Blairwitch project + Godzilla = Cloverfield

Rating: 4/10 (16 April 2008)

The special effects are good and to some extend, in at least some of the scenes the whole thing seem almost authentic.
Apart from that, there's nothing new or special, it's a "godzilla" story where you hardly see "godzilla" or what actually happens to anything or anyone.
Most of the time you can't see what's going on as you mainly see sidewalk, asphalt, sky or a closeup of a wall or some other undefinable object.
Mostly it's accompanied by a lot of noise and screaming people, making it all confusing and pointless.
The ending is totally unsatisfying and inconclusive, this movie could as well start where it ends and vice versa.
All in all the only thing on the DVD that is worth watching is the "Clover fun" found under "Special features", the rest is a complete waste of time.
Also the illusion that the whole thing is captured by a hand-held camera soon comes to an end, the guy who gets the camera is rather tall compared to everyone else, however the camera captures way shorter people at neck-height, pretty uncommon for the average Joe to use a camera like that, most people hold a camera in front of their face and not in front of their chest.
In addition the sound is way too dynamic and well defined to be captured with a consumer video camera, it lacks the more tiny and harsh sound and also phaser and flanger effect.
The whole thing is a mix of flaws and lack of substance, totally disappointing in every possible way..