Not that bad, but not great

Rating: 7/10 (24 April 2008)

OK so I was in the mood for a monster flick tonight, and Cloverfield did it's job in keeping me somewhat entertained throughout.
The beginning is SLOW .. so be prepared for that. It's also really not exceptional in my opinion because it tries too hard to be scary without being over the top. Normally this is a good thing, but for me it was sub par, this movie could have used a little over the top. The characters are believable 90% of the time so that's a good thing.
All in all I wasn't mad for having watched this, but honestly the camera style turned me off. I give it a 7/10 because it tried, but it just didn't quite do it.