You get what you put into it.

Rating: 10/10 (22 January 2008)

Cloverfield was a brilliant film in my opinion.
I came in knowing these following key-points:
-It was shot with a hand-held camera-which could lead to motion sickness. -It has a slow beginning. But the beginning was necessary to build character development and to let you see the different personalities of the main group of victims before they were thrust into the disaster. -The ending was abrupt
People who are complaining about the motion sickness can be justified. But it wasn't bothersome to me at all. One way of BEATING THE MOTION SICKNESS is envisioning a point at the center of the screen and just focusing on that point instead of following every direction the camera flails around to. This will allow you to digest the scenes without moving your eyes constantly (which leads to the motion sickness).
The ending was perfect. It wasn't a Hollywood ending, which is why it was good. It seems like the main characters die but, do they? The end credits give you an impression that they may still be alive and gives room for a sequel.
I thought it was a gripping film overall and leaves you attached to the characters. The sounds and action sequences really made you feel like you were right behind the camera lense.
Don't be warded off by the poor comments that other people are giving and please see this film.
It is way better than the other sci-fi films released this year that have failed to deliver ("I Am Legend" for one).
Of course there are some holes in the plot that are left unanswered but it was shot from a hand-held people! It was from the perspective of 1, yes count it, 1, hand-held video camera. It wouldn't be the same if they explained every last detail of what was going on.
When September 11th happened, people weren't asking around and going on the internet trying to find out what was attacking their city, they were running for their damn lives, they didn't care if it was terrorists or a giant monster!
So please,
see this film.
Don't see it if you have an extremely weak stomach.
See it if you like rollercoasters because this movie takes you on a wild ride.
9/10, most fun I've had in a theater in a LONG while.