"Something has found us"

Rating: 7/10 (23 February 2012)

Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.
Blair Witch Project was the beginning of a new genre, these found footage films. They're main priority is to make you feel like your on in the action, and most of them work... Cloverfield starts off like an average teenage film. It uses some interesting filming techniques, as it switches to different people over and over. Your introduced to each character pretty quick, but luckily it works. Next, the tension is pretty interesting because you'll never guess how this 'thing' is going to appear. The attack hits, the movie progresses, and some pretty cool scenes play. I was fully immersed in the action, and I surely enjoyed myself. The main problem I had with Cloverfield is how hard it tried to be something creative, or new. I was fully into it, and such, but at times I was asking myself why did they even do this? Not in a bad way, but sometimes it annoyed me. Otherwise, the movie was pretty good. The acting was pretty average. For new actors that I have never seen, they did good on their part, and I wasn't yelling out how 'unrealistic' it was. The special effects were the highlight of this film. It looked so real at times, but others fell short. The 'found footage' aspect gave the special effects a more realistic and intense feel to it, which I loved. All in all, I enjoyed my thoroughly. If your looking for something new in these found footage films, or even action in general, you will be surprised. Some parts MIGHT set you off, but overall it was good. 7/10.