Amazing movie

Rating: 8/10 (4 January 2009)

Cloverfield is a story of a night when a monster attacks New York City, told from the point of view of 4 friends. At first I thought it to be another monster attack movie but the movie is different.
Firstly because it's a story told from the point of view of 4 friends, who happen to be at a party the night. Secondly it is shot as if one of the friends is shooting the events of the night on his video camera, probably to upload it on YouTube. Thirdly because it does not put them into mission to save the world or in fact the city, as they try to rescue a friend of their.
As the story is told as if being shot from a hand held video camera, many a times camera angle becomes erratic as you don't get the full view and also shaky at times.
Movie has its share of special effects, like the beheaded Statue of Liberty but they are a limited due to the story line and camera angle, which is something hard to digest for a monster movie.
Being a story told from a group's point of view we do lose out on getting a panoramic view of the whole story and at times feels like where some people are just walking the lanes of ruined city.
It's a decent movie with a different point of view. This movie is a must watch who likes movies which are different and not for viewer who like to see loads of special effects and world saving moments.
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