Incredible and thrilling BUT NOT for the weak of heart or those easily frightened by horror movies.

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2008)

PLEASE NOTE: This film is EXTREMELY intense. There are a lot of sudden terrifying moments and shocking turns throughout with borderline rated R violence, terror and gore. This movie, particularly near the end absolutely terrified my poor wife who swears she will never go to the movie with me again after this (and "I am Legend" a few weeks ago)
I just got back from the midnight premiere of Cloverfield at my local theater (Yes, I got the free camera, no I haven't used it yet). My wife and I went as today was my 30th birthday and I have been looking forward to this film ever since the first trailers. I really thoroughly enjoyed the film and thought the "shaky-cam" approach was particularly appropriate for the story being told, though my wife had a hard time with it due to the erratic motion made by the camera holder in most scenes and I noticed a few other people getting a bid queasy from it.
Again, if you like thrilling, shocking and intense thrill rides, this is it. SPOILERS POTENTIALLY BELOW THIS LINE: --------------------------------------------------------------- I don't see this as spoilers, but if you are exceptionally worried about being spoiled on the basic layout of the film, please be advised of it in the paragraph below:
This film features a group of friends who get caught up in by some sort of unknown attack on New York and the entire film is solely from the perspective of the person holding the camera who basically is partly trying to document the horrific events unfolding and partly just holding onto it as an anchor to his own sanity in the situation. Scary stuff at times, but beautifully executed. Also, make sure to stick around through the credits and you will hear an audio only tack on to the end of the film that is important (in my opinion) to resolving a plot thread.
I'm ready to see a sequel/follow-up now!!! (?)