Cloverfeild ate the Blair Witch

Rating: 3/10 (4 May 2008)

I'm sorry, I hope we see an end to this genre of films where these truly horrific things are happening, and these kids still hold their cameras and document the whole thing, but never actually catch the cool stuff...
I felt ripped off with Blair Witch, and I feel even more ripped off with this overproduced junk that just wants to confuse the viewer more than entertain them.
Okay, the plot line is this. Godzilla's ugly brother shows up in downtown Manhatten and starts reeking havoc. A group of people at a party make their way back into the city to rescue the lead character's girlfriend. We have splices of happier times split into the film. After getting some of his friends killed in terrible ways, the main character and his girlfriend are hiding under a bridge right before the monster gets nuked. Amazingly, the film in the camera survives because JJ Abrams is too much of an idiot to understand concepts like "Electromagnetic pulse". (Wow, and this moron is going to write the next Star Trek Film. Nice knowing you, Star Trek Franchise!) I guess I also didn't like it because some of the scenes were too reminiscent of 9/11. Sorry, guys, too soon to use that kind of imagery. Just because we know what a collapsing skyscraper looks like, don't recycle the effect for a cheap thrill.