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This is not "criticism" or a film review, to be honest. It is the sort of rant that belongs on the blogosphere. A film reviewer understands that the shaky cam is a generic trope. See Blair Witch Project (which is mentioned but not discussed), George Romero's Diary of the Dead, and a host of other flix. All of which (as Cloverfield is) were successful w/ audiences. This is just an overly personal reaction to a film the writer didn't like. It's not contextualized or insightful. And it doesn't d...

It has the virtue of being a very original entry. Though it comes off as pompous and will rub readers the wrong way. At least it did me. It's nearly impossible to set up a joke and pay it off in 6 words I suppose is the difficulty here.

This guy, who doesn't have the talent of his namesake, regrettably, does have a gift for satire, like the Zucker-Abrahmses, whom he's referencing with that title of his. That's clear from the use of utterly superflous 50-cent words (which Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent couldn't spell or pronounce psfyi). This entry is something he just spit off the top of his head, at least I fucking hope so. But it's semi-amusing at least. And it is a story, which is more than i can say for most of the loser ent...

Given the restrictions of the contest, this isn't awful. It's trite but at least it says something. I've read worse and I'm sure that there are also better ones out there. It has the principle virture of being non-offensive.