Cloverfield

Rating: 9/10 (23 January 2008)

So here's the gist of it. Yes, Blair Witch came out before this (and it sucked) Yes Godzilla (the one that took place in New York) came out before this and that blew. But seriously, the only thing that this movie has in common with both of those is that A)its a monster in New York B)it uses a hand held camera to "document" the events. Other than that its an AWESOME movie. Kept me on my seat. Now, the key to fully enjoying the movie is going with A) other movie buffs and/or B) going with girls. The first is self explanatory B) is useful because girls seem to catch the little things that a lot of guys miss. Like why would a guy go back to save a "one night stand" girl. I didn't catch it in the dialog but the girls did. They've been friends for a while, they just finally did it hence the whole deal with "They had sex... don't tell anyone I told you" Also I heard that the first 10secs help explain a lot... maybe I'm gonna go have to watch it again... but for sure the last few seconds of the movie, if you watch it when the camera turns to the oceans, you actually see something plummet into the sea in the upper right corner. Explaining its origin. I was the only one who caught that amongst my friends.... So anywho, the point, go watch it. Its the best monster I've seen... I wanna say ever. It really gets you immersed. I was cursing up a storm every time there was an explosion or the monster popped out. hah. Enjoi