not great but not terrible

Rating: 3/10 (19 January 2008)

I think the movie cloverfield caught our eyes due to the secretive parts of it. However it reminded me of The Blair Witch Project with its advertising and how the movie was made. The sound effects in the movie were almost identical to Godzilla when the monster was around. The first half hour of movie was pretty slow with some funny commentary. The monster should of been kept secret but they showed pretty much the whole thing in later scenes of the movie. Also the monster had smaller attacking monsters which were only a small nuisance to attack the people when they were on the run from the larger creature. Throughout the movie which is a camcorder filmed attack of NYC the effects were pretty cheap looking but the sounds were amazing. Acting was poor in some scenes but I believe they were acting like they were not acting which is very noticeable with poor actors. The monster was never explained and who was viewing the tape found was not explained except that it was military. Ending left me wondering what happened despite total destruction of NYC and the main characters. Also unexplained scene with girl who was bitten by little monsters that just left everyone confused and curious but it was not explained again. Basically I would call Cloverfield a mystery from the trailer till the end of the movie. Nothing was explained and nothing was revealed the viewers like myself just have to fill in all the unknowns and try to think if we are right. Overall I gave the movie a 3 out of 10. It kept me interested for about an hour and then I was waiting for it to be over. Thats pretty sad for a movie 1 and a half hours long. Good try but after seeing the Ironman and Hellboy 2 previews to hype me up the movie let me down in the end. Rent don't buy!