Good movie..but the film type takes away from the story

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2008)

I went to see Cloverfield the day it came out. Just like "I am Legend", its trailers were shown all over TV and the internet. It was almost impossible not to see it. I go with my friends and we get in the movie. The beginning begins with the characters getting ready for a man's going-away- party (it was hard to remember their names, as it was very fast paced). Well, this thing attacks and they're stuck in the middle of it. So this thing just starts coming at everything and destroys New York. Then, it starts dropping these little monster things and they start attacking people. They attack one of the group's friends and she eventually has to be killed...but why???? It doesn't explain anything...i mean nothing. It doesn't say why, it doesn't say how....nothing. So if you've been reading this than you're probably thinking "wow this movie must suck". Not quite, i liked it...except for that it didn't explain anything. The story was great, and I liked the Blair- Witch type filmography. But with doing it like that, they have to drop elements of the story. If you did not like how the Blair Witch was filmed, then you probably will not like Cloverfield.