I get that and agree with it on some level, but I also really like the idea of Cloverfield as a loose anthology series without continuity but overlapping themes and styles. Do I need to tag spoilers for this thing here? Just in case, SPOILERS:
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When she got out of the bunker I was disappointed to find that it actually was just aliens the entire time, but when she went to Houston to join the survivors and it was revealed that this whole thing was essentially a prologue for this huge epic that we’ll probably never see, I was back on board. When it looked like she escaped and then had to fight some CGI aliens for just for the sake of upping the ante I was disappointed, but by tying it into this nonexistent larger story I think they ultimately made it feel more earned.
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I wish that it would’ve ended with the bunker exploding and her finding out that the air isn’t poisonous.