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A group of
friends are documenting their surprise party
for a friend who's leaving for Japan when panic hits
the streets of Manhattan. A giant creature has crawled
up from the depths and is attacking the island,
destroying everything in its path - and these friends
have it all on tape.
Cloverfield isn't an original movie. Not at all. It's
Blair Witch Project meets The Host. But man did this
movie kick ass or what. The Host was decent in my
opinion, but the monster wasn't that intimidating.
The monster in Cloverfield is. This monster destroys
everything in its path, it's angry, it's vicious and
it looks fucking brilliant. There's definitely
nothing wrong with the CGI effects here. Now this
will be an extremely short review because I certainly
don't want to spoil the movie for anyone so you'll
have to excuse me if I keep things on a shallow level.
Hey, kind of like the Cloverfield rip-off Monster did.
Okay so Cloverfield hasn't got much of a story, it's
a monster attacking Manhattan, but do you really need
much more story than that? We have some relatable
and believable characters played by some rather unknown
but nevertheless very talented actors. Lizzy Caplan
is the only one that disappointed me, that girl was
made for sitcoms, not for horror flicks because let's
face it, Cloverfield may be listed as an action/sci-fi
thriller but this is a pure monster horror flick. It's
only got some action and thriller in it to spice
things up. This is basically what I had wished that
The Host would have been. That's right! For once, USA
has actually managed to outshine its foreign companion.
So how much do we get to see of the monster? Surprisingly
enough, we see it a whole lot. I was actually rather
impressed that they had managed to create all these
great special effects even though the movie was shot
with a handheld camera which naturally makes things a
lot more difficult since the camera is never completely
still. This may be one of the movies downsides actually.
The camerawork is so frantic that you almost get motion
sickness from watching it. However, this does add to
the reality factor of the movie which I appreciated.
All of the negative things about the movie are pretty
much necessary to make the movie work as a whole and
in the end I was pleasantly surprised that this movie
actually lived up to its hype - something which is rare
for Hollywood flicks these days. This is definitely
one monster movie you need to watch on the big screen.
One of the best monster movies ever.
Not much here, it's PG-13.
Only some background music like Sean Kingston at the
party, nothing much.
It lives up to the hype people, it really does. It's
a non-stop action-packed monster movie which delivers
everything that it promises and more. It's only
January and I'm sure that we've all ready witnessed
the best horror flick of 2008. Don't miss this one.
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