Blair Witch Godzilla Style

Rating: Null/10 (25 February 2008)

Cloverfield (2008)
*** (out of 4)
The Blair Witch Project meets a Godzilla type movie in this action film that has NYC being ripped apart by some unknown monster. Okay, this film has some really great moments but the screenplay really left me cold. I understand the whole gimmick of having a hand held camera capture all the action but the screenplay gives us four rather bland characters and none of them are more interesting than the actual monster and destruction of the city. Even though the film runs under 80-minutes I found myself getting bored whenever the film focused on the characters but thankfully there's still plenty of action to keep things going. I hate CGI but the effects are used very good here with some really great scenes of the city being destroyed. The ending with the monster on a full rampage while coming under attack was very thrilling and I also enjoyed how the film ended but the very ending was a little frustrating but perhaps this will be cleared up in the upcoming sequel. The performances were okay but the screenplay really didn't give them much good dialogue and the love story was just downright stupid.