Too much hype to live up to

Rating: 7/10 (20 February 2008)

As many of us know, Cloverfeild was supposed to be the next great monster movie, an instant classic. Well, it did fall a little bit short. The trailer was much better than the movie. In the trailer, we see NYC as a killing ground for some kind of a huge creature, and the group of characters is seeing the battle against the creature while trying to leave NYC. We see what they see via video camera. Now don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the use of video cameras in movies, I love The Blair Witch Project, and i think that the idea is a cool way to film a movie. Yes, it can get a little annoying, but the angles in The Blair Witch Project were much worse. Also, too much hype to live up too. And with as much hype that this film got, i don't think any film could ever even come close to living up to it.
I liked most of the movie, and thought that the lines were really believable, and the acting decent. But again, too much hype, especially for a monster movie of this nature.
The main point of the film was that there was a party going on in NYC, and a friend of the person the party was being thrown for was filming a video, and thus we have the video camera. Once the monster hits and everyone realizes what is going on, the "awesome" party turns into an extreme race to get out of the city, and save a friend.
A good film, but the hype can really kill it. Let's just say it would have gotten 8.5 stars instead of 7. If you like basically any monster movie, or you loved The Blair Witch Project, you should enjoy yourself. Overall, an almost great monster movie that could not live up to it's own hype.