Monstrous Ingenuity.

Rating: 5/10 (8 May 2008)

Be it as it may, there was tremendous ingenuity in putting together a Blair Witch Project-type camcorder and making it a Godzilla experience. Cloverfield is a brilliant experiment and the lack of monster movies in this day and age only added to my interest in seeing this film. The end result is a mixed feeling, mind you. Poor Hud can't film worth squat and many scenes have you scratching your head, wondering what's going on. On top of that, the story is a little too flaky. After getting a single call from your lady friend, you decide to go to the main battleground of where the monster is to get her? She doesn't even send texts to keep in touch! Nevermind that a couple of the characters are mere acquaintances that don't have a heck of a lot in common with the main characters.
But Cloverfield is an interesting movie. Seeing the perspective of the monster and the little bugs it shakes out that attack and bite people, is a truly terrifying experience which makes Cloverfield more closer in line with the horror genre than other giant monster movies like King Kong or Godzilla. In Cloverfield, no one really has a happy ending, which could include you if you're not prepared for shaky camcorder antics again, but the film holds its own well enough to enjoy the end of New York as we know it.