A Very Exciting Movie That Lives Up To The Hype

Rating: 9/10 (27 March 2008)

I absolutely loved Cloverfield, everything about it was amazing. The monster was awesome, and the special effects were amazing for a budget of only 25 million, and Cloverfield also had some really effective moments that were genuinely emotional and gripping scenes. Cloverfield did however have a couple of flaws. The shaking of the camera was insane, it made me sick, I could barley even drink my giant orange Fanta without feeling queasy, but that defiantly is how it would be if a regular guy was recording a monster attack with his personal video camera, and the movement also made the cheap special effects look like they cost 300 million dollars to produce, so since the movement was there for a reason, I can forgive it for making me sick. Another flaw with the film was that it probably doesn't hold up to a modern audience, I'm probably a little more open minded with movies than the average 14 year old so to you guys this movie might just seem like a viral video that goes on to long. To me one great thing that makes up for the flaws is the characters, the character of Hud was a great choice to put behind the camera and Marlena was also a great character, also In the end of the movie there is a really awesome shot of the monster, and after all that you have heard about it I guarantee it's look will blow your mind. All in all I really enjoyed Cloverfield and I think it lived up to the hype,