Surprisingly Developed Cloververse

About Batman vs Superman, I have heard many bad reviews. But the point is, I know my expectation is too high for this movie and no way the movie is gonna exceed that. I always love Justice League and I love the storyline where Lex Luther becomes the president and controls the government and people of Earth against Justice League. I would love to have that story play out on the big screen. Of course that is not going to happen anytime soon. And in the trailer, they showed the lame version of Doomsday! That is already reason enough for me to not see the movie. 

So instead of watching a certain disappointment, I chose to watch 10 Cloverfield Lane during the lazy Easter Sunday morning. Yet again, I had watched some reviews before going into it. I knew it was going to good, so my expectation was also high. The difference from Batman vs Superman is the trailer of 10 Cloverfield Lane doesn't show much, and that is excellent. This movie is all on the unknown factor. If the storyline is shown even just a little bit in the trailer, it would have entirely deflated the intriguing tension of the movie. I am just glad it is not the case. I am not doing a review of this movie here. First I think it is difficult to do it without spoilers; second, there are many spoiler-free reviews out there and they already say most of the things that could have been said. In short, I love it, a lot.  

Like the Cloverfield, it leaves many question unanswered. I watched a bunch of interviews and fan theories after the movie. I am surprised by how developed the Cloverfield universe is, or one might call it as Cloververse. I just discover what is ARG (alternate reality game) and in fact there is an ARG for Cloverfield. There is actually so much happening behind the screen, so much that is not shown in both the movies. After reading all the backstory, it is seriously interesting. However be warned, it doesn't show the plotline of 10 Cloverfield Lane, but it would spoil the nature of a certain character in the movie. So the watching order should be : Cloverfield, 10 Cloverfield Lane, and then the ARG timeline.     

Things about the director, Dan Trachtenberg, too are interesting, like this movie is actually his directorial debut. And he also directed a well-made short film that happened in the Portal universe.