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sadkstik gets it! Jaws was about a father finding his place in the world, not a shark. Cloverfield was about a relationship between two people, and that's what makes it a great movie. I wasn't convinced at the start of the movie that the romantic thing would work with the monster backdrop, but by the end I really got it. It worked; Hud being there for Rob and Rob being able to set aside the logic of fleeing because he wanted it to work with Beth so much. JJ Abrams really made that work, too. The way Rob, Hud and Lily had to cross the collapsing buildings was completely intense, and then immediately after they actually found Beth. It was this perfectly intense and beautiful moment. That was a big part of why it worked so well.
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