Hi! :) I've actually never reviewed this one, just to save you some time digging for a post that doesn't exist. I was thinking about it, and posted the trailer a while back, but nah. I only just watched it myself a few weeks ago.
However, just to get this out there: I loooooved it. I always enjoy Mary Elizabeth Winstead anyway, and John Goodman was so thoroughly creepy in a very believable way. One thing I saw another reviewer point out that I totally agree with is that nothing she does in the movie comes out of left field. Like, there are no Carrying the Idiot Ball moments where she has to do something obviously dumb to make the plot roll forward, and I appreciated that about it. Liked it much better than the first one. I can't recall what image you're thinking of from the back cover, although I know I must've seen it when I picked it up...
Like you, I can't decide whether the last ten minutes were awesome or really lame. (I assume you mean the plot reveal.) I'm choosing to believe SPOILER that she did make it to the town with the hospital and was able to do some good, because she's a badass. Also, her reaction of "REALLY?" was pretty funny. War of the Worlds comparisons notwithstanding. END SPOILER
I also saw someone say that this feels like a companion rather than a sequel to the original Cloverfield movie, like this was happening at the same time elsewhere in the world while that monster was tearing up New York, which I can see.
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However, just to get this out there: I loooooved it. I always enjoy Mary Elizabeth Winstead anyway, and John Goodman was so thoroughly creepy in a very believable way. One thing I saw another reviewer point out that I totally agree with is that nothing she does in the movie comes out of left field. Like, there are no Carrying the Idiot Ball moments where she has to do something obviously dumb to make the plot roll forward, and I appreciated that about it. Liked it much better than the first one. I can't recall what image you're thinking of from the back cover, although I know I must've seen it when I picked it up...
Like you, I can't decide whether the last ten minutes were awesome or really lame. (I assume you mean the plot reveal.) I'm choosing to believe SPOILER that she did make it to the town with the hospital and was able to do some good, because she's a badass. Also, her reaction of "REALLY?" was pretty funny. War of the Worlds comparisons notwithstanding. END SPOILER
I also saw someone say that this feels like a companion rather than a sequel to the original Cloverfield movie, like this was happening at the same time elsewhere in the world while that monster was tearing up New York, which I can see.
I'd watch it again.