Aims to be realistic, but the characters are undeniably unlucky

Rating: 6/10 (23 April 2012)

One monster movie that aims to be just as fresh as Japanese Kaja films, such as the amazing Godzilla starting in 1954. This movie however uses monster movie elements that were not original, but that's acceptable because no story is original.
The plot is as realistic as it aims with the exception of how the characters experience the story of the movie. The characters were the only human beings who have encountered the monster 3 freaking times. The first was when the military was trying to kill Cloverfield with very loud gunfire and monster screams in the battle. The 2nd was that the monster crashed down the helicopter the main characters were on. The 3rd was when Hudd got eaten by the monster, and the camera actually survived the fall. How the characters keep getting unlucky more than the other unseen citizens of New York is far from realistic, just to decorate the plot.
There were 2 weaknesses in the film. The parasites falling off of Cloverfield only had 1 scene in the film and were an unnecessary part of the story just to keep the audience paying attention before the monster strikes. Also, the Nuclear bomb that was dropped on Cloverfield was not technically explained in the film, the audience was not told that of the military's ultimate plan to kill the creature.
Other than that, this is a pretty good movie. Not very brilliant, yet not too boring.