Amazing...

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2008)

When I first saw the teaser trailer for "Cloverfield" whilst watching "Transformers", I was blown away. The movie looked awesome, but I didn't know what it was. Now, it's much later, in January. I have seen the movie last night and I guess it lived up to the hype and it did much more.
First of all, nearly every aspect of "Cloverfield" was perfect. The weird camera style was reminiscent of "The Blair Witch Project", but the camera style worked much, much better than anything "Blair Witch" could dish out. The camera style helped me feel much closer to the characters and it helped me feel like I was right there next to Hud (the guy filming the movie), running and screaming. The movie was very emotional, and I felt what Rob and Lily were going through when Jason perished. I felt Hud's sorrow when Marlena died her shitty death. I could totally feel Rob's determination to get into Beth's building to save her. I believe that "Cloverfield" would have been a worse movie had the camcorder not been used to film it.
For those of you that are wondering what the monster is, I'll tell you. It sure as hell blew me away when I saw it on the big screen. It looks like as if the Brumac (from "Gears of War"), a slug, an Ultralisk (from "StarCraft"), a praying mantis, and Godzilla had a baby. And the result is a terrifying piece of work that can only be called original.
The movie overall, was amazing. The intense action really kept me on the edge of my seat and Hud's comic quips provided a sense of laughter. The movie was emotional, a great addition to such an action-packed movie. Yes, the movie was more or less a love story, what with Rob going back to the middle of the city to get Beth. However, the movie mixed elements of destruction, action, romance and Godzilla to really create the great movie it is. The government opening ("multiple sightings of case designate 'cloverfield' camera found in u.s. area 447, area formerly known as 'central park'") made the movie feel like a top-secret government document. It's too sad that basically everyone is dead, but "Cloverfield 2" is possible since the monster is PRESUMED DEAD. But if the government did kill the big monster, did they kill all of the little ones? Did someone else film the event, creating a new perspective of the disaster? Wink, wink.