Cloverfield

Amazingly shot, seamless special effects. Not for the faint of heart (or stomach). Intense intense intense. The ending is perfect, despite what your friends might say.

Apparently to make a fair review I must trash this movie somehow. For those with motion sickness or who don't like shaky cameras, I still highly recommend this movie albeit with a barf bag. (it would still be so worth it)

That being said the sound is absolutely phenomenal. Any able-bodied adult should be watching this movie in a theater. There are no excuses.

Score: 4 statue of liberty heads (out of 5)

A daring dose of dialogue

"What is that?"
"It's a terrible thing."
"Oh my God! What is that?"
"I don't know! Something else! Also terrible."

Drew Goddard made it up, Matt Reeves made it scary, Michael Stahl-David, T.J. Miller, Odette Yustman and Lizzy Caplan made it hot.

And gross.

Atonement

Some good shots. Great score with a typewriter as the featured instument. Briony (all ages) was fantastic. The love story was thoroughly unconvincing, hindered further by subpar acting. The fountain and library scenes were introduced and played out intelligently and Briony-ly. But above all, the Dunkirk continuous panning scene/shot was great - I'd have to say, the movie's saving grace.

A defining dash of dialogue:

"I'm sorry, you weren't meant to see that. It was the wrong version."
"What was in the right one?"
"It was more formal... Less..."
"Anatomical?"

He told people where to stand and look excited, happy or forlorn: Joe Wright
They made up the words and characters and wrote it all down: Ian McEwan (novel) Christopher Hampton (screenplay)
They looked pretty in it: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan