Don't Waste Your Time Or Money!

Rating: 1/10 (21 January 2008)

After reading some other posts here, I couldn't help myself but post too. If you thought this might be the first great monster movie or an intense experience, then you haven't ever had an experience or seen a monster movie in your life!!! First of all, an entire movie, while in theory is a great idea, in actuality it gets very annoying after about ten minutes. The idea of a monster attacking New York and seeing it through the eyes of the people being attacked is a really great idea, but after about fifteen minutes of seeing nothing and hearing that something cool is going on...ALL OFF CAMERA!!! When the attack finally comes (and it takes what feels like forever to set up characters through the hand held camera) it looks like something cool is going on and we can't wait to see it, the sad fact is that we never get to see (clearly) what's going on, and we never get a good explanation of what is happeneing. What we know is that the city is being attacked by a monster, the military is involved and they're losing the battle.
While I've read that this is scary and intense, what it really is, is a Godzilla movie told from the perspective of the people running from the monster. And, while our 'heroes' rush back into the fray to rescue a girl, the audience is never really brought into the mix totally. Oh, we're following along for the ride, but, since we don't really know what's going on, we're not completely involved.
I have to admit, I bought into the hype (and the Star Trek trailer sealed the deal), but after the movie, I felt just like I did after The Blair Witch Project! I knew that the hype and discussion about the movie were going to be far better than the movie. It's sad that all this time and effort were built around a movie that's this poorly done. Yes, it might look cool, and it might have a cool concept, but, if you're making movie, you have to remember the audience. We might want to know what this monster is, we might want to know what happens when you get bitten by one of the smaller monsters, and what the hell is going on!!! If you're interested in a cool monster movie, then head down to the video store and rent Godzilla: Final Wars, avoid this movie if you're looking for excitement and horror, Cloverfield delivers none of what it promises!!