An amazing experience that should be explored more often in films

Rating: 8/10 (2 February 2008)

Oh yes, what a movie! Having waited since the first trailer in Transformers, I finally get to see CLOVERFIELD! Considering everyones been bashing it for being similar to Blair Witch, that being one of my favorite movies, you'd think I'd give this a million thumbs up. But, alas, with every movie, there is always those negatives...
THE BEGINNING: Cheesy. Boring. I can understand why they had to do this but, blah. The hype was for the monster, not the story around the people." OH NO!, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE CAME TO MY PARTY AND IS WITH ANOTHER GUY!" It should have just been 10 minutes long, at least showing the connections with everyone fast, not spread out. I think it was just to get the audience to be attached with them so that when the died, they'ed feel remorse.
THE CHAOS: Amazing. Beautiful. The first explosion got me. I could'NT wait for more and more to happen.
THE MONSTER: Good. Creative-ish. It's a good monster and not really what you'd expect, since they never really gave any details. I liked the fact that little monsters came off of it, very smart, maybe unoriginal, but smart. The way the monster is presented is in a way that every monster movie is, give a little glimpse and build up from there. all in all, its a good balance.
THE DESTRUCTION: Wow. Spectacular. The special effect work was very well, some points the people did'NT fit well with the background. What I thought was just amazing was the subway scene. The CGI'd little monsters were very, very impressive. It was as if the were real. Obviously the lighting of the subway and the small camera played a big factor in making it look so impressive.(getting off subject a bit). The damage to the city was just, well, it looked a damn monster destroyed it! THE CLIMAX'S:Jaw-dropping. Unexpected. The death's, Wow, it was a good idea to just kill of everyone, basically. The girl exploding was great. Of course they had to put in a close up of the monster, which was served up well. Although it was as if the monster targeted just these people at one point.
THE END: Gripping. Sequel?... YES! YES! KILL THE MAIN CHARACTERS! JUST DO IT! Ahh its always good to have sad ending. More of a satisfying ending. If you did'NT know already, before all the credits there's the subliminal message that say "It's Still Alive".. possible sequel or just a way to make people go FREAKING CRAZY!!?!?!?!!? All in all, this is a great film that people should see (unless you get motion sickness, just wait until its on DVD)even if the beginning is boring.
8/10