A Great modern Monster Movie

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2008)

There has been some really great classic monster movies like King Kong and Gojira, Cloverfield is actually a pretty great modern Monster movie. At first I wasn't sure about this film, the trailer looked interesting but sometimes the trailer can make the film look better than the actual film, so me and a few friends went to the cinemas to check it out and see what it was like. When Cloverfield started I still wasn't sure if this was going to be a good film, I thought the shaky camera was going to get annoying. Once the action started to get going the movie started to become really good, I liked the way they made the Creature so mysterious and gradually let you see more of it has the movie progressed. The camera could get a little tedious at times and could make the movie a little confusing because you can't see what's going on clearly but it didn't spoil the movie too much for me. The Creature itself was kind of cool, it's a giant monster but it can also produce these little creatures. Cloverfield does have some great atmospheric scenes like in the subway and the building, the way it's just filmed with an ordinary camera makes it more creepy. Cloverfield doesn't really explain the origins of the Monster but I guess they left that window open for the viewers imagination, the ending was little bit of a disappointment. We was expecting a little bit more, a few other people in the cinemas even stated that as they walked out at the end. Cloverfield did have some good effects like with the Monster and the little creatures, the destroyed city and the statute of liberty head.
The film sees a group of people throwing a party for a friend who's going to Japan, suddenly after a while they experience something like an earthquake. They quickly leave the apartments and find a huge explosion happen in the city then the head of the Statue of Liberty flying over and landing near them, soon they go through the city and discover that a huge Monster is attacking Manhatten. Instead of following the other survivors the main four go off to help their friend who's stuck in her apartment, as they go on they get caught up in a battle with the army and the Monster, they hide out in the subway and decide to go through the tunnel where they soon get attacked by these creatures that drop off the giant Monster. They escape from the Creatures and hide in one of the rooms, they decide to leave and continue going but soon meet the army who take them to a temporary base. They discover that one of them was bitten by the creatures and is taken away and the mysterious infection kills her, the others are told that an evacuation chopper is going to pick up the survivors at 6 o'clock, they then decide to find their friend and try and make their way to the evacuation point. But the Monster is destroying the city and it's only a matter of time before it runs into their way and gets them.
Cloverfield is a great modern take on the Monster movie genre that tries to do something new and original. The shaky camera may make some people feel a bit queasy but the film itself is a great Monster movie that should be seen. Check this out. 10/10