having said that the oppotunity to watch various sections of the film again, pause and also slow-mo forward really displayed the skill that the film-makers had used to get the effects they did.

I am currently wading my way through the film extras and it’s amazing to see the difference between this and other films from the behind the camera perspective.  In most films you re-shoot every scene from multiple angles to get different lighting/perspective, in this there were re-shoots, but it was simply a variation from the one single camera being used.  Watching the way that certain effects were achieved with cameras, literaly being thrown around, was quite a marked change from the locked off cameras that and cameras on tracks.  JJ Abrahms is decidedly making his mark in both the TV and Film arenas and this will I hope be the first of many great films (Star Trek XI has a lot to live up to!!!).

Oh the anticipation

Well Apple finally announced what everyone had been expecting for at least the last 3 months, a new iPhone!!!  Not only that, distributors can now subsidise the cost of the phone, thus we the consumers get an even better deal.  Now I’m with O2, 11 months into an 18 month contract and not 100% sure about what my options were, until I saw the note on the O2 site, stating that I register and they will basically write off my old contract and allow me to switch to a new 18 month contract on the iPhone.  So I’ve registered my interest, checked the specs on the Apple Web site, wiped up the drool off my desk, remembered to register my old handset for re-cycling with Tiscali which will actually pay for the iPhone.  Well that’s 15 mins filled, what the hell am I going to do to fill the time until July 11th when the new phone actually comes out!!!!!