My Reviews about Cloverfield

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2013)

I'm sorry for such a low [3/10] rating, but for me this movie failed at the most basic level---I was not able to care about characters. I really, really wanted to like this movie. I love giant alien movies in general--like Aliens, Predator, or even The Mist. I was always aware that I was watching a movie that was trying {and not very successfully] to be a home made documentary about an alien attack. Not once in the movie did I achieve the "suspension of belief" needed to draw me in. The special effects were great--it would have been a much better movie if they had picked up guns and started fighting the aliens rather than pursuing an insane and very implausible search for the main character's girlfriend. They would have been better off filling the movie with special effects and battle scenes. I also couldn't suspend belief about the basic premise of the film, videotaping an alien attack on New York-- -no way would I have kept a video cam walking through a dark tunnel with alien spiders chasing me, climbing into a crumbling high rise apartment, climbing into a helicopter, etc. You get the picture. I can't recall I movie I've liked less. I was actually glad it ended. I hope someone re- makes the movie someday. It is a great premise, but poorly done by this film maker.