Not a movie, just a home video

Rating: 1/10 (6 September 2010)

I have yet to figure out how "Cloverfield" is a movie, it's just a home video.
And no, I'm not just insulting it. It really is a home video. The "characters" are introduced to us through way of home video shots at a party. I'm assuming the film-makers thought this would make me feel more connected to the so-called characters, but it did the opposite. I was more distanced and I didn't care about them, worse than that, after so long of this party nonsense, I didn't care who the characters were anymore. But then something happens.
The something was some kind of disaster that they weren't sure about at the beginning. Could be an earthquake, or could be some external presence. But remember this is all shot as a home video. Can you imagine what your home video would look like if an earthquake or some other disaster occurred? Yes, that's right, not much was captured. Lots of feet shots and screams of "what's going on?".
The whole "movie" was pretty much shaky shots of people screaming and then shots of the ground as they start running. But you couldn't expect much more from a home video.