Brilliantly Intense Movie!

Rating: 10/10 (30 January 2008)

We were hanging out in the mall and we had nothing to do so we decided to watch a movie. I was choosing between AVP 2 and Cloverfield, but after seeing the poster, I thought Cloverfield might be more different, so we checked it out. I must say Cloverfield really blew me away! I really liked the movie. It's an action/sci-fi/thriller monster movie. It's got LOADS of very good intense action, accompanied with flawless special effects(wait, did they use any?). The action sequences were simply brilliant! Acting was great. Not top notch, but is still good and believable. The main monster was really cool and destructive, I kept thinking "what's that thing? where did it come from? How did it get here? What will happen if that was real?" the entire time. It's also got some scary and disturbing scenes which really creeped me out. The sound effects were awesome! It would be great if you watch this in theaters to get the best from the sounds. Oh and take note that the whole movie is shot using a home camera by one of the civilians getting attacked by the monster, so you might know how shaky the camera is, so it is not recommended for people who easily get motion sickness. The camera style was really good, making you think that the movie was real. It's no Godzilla movie; Cloverfield has a more different feel. I never thought I'd run into such a big movie like this! Usually I only go to cinemas for big movies like Spider-man and Harry Potter. It took my 2008 Big-Movies-To-Watch-In-Cinemas planner by surprise.
Some people will like it, some people won't. I watched this with my mom and said that she didn't like it; nothing in the movie was good and the camera shakes were irritating. Oh well......we all have different tastes.
In my opinion, Cloverfield is a very good action-packed sci-fi monster movie that made me happy(I actually smiled the entire movie!) and made my day at the mall. It was a superbly intense roller-coaster ride. Well done Matt Reeves and J.J. Abrams! Fine work indeed.