i was disappointed

Rating: 5/10 (19 January 2008)

So i had been antcipating this movie for more than 6 months now and i have to say i was disappointed. i don't feel like it lived up to what it was supposed to be. first of all, the video camera approach was different and was supposed to give you a more first person view of the film, but it made me want to throw up. also i feel like the movie concentrated too much on the characters. you only saw the monster for 5% of the movie. i know you have to add some appeal to your human characters, but come on. this was too much. i left the movie wondering what the heck happened. we had no idea where the thing came from, why it was there, if they killed it or not, etc. we have to assume it came out of the ocean, but do we know for sure? NO. i suppose this was yet again another marketing ploy by the filmmakers to entice people to come back and see a possible sequel? i just don't know if they clenched enough of their audience to want to come back. the movie was empty for me. but i guess all the people tired of the same old same old will give it rave reviews.
its a good money making scheme, i will give them that, but i don't think it will pay another $10 for any additional cloverfield movies. the only way i will is if a friend sees it and tells me Godzilla comes out of no where to save the day.