It's Not A Film. It's A Work Of Art.

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2008)

Cloverfield is a movie like no other movies... It's one of those rare movies that comes along and changes almost the entire way you look at the movie industry and what they put out.
Hype aside Cloverfield is quite possibly one of the greatest monster movies I've seen in a long time. The crowd reactions though proved just how little it's going to be accepted in this time of massive acceptance of mediocrity. The movies plot (mostly the creature) is not explained and in order to get the full picture you have to read the Viral Websites that fester the Inter Web.
The movie is quite realistic in terms of making you feel like you're there. The entire time I watched the movie (especially during the attacks) I almost felt like I was on a 3D Ride at Universal Studios. I felt like I was the one recording the footage and documenting what happened.
I didn't find anything to far to suspend my belief on. The movie (which is a recording of the main characters adventures during the attack) is only 80 minutes out of the seven hours of the monsters attack. During the gaps in time it's quite possible that HUD (the cameraman) was able to charge the battery or change it.
I've blabbed on for quite a bit so let's just go over the quick basics. The monster looked amazing and how it was presented was phenomenal as well. The acting wasn't great but it felt realistic, I felt like this was a recording of a real life event, not a Hollywood production. The lack of music also added a lot to the movie. The tone was perfect and the mood kept flowing. The "dry spells" were littered with foreshadowing text and quite hilarious dark humor. I mean come on... Flaming Hobos! The movie could have used a slightly stronger ending, and I say this only because I fear we might not get another movie or the viral sites might never close everything up. I think the movie could have ended with a News Channel "wrapping" up the events.
None the less. 10 out of 10 for this movie. It was a Monster / Love Story perfection.