Cloverfield: Exciting and Intense

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2008)

All right, I waited 6 months to see this god damn movie, and I finally have seen it. All I can say right now is that I liked it.
The movie begins with a message displaying that the video belongs to the U.S defense department (not like the one in the trailer), and saying that it was found in Central Park. Then we go to Beth's apartment where we see that her and Rob have just had what I'm going to call "A great night" for ironic terms. The day is April 20 something and they plan to go to Coney Island because Beth has never been there.All of a sudden it is cut and we go to Jason (Rob's brother) and his girlfriend Liz going to plan his going away party as Rob has just been accepted for a job in Japan (Great line if you only get the reference).
From there they give the camera to Hud (who serves as our comic relief) to film the events in this movie. The whole point of the movie is the characters trying to get to Beth so that they can save her (she's in her apartment bleeding and stuck).
As for the writing, I got to say that even though the lines are corny, they really feel like it's real. The actors are good enough that they almost seem to create themselves. The actors do such a great job that I'm convinced at points that most of it is improved.
I got to say that the movie is pretty intense. It's not SCARY but it's so intense it will have your heart beating.
Now for the part of the review everyone wants to hear. THE MONSTER. Well... yes we do get a look at the monster and it is interesting. I can't really describe it because its so intricate. I do however felt a sense of Deja Vu because I swear I've seen the monster before.
A lot of the people who went with me didn't like the movie however, and I can understand why. The hype was way to over. If you haven't seen the movie, and you do plan to see it, I suggest that you lower your expectations, because even my expectations made this movie half as good as it would have been had I just gone in with pessimism. I enjoyed it.
Cloverfield 10/10