Slow start... but picks up

Rating: 6/10 (28 August 2008)

Cloverfield is quite a good film..... beyond the first 17 odd minutes. Its starts terribly. It starts slower than a snail thats been nailed to a wall.....
But then there's a rumble and everything goes INSANE! There's no other word for it. You, as the viewer, have no idea what the hell is going on (just like the characters). So you know what they know and experience what they do. It makes for quite compelling viewing.
However, this film has no real plot. It feels quite random without any explanation to whats happening.
Bypass the bad points and the horrific start and you have a pretty fun, tense film here. I would watch it again, but its by no means an excellent film.