e Movies Review

Finally! Die hard fans have been waiting a loooong time. And I think we were well rewarded.

Personally I was a bit disappointed only because I read some local reviews from critics and while they were limited in what they could say due to spoilers, the underlying comment was “OMG.”

It opens with a flash forward, somewhat a continuation from Season 3’s finale. And once again in LA. Hurley leads LAPD on a car chase. He’s caught and exclaims “don’t you know who I am? I’m part of the Oceanic Six.” Hell of an opening! So now we know Jack, Kate, and Hurley made it off. One more might have made it…as there was a funeral for someone in Season 3.

Cut back to the island. And what’s going on there? Well we find out Naomi wasn’t really dead…well just yet. And the survivors on the beach meet up with the main party.

Back, no wait, forward in time to LA, Hurley is admitted to a hospital. And we learn what spooked him…visions of Charlie. You’ll see dead people often in this show btw….

Back on the island…Locke meets up with the main party. The party factions off into two sides, those who stick with Jack and think they’ll be rescued, and those that stick with Locke for shelter from the impending threat who he believes aren’t who they claim to be.

And so it begins….15 more episodes to go.

I’ll give this an 8 outta 10. Exciting, but not the “top” episode of all time. I think it’s higher just because it’s been so long too!

GENERAL LOST STUFF…

ABC is making a big pitch that it’s not too late for new users with the tag line “it’s not to late to get LOST” Admittedly that has been the difficulty with the series, if you haven’t caught up on the previous seasons, can you really relate with what’s going on now? I have to say it is difficult to truly get “into” the show unless you’ve seen previous seasons.

Lost - The Complete First Season was awesome. I don’t think future seasons will ever compare to the first moments. As with anything, the newness, the way it is filmed, the characters, the numbers, all came together in what is I’ll say the finest shows of our generation. (Can you tell I’m a fan?)

Lost - The Complete Second Season dragged a bit. But it’s hard not to see it. Think of not watching ‘Empire Strikes Back’ but seeing Star Wars and ROTJ. Still, I would say so far the finale for Season 2 was better than season 1.

Lost - The Complete Third Season rated somewhere between Season 1 and 2 in rating. I’d say the first half was slow and less interesting. The second half rocked. And the finale for Season 3 was the best so far. I’ll just leave it at that….

Well I guess it would be most appropriate that my first post is on a JJ Abram’s creation, Cloverfield.  Being a LOST junkie, I figured this was going to be a good ride.

It is entirely based in Manhattan, New York.  Apparently New York is the target for many mass destructions eh (Godzilla, Armageddon , The Day After Tomorrow [Blu-ray]…it goes on and on).  It opens slowly enough with a erratic home camera ala “The Blair Witch Project.”  For the first 20 minutes you learn about the cast of characters you will follow through this roller coaster.  Someone got a promotion and his friends are sending him off to Japan.  Later that evening, a huge explosion rocks Manhattan and all heck breaks loose.  After the initial explosion the Statue of Liberty head is promptly decapitated and dropped right outside the building of our party.  The story goes on with snippets of the monster  (oops, yes, it’s a monster, sorry if I ruined it, but I did say ’spoilers’ didn’t I?), interactions with the military, and the fate of our heroes and heroines.  And yes, there’s a love story intertwined in all this too. 

Scores outta 10 (10 being strong, 1 being weak)

• Fear factor: 2.  Maybe one scene where you’ll jump.
• Thrill factor:  7.  Not bad, but I was somewhat happy that it finally ended.  But that could be due to the:
• Dizzyness factor:  11.  This was worse than Blair Witch.  Be prepared and bring Dramamine.  Seriously.  I left with a bad headache. 
• Plot factor:  5.  Characters were a bit blaze, nothing you can really latch onto.  Versus say “Hugo” from LOST…

Overall:  6 outta 10.  A bit overhyped for my tastes and I was really hoping for more out of this.  Your thoughts?

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