A masterful piece of work

Rating: 9/10 (23 January 2008)

It's not surprising that the below average viewers can't grasp the subtleties and professional finesse of "Cloverfield". The movie recourses deliberately to a tacky cliché (the invincible crocosaurus attacking Manhattan) and, by combining it with the minimalistic view pushed to the extreme (the 100% adoption of an amateur video-cam perspective, "Blair Witch Project"-like), creates a very interesting, dramatic and significant aesthetic formula. The deconstructivist recipe works artfully and skillfully in this case. The suspense is extremely well built up, the thrills abound, and let me tell you: no matter I'm a 48 years old movie professional who watched and coldly analyzed most of the best thrillers, SF, horror and action movies of all times, "Cloverfield" REALLY gave me the creeps! One final piece of advice: Are you ready for a breath-taking experiment? Go see "Cloverfield". Are you the sub-mediocre viewer, looking for cheap thrills? "Alien vs. Predator: Requiem" will bring you the much desired visual orgasm.