One word: Breathtaking

Rating: 7/10 (6 May 2016)

Wow. I mean wow. I had really low expectations when in reality, it became one of my favorite monster movies of all time. A concept like found footage is still pretty new amongst the film industry after the insane success of The Blair Witch Project back in 1999 (picking up 3 times its budget). That's why we are still exploring with this new format of cinematography. Thus, a lot of them are utter garbage.
Let's go over what makes this movie phenomenal and, especially, why does the found footage style does fit as the cinematography. The main plot of the film is basically "Cloverfield" attacking Manhattan alongside with the filler love/family conflict just for the sake of the runtime. Even though I absolutely didn't find anything interesting or at the very least likable with the characters, the experience that they had to go through made my heart raise to the level I barely couldn't breathe. The camera-work was genius not because it's "new and groundbreaking", but because we have to witness the horror the stars of the movie had to deal with, mainly the big dude holding the camcorder.
Now for the "not so great" portions. Like I mentioned earlier, characters are just as bland as a plain yogurt you can find at your nearest grocery store, with the addition of being total unlikable d-bags. If there's a skyscraper-size creature demolishing New York, might want to hide inside the building or find an underground cellar rather than roam around the streets.
But hey, it's a monster movie that suffers similar issues like Pacific Rim and Transformers. You were expecting the monsters and robots to be the icons, not the people. Yet, you left the theater without a major let down.
I highly recommend this found footage movie (unless you have motion sickness) if you're into disastrous flicks. And believe me when I say it's worth on Blu-Ray.