Cloverfield: The Explanation

Rating: 9/10 (21 January 2008)

I already wrote a review the night I saw this movie, but I need to change what I wrote because I just went through and read a whole bunch of reviews that were complete sh*t. Let me start by saying I have never seen such a huge bunch of weak stomachs in my life. Some of you said a lot of people ran out of the theater sick. Where do you live? Lameville? I sat through this entire movie, as did the rest of the people in the theater I was in, and not a single person left feeling sick at all. If you are running away from a giant monster you are not going to have a steady-cam, so what did you expect? Next, this movie didn't have all the answers because it was shown just as it was supposedly "recovered" from the scene of the attack. People experiencing the attack are going to be less bothered about finding answers than they are about getting the hell away from the giant, 300-foot tall monster attacking them. If you want an answer to where it came from, watch the very last scene closely and look behind the characters at the background of the frame, that gives you mondo clue to where the thing came from, so don't say they didn't give you anything. As for no character development? I don't know what movie you were watching, but Cloverfield has ten times more character development than 80% of the movies Hollywood turns out nowadays. What do you think the entire beginning 15 minutes was all about? Oh, and the "Why are those 15 minutes even there?" this is supposed to be a real videotape meaning that the characters in the movie didn't go out expecting to videotape a monster attack, they were expecting to videotape a going-away party. Someone else said there was no plot. I'm going to try not to spoil anything, but the plot was that there's a giant monster attacking Manhattan island and 5 people are trying to survive the attack while documenting it. Also, they discover that someone the main character cares about is in trouble, so they go to help her! How is that not a plot? Write a comment when you actually know what you're talking about.