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intereact!Director: Matt Reeves
Actors: Odette Yustman, Lizzy Caplan, Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, and Michael Stahl-David
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $29.99
Release Date: 2008-04-22
Theatrical Release Date: 2008-01-16
Studio: Paramount
Run Time: 84 minutes
Format: Array
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Discs: 1
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
1) Great Creature Feature [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I have to say I really enjoyed Cloverfield. Going into the film I had a big concern that you wouldn't get to see what brought such disaster to NYC. Thankfully you did get to see a decent amount of the creature by time the film ended. And you have to love that you weren't watching something that looked like godzilla. Instead of a laughable giant toy you get a really strange looking beast that tears apart anything in its' path.The story follows a guy who will be leaving for Japan and some of his freinds. They throw him a good luck suprise party when you get a little background on the characters up until the lights going out with a loud noise to follow. As they run out into the chaotic city streets they see the Statue of Liberty's come crashing down while catching a quick glimpse of the giant creature in between a couple skyskrapers. As the story continues you follow four of the characters as they do anything they can to survive and save a fellow friend trapped in their destroyed building.Overall I say this one deserves 4 stars. I thought for a low budget film they did a tremendous job making it seem as if NYC was in ruins. All the creature action was exciting, very well done and truley terrifying at times. Just the thought of that situation actually happening will give you some chills. Despite the complaints regarding the camera it really isn't that bad. After 10 mins you get completely used to it and should enjoy the show.2) Camera complainers, you are wussies! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I've been reading of a bunch of people saying that this movie is bad cause the movement of the camera was too ''shaky''Well, the movement of the camera was shaky only when the characters where running, we get to see lots of CLEAR images of what's happening and the monster, the design of the monster was far more creative than other monsters like godzilla or the blob.Besides, is imposible that the movement of the camera had made you sickyou only use this as an excuse cause the monster wasn't ChthuluI know you know inside you that this movie is good.3) Four Star Clover [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I was really blown away by this film. The concept of a hand-held camera filming the whole thing was well concieved and well executed. It really made the film come across on a more personal level, yet it wasn't excessive. The creatures were truly terrifying and realistic. I hope that the Academy will recognize this with some sort of SFX award come Oscar season. The acting was what really impressed me, though. Unlike normal movies where the cast pretends the camera isn't there, these actors recognized the camera, and came across as real people in that situation. Very impressive ensemble. I know a lot of people hated it, particularly the way it ended. At the risk of sounding very corny; I found that one way to appreciate it more is to look at it as a sort of love story. If you think of the main plot line as the Rob/Beth relationship, with the monster attack supporting it, it really is a very good movie. Four and a half stars.4) FOR ALL THE HATERS... Next time a monster attacks, you will be left behind to be eaten alive [Rating: 5 out of 5]
If you didn't like this movie, which it looks like a lot of people didn't, then I can pretty much guarantee that you probably liked Godzilla, ID4, Starship Troopers, War of the Worlds, Jackass, Superbad, Knocked Up and other MIND-NUMBINGLY stupid movies like those!!! Every character in Cloverfield represents someone YOU know...The hero who won't let the love of his life die alone, the best friend who copes by cracking jokes, the girl who is paralyzed with fear and her friend who doesn't want to be left alone (and ends up surviving)... Each of these characters do EXACTLY what REAL people would do when the most horrifying disaster we've ever seen starts to unfold.... Why does everything have to be explained to you people??? Oh, that's why, because you don't understand anything that isn't spelled out for you and force-fed down your throats... Everything is there on film even the hope filled ending... The tape WAS FOUND, WASN'T IT? The most honest, real, & emotional horror movie since 1979's Alien!! AND Give it a rest with the way it was filmed with the camera all over the place.... yeah it was obnoxious for the first 15 minutes while you got used to it. For a movie we have all seen a thousand times before, Cloverfield "roars" its way along side some of the greats!!!5) The problem is in the presentation [Rating: 3 out of 5]
The idea, conceived by producer J.J. Abrams, is brilliant, and the story told here is exciting, riveting stuff. It's tense and, at times, genuinely scary. If not for one little problem, I would have thoroughly enjoyed this film.The problem is in the presentation. And it's a biggie.Since the entire movie is supposed to come from a single hand-held camera, everything is in Shaky-Cam (or, as Roger Ebert aptly called it, "Queasy-Cam"). Hence, the movie quickly and continually induces vertigo in its audience; of the six members of my party, four reported some degree of motion sickness. Somewhere further down in the theater, we heard at least one person vomit.No matter how good a movie is -- and this one is, in its way, very, very good -- it suffers when you can't bear to look at the screen. It's hard to appreciate the filmmaker's craft when you're trying to keep down the buffalo chicken sandwich you foolishly ate on the way to the theater.by Tom Knapp, Rambles.(net) editor