Great for me, maybe for you?

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2009)

Cloverfield is a hard movie to recommend, not because it's a bad movie, but because this is one of those movies that not everyone will like. Either you love it or you hate it, nothing in between.
People who don't like the movie basically list the following problems:
1. The camera-work was shaky.
It's true, but it only was a problem at the movie theater where the picture was very large. On a TV screen or computer, it isn't a problem. If you watch a lot of home videos, it becomes almost insignificant.
2. You didn't see the monster enough.
Hud, who'se never used a camcorder before, is logically not going to be able to record every second of the monster. Besides, you get a full-frame shot of the monster at the end.
3. The actors were horrible.
It's true that the actors do not play their characters like other actors do. That's because they play them as if their conversations were unplanned. People just aren't adjusted to how they act. I found them to talk much like how I talk to my friends.
4. Many scenes reminded people of 9/11.
This is mainly only a problem if you want it to be. While it's true that there are scenes including a building collapsing and a wall of dust rising from it and a set of towers leaning against each other, the filmmakers stated that it was a tribute to 9/11, not shock value.
As I said in #4, these problems are really only problems if you're looking for them. If you don't think about the movie to much, I think you'll like it just as much as I did.