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Major spoilers forThe Cloverfield Paradoxbelow.
Movies are like skyscraper-sized monsters tearing through Manhattan: You generally know when ones coming.
The trio of flicks all give a shot to outdo themselves in their final moments.
Before we go any further, lets recap what happens inParadoxs wrap-up.
Few crew members from the Cloverfield space station remain as we enter the penultimate scenes.
Easy, peasy, lemon-squeezy.
Well, actually, more likedifficult, difficult, lemon-difficult.
She fatally shoots Monk to get his firing key, then shoots Schmidt, though he doesnt die.
She opts for the latter, of course, and fights off Jensen, ultimately killing her.
Then we cut to Hamiltons husband, Michael, whos down in the bunker with little Molly.
Michael, to the viewers surprise, is not happy about this.
Do they know whats happening here?
he asks Joe, who says they lost contact before they could relay this mysterious information.
Michael stands bolt upright and says, Youre having her come back to thesethings?
Tell them not to come back!
Tell them not to come back!Tell them not to come back!
Do you hear me?
Tell them not to come back!
Its the last dialogue of the film.
Then an impossibly enormous monster bursts through the cloud cover and roars its ugly face off.
Your first instinct is to go, Oh, so that was all a prequel toCloverfield!
Its the original monster again!
But wasnt there something about a piece of metal falling into the ocean inCloverfield?
Couldnt that have been the pod?
Okay, but what about10 Cloverfield Lane, you might be saying.
Remember how that was about an invasion of horrifying creatures?
So that leaves us with the other question: Was the ending any good?
Id say it was a mixed bag.
And those final 41 seconds are, as the kids say,chef kiss.
But we also get a spiritual sequel to Jacks famous We have to go back!
If were all in the same dimension by then, lets reconvene and have another chat, shall we?
