It's all about the monster

Rating: 6/10 (19 June 2010)

It took me some time to finally see Cloverfield despite it was pretty hyped movie when it originally came out. The reason was, I really didn't like the style that was shown in the trailers. And now, after seeing it, I still don't like the style, but the movie has aspects in it, that makes some of it a fun watch. Though, I did find the movie a bit boring, despite it was trying so hard to be frantic and portray a feeling of a great urgency. And that isn't a good thing, as the movie isn't that long either.
The scenes I'm talking here are of course the scenes of destruction and pretty much everything the monster of the movie has a bigger part in. The destruction of Manhattan is fantastically done and the monster itself is just glorious, even in the close shots it looks stunningly real. The monster is the real star of the movie and the way it has been executed manages to save a lot in this story.
While it's a good thing the movie wasn't centered around some standard gun ho military personnel trying to kill the beast, I didn't warm up to the pretty forced plot line of good bye party turned into a rescue mission of one true love.
The actors are surprisingly pretty good, but honestly, this movie works only because there's a huge monster mashing things around.