Cloverfield, first good movie of 2008

Rating: 7/10 (19 January 2008)

Let's take the movie for what it's worth. It's a monster movie with the touch from the Blair Witch Project. What makes this movie good is the bringing something everyone is familiar with and having a twist, which is the hand-held camera. With the destruction that is happening in Manhattan during Cloverfield, you have to be kind of amazed that the special effects actually look great. Another thing that makes this movie good is that we saw small bits of the monster, never the whole time. That's actually builds up more suspense for the monster, making him more terrifying than if we were to see a good close up of the thing every 5 minutes or so. There are faults with this film, I mean, the acting is mediocre at best. And why does everyone look like they just came out of a magazine shoot? The dialogue is somewhat dumb-witted but when you think about it, if you are being chased by a monster, what the heck are you really going to talk about? I tell you what though, there is small laughter to be had with some of the dialogue which made it quite interesting. The introduction of the characters took 15 minutes too long but once the action comes, it comes hard. It keeps up the suspense, your heart pumping and feel as if you're there with them. I understand that the camera will be problems for people and if you can't stomach it out, I do feel sorry for you because you will be missing a pretty good monster movie.