Those of you who saw Transformers in the theaters know what I’m talking about. It was the unnamed trailer of a monster terrorizing New York through the point of view of five twenty-somethings recording the events in real time. The preview simply ended with the film’s date of release. Well, everyone should know by now that it finally has a working title, Cloverfield. Granted, this is nothing new to movie geeks the world over.
There has been a lot of verbal warfare occurring on internet forums over the lameness of the title. No one knows why JJ Abrams decided on Cloverfield. Some are speculating that it’s a military codename (ala Desert Storm). Others say it’s one of the characters’ last names. It could be Abrams’ nickname for his johnson for all I care. What we can all agree on, however, is that Abrams has sparked a great deal of interest in his movie. From it’s untitled first trailer, to the meaning of its official title, to the mystery of what the monster will look like…we're all a bunch of suckers, and Abrams knows it.
I look forward to great things from this movie. It’s at the top of my “To Do” list for January 18, 2008…along with finding a life.
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