Cloverfield

When "Cloverfield" first started, I was thinking, "What the heck is this?". People at a party being videotaped by this one dude, the camera jiggling. I was ready to give up on the movie. THEN, the monster attacks. The movie picked up from there. I actually grew to like the first person view through the eye of the dude with the camera.
Good stuff!! Kept me wondering what would happen next.

I'm writing this review right after I have finished watching it, and I can only say that I have no word to describe the movie but disaster. It's very boring but the speacial effects are good though.
The movie is about an attack of some monsters in Manhattan and there is a guy that records with his camera the whole thing. I know that there are several movies like this and they really called my attention at the time I saw them (even when I'm not a fan of science fiction movies) I liked them.
The cover really says something completely different of what the movie is. Another thing that I must say about the movie is that it desesperates a little bit because the image is not steady, it is always shaking and you can't see the scenes very good.
If you are a disaster movie fan maybe you can like this one but if you're not I doubt you are going to like it.

this film was extraordinarily well done. It keeps the adrenaline ramped up from start to finish. You simply must check this film out!

Interesting and just creepy enough to give me the chills. Yeah the camera could make you a little dizzy but it's not too bad if you watch it on a smaller screen. Not the best movie I've seen but it's entertaining. Worth watching once.

Basically, this movie is Godzilla - Tokyo S.O.S. or a Godzilla ripoff save for the fact that the monster is a little bit different. And it poops out little monsters to ravage through the subway systems.

However, what distinguishes this movie from the average monster stomping movie is the way that it uses the The Blair Witch Project conceit to maximum effect. One actually wonders why it's taken so long for filmmakers to use the handheld cameras in big budget movies. The characters might be a bit superficial at the beginning (seems like a beer commercial) but once they are on the run and once they start dying, it reaches an immediacy that borders on Greek Tragedy. Much like The Ruins (Vintage) (Vintage), we kind of know that the characters are doomed, but we can't look away.

What also makes this movie so compelling is the way it manages to invoke 9/11 in ways that regular 9/11 movies just can't achieve. It's fun, but there's a wariness behind the fun. Ultimately this is one of those movies that will haunt you and stay with you long after you are finished viewing it. Although I must say that one viewing may be enough.