Funny you should say that.
I went to a movie a few years ago with my daughter, age about 30. I don’t remember the title, but the plot, such as it was, revolved around people who watch a video of a little girl standing beside a well. The video was evidently being sent out anonymously to random people. After watching the video, these people seemed compelled to kill themselves. A mother of a kid who got the video tracked down where they were coming from and there was lots more action.
I thought the movie had enough plot holes to drive a truck through. Characters were poorly developed and there were lots of unanswered questions. The only plus was that the mom who “solved” the mystery was quite attractive. On the way home, my daughter said she enjoyed the movie and asked what I thought. We agreed to disagree.
Based on your comments, and my bewilderment at shows like “Lost”, etc., I wonder if the point of these shows is to leave dangling plot points to stimulate discussion among watchers. To somebody of my generation, it seems like sloppy writing.
Maybe it’s a genre, like film noir. Film stupide?
Certainly a movie where the viewer got to choose whether to suspend disbelief or not. If you did, it really got to you. If you didn't, it was just kinda wierd silly.
Regardless of how you took it, it was not exactly the best choice for a first date. It was _her_ idea, really...
The movie you’re talking about is “The Ring”. The actress was Naomi Watts. I really didn’t care too much for that one, but I was a bit creeped by it so it was all good.
But about Cloverfield, I have to disagree. The writing has alot of interconnected things and red herrings. Most of these things are very subtle and not caught unless you are following the internet goings-on.
Each character has their own myspace page, complete with blogs from the character’s pov. In addition to that are 6 other websites filling in other things leading up to that party, and possibly the monster’s appearance.
If you want to know what was going on, this link will explain it all:
http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/01/22/cloverfield-mythos-explored-monsters-marketing-and-millions/