New kind of a Blair Witch Project

Rating: 2/10 (26 March 2009)

They covered up what this movie is all about very cleverly with its title "Cloverfield". No one would have a clue about what the movie is about from its title. If they did, this movie would have not attracted many audiences. There's really nothing special about this movie in essence. It's a cross between the original Godzilla (creature from the ocean depth), Alien, and Blair Witch Project where the entire movie runs through a video camera of one of the characters.
The plot connects the lives of ordinary young people with the total destruction of Manhattan, which is type of plot that became common in the beginning of the decade first in manga (Japanese comics), where relationship between an ordinary boy and a girl suddenly connects directly with the destruction of the world. Destruction of the world in this case is not the main theme - the relation of the couple who's involved in it is. You can see this clearly if you watch "Saikano" together with this movie. It's my personal taste but taking one's self importance so seriously somehow does not appeal to me. If you take away the connection between the characters personal involvement, which to me is just that - there's nothing that relates back to the audience. The monsters and the special effects are cliché, the production is average, and view point annoying. I couldn't figure out what the point of this movie was all about watching through a very limited visuals of a video camera, all the way to the final non-ending of the movie. The entire movie is about one young guy's video of himself.
So, if you've been intrigued by the title and the nice sci-fi like picture on the box, my recommendation is just leave it at that. The content isn't worth the $$.