This movie was great!

Rating: 8/10 (11 June 2016)

I had very low hopes for this movie, hearing how it originally wasn't supposed to be set in the Cloverfield universe. I imagined there would be only a few hints to the 2008 movie, because that's what the majority of reviews seem to bring up. Then the last 20 minutes happened, and I'm seriously baffled over how people completely dismissed this as proof that it indeed is a sequel to Cloverfield.
"That's not the Cloverfield monster!" So what, the only logical alien invasion to you is that it has to have only one type of creature roaming around? The first one even had smaller flying creatures, and seeing how that movie was shot in found-footage style, it would make even more sense that we couldn't see everything that was attacking the city. I personally liked that we saw something else in this movie, which now has expanded our knowledge of what the humans are up against, even though I agree that it wasn't as memorable as the monster in the first movie.
Besides this, I also liked everything else about the movie. The acting from everybody was superb, and the interactions between them felt very organic and believable. It was also fun to see a really smart, competent and badass female lead. I got Ripley-vibes from Mary Elizabeth Winstead towards the end, so I really hope the next movie picks up right after where this one ended, because I wanna see more of her survival journey.