You must go and see this movie!

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2008)

Just got home from watching Cloverfield and wow it was great and very absorbing to be part of! That is what you feel like when you watch, you are with them running and hiding and running and climbing and running and screaming and more running!
The start at the party is a good run up to the main part of the story and the intro to all the participants in the running! The acting makes you feel like these are ordinary people at a NY leaving party for someone they all like and will be sad to see leave to a job in Japan. Rob is not so happy as he is leaving his girlfriend Beth behind and when she arrives at the party with someone new Rob is not pleased!
I sat watching and wondering when the explosion was going to happen and it only added to the tension of waiting and anticipating it. The non-stop action starts and does not stop until the credits at the end and what a ride it is! There is not too much blood or violence to people but the buildings take a hell of a pounding (why is it always New York?) The monster is cool and unusual and the special effects real enough to want to check if NY is still in place!
Well worth the cost of a ticket and a great movie!