Lives up to Expectations

Rating: 7/10 (19 January 2008)

Everything people had dreaded did not occur! The monster was hidden enough so that you only see most of the monster. You will not be disappointed! The acting at times can be a little low key at times, but overall the cast carries through the film, becoming characters the audience can empathize with. Rob especially delivers an emotional performance.
The cinematography captures the events through the point-of-view of a camcorder, allowing the audience to feel like they're a part of the experience. The chaos of the attack and the army's attempts to stop the monster is perfect for the sometimes disorienting camera angles and movement.
The monster is nothing like any fan imagined and fulfills all expectations and hopes. It truly is the perfect destructor.
The scares are provided at a fast enough pace to give you time to recompose yourself. They go beyond the typical jump scene and provide the viewer with a fresh meaning to on-screen scares, with realistic details giving it the realistic edge of people's reactions to the terrifying wrath of the creature.
Overall, Cloverfield fulfills most hopes and is dripping with Abram's genius and suspense, with the originality and thrills of Lost and Alias. This is surely one movie that any cinema goer, frequent or not, cannot pass up