Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg
Written by: Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken, & Damien Chazelle
Starring: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, & John Gallagher Jr.
This was a weird movie. Not experimental weird, just odd plot wise.
Michelle (Winstead) is thrown off the road after breaking up with her boyfriend Ben (Bradley Cooper). When she wakes up, she finds herself in the bunker, which belongs to Howard (Goodman), who tells her that the world is under attack and that she can't leave.
Initially that is the plot, but towards the end it switches a little and seems to become the prequel for Cloverfield. Or maybe more of a meanwhile...type film, meaning it's happening at the same time as Cloverfield.
I thought Goodman's performance was great. He came off as a military creepy perverted man, which just like Michelle, I wasn't sure I could trust.
I didn't feel that there was anything wrong with the technical side of things, not that I noticed. I was too busy wondering about what was going to happen to Michelle.
I did like the beginning, which is the breakup, but you don't hear it, it is just shown. For film that is always what you want, show, don't tell, which Trachtenberg does greatly. He also does this for the rest of the film, but in subtle ways. For example, at the beginning of the film Michelle has some burgundy nail polish fully on, but as the film goes by you can see it slowly coming off to indicate the amount of time that has passed. If you see it, you'll probably find other ways that the director achieves the showing not telling, but I don't want to say more because I may give something away.
Initially I was going to give this 3 popcorns, for the plot, but considering all the showing not telling, and Goodman's performance, it comes to be 4 popcorns overall.
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