Yep...it works....

Rating: 8/10 (18 January 2008)

I just saw the midnight showing of Cloverfield, and overall I thought that approach worked very well. From the beginning I felt like I was there and apart of these people's world's which then get's very fun and even scary when they become attacked. When I first saw the preview I thought the whole idea of the movie being filmed in a digital camera point of view would just annoy me and take a way from the enjoyment of the movie, but actually it was on the complete opposite. Some of the cuts and editing worked fantastic given us that frantic feeling. I also liked the fact that they got mostly unknowns to play the parts. I thought that added to the effect of realism by letting the audience believe that they were there living in these people's worlds and lived up to the approach the director wanted, because had an A-list actor been casted it would have taken the audience out of their world, and we would have thought, "oh there's Brad Pitt," and it just would have taken away from what the director was trying to do. With that the camera does get a little annoying at times, and I felt I may have lost some valuable information because it was frantic and I couldn't quite understand what was being said. Some questions, without giving anything away,of why some specific things occurred I felt weren't all that clear. Another problem some people might have is the ending. But the more that I think about it, I think the way it ended was appropriate to the approach and style of the movie leaving us with many questions, as it would it if this type of thing like this really happened. I also felt it was a bit short, but at the same time sweet. So overall I think this was a good idea and worked in so many areas, and at some points leaves the audience feeling what the characters in the movie are feeling. I felt like I was there and enjoyed it. But really you're just going to have to see it to judge for yourself because I have a feeling this will have a lot of mixed reviews.