what what!

Rating: 5/10 (8 April 2008)

Cloverfield is in my opinion a fairly good movie. Although the plot might suggest i godzilla rip-off, godzilla and cloverfield differ, and in a good way. The plot and production is in many ways richer and much better than godzilla, from my point of view. However, it is not hard to find elements to put my finger on. The camera work, is of the same type as in blair witch. Thus all footage is from a hand-held camera, and based on the perspective of one of the characters. This does not have to be a bad thing BUT, the main camera guy is a total nut job! He cant spend 5 seconds without whining or throwing stupid comments about EVERYTHING. The writers tries to legitimize this f.... up idea by introducing punchlines and apparently funny comments. It is hard to watch the movie, when after 15 minutes you hate the camera-guy with all your guts. I spent most of the movie thinking, pleas let this dork be whacked ... pleas let this dork be whacked. Summarized: Camera-freak spoils the capturing of cloverfield, which by many means has great potential