I was hoping to see the movie Cloverfield while it was still showing in theaters last year. But as with the latest series of major movies hitting the big screen, I eventually missed on catching this one too.

Bedridden since a few days back, I luckily chanced upon this movie in HBO.

The entire film is shown to look as if it were a video recording recovered by the US Department of Defense. A presentation style not unlike how the movie Blair Witch Project did it around 10 years ago.

Since its official release, the movie has gotten a lot of mixed reviews. Some loved the relatively distinct perspective used in presenting the story. Some hated that it only took around 75 minutes to finish. With this particular film, I will leave the formal reviews to the experts.

Before seeing the movie, I was aware of at least two easter eggs hidden in the film:

• a background scene near the end where something was shown mysteriously falling from the sky
• a barely audible clip at the end of the credits saying something like… “help us” but when played in reverse (backmasked) actually says… “it’s still alive”

That was until I saw this clip on the web. It discusses the items above, as well as a third easter egg that I was previously unaware of.

The third secret is a dharma logo ingeniously hidden in a frame of the film. As you may know, Cloverfield is produced by J. J. Abrams — the same person who produces the hit TV series “Lost“.  Thus, the dharma connection.

By the way, since Abrams also produced the recent movie adaptation of Star Trek, there was also a scene in that film connecting it to Cloverfield.

With all these, one can’t help to think that a Cloverfield 2 movie might be coming out soon.