Pretty cool monster movie

Rating: 7/10 (21 January 2008)

The much anticipated "Cloverfield" was finally released and I finally saw it today. Being a looooong time Godzilla fan (japanese movies) I have been excited to see this movie since seeing the original teaser before "Transformers", and I really was not let down. It was an extremely original monster movie, and brought new life into the genre. The movie feels unbelievably realistic, to the point where it is pretty freaky sometimes. Although, I can really see where all of the people complaining about it making them remember the events of 9/11 are coming from. Because it feels exactly like it in many scenes where the monster is not involved. It's almost TOO realistic. If i have one complaint though, it is the monster. I thought it looked to cgi and fake sometimes, and wasn't shown enough, but maybe that's just me.
Overall I thought Matt Reeves and JJ Abrams did a great job with this idea and made it very realistic and fun--7/10