Cloverfield

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Sher M CONTAINS SPOILERS To anyone associated with this film: you're kidding, right? Shaky hand-held footage all the way through gave me a headache. Then there's the "story." ONE monster can't be killed? Flying away in the helicopter, they follow the same trajectory as the monster instead of flying away from it? When the camera man dies, where has the monster gone? I will say the reactions are written as genuine, pure fear and horror. But the characters are paper thin. Would give two stars if not for the shaky camera. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/01/25 Full Review Kevin P An exciting and terrifying monster movie with a thrilling subversion with the civilian angle, with all the initial chaos and the realistic grainy bad resolution of the found footage adding to the authenticity. Where this terrifying kaiju movie is happening mostly offscreen as the characters and audience are trying to grasp what the hell is going on. Some of main characters are kind of annoying, particularly TJ Miller as the chatterbox camera man who acts creepy towards Lizzy Caplan's character and won't stop repeating the same mundane observations like "Dude, we gotta get out of here" "Dude did you SEE THAT". But in a way, I suppose that makes it more believable, where the camera is still rolling since he wants to "document" everything and clearly can't take social cues. Though it is weird that only the women are screaming during the initial Cloverfield attack (though that's a problem in most monster, horror, & action movies, so take it with a grain of salt). Everyone else is decent, even if the character conflict at the beginning kind of feels like high school melodrama. But luckily, it's such a small portion of the movie, since the real meat and the potatoes is the chaotic and grounded escape from the Cloverfield monster (even the kaiju’s parasites are nightmare fuel). You get a huge sense of scale with the tilted skyscrapers, the intriguing mystery box marketing, and the chilling helicopter catastrophe during the climax (which I'd almost argue should've been the ending). The movie isn't perfect, and your enjoyment will certainly depend on your tolerance of TJ Miller, but I'd say the breakneck direction from Matt Reeves easily makes up for it and elevates this into one of the best found footage movies ever (kind of a low bar, but it's still one of the best for what it’s worth). Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/21/25 Full Review Julian Rex M A creature feature that strains as it lumbers through the plot points of many that came before, Cloverfield may not be the most unique entry in the genre, but its contrivances are overwhelmed by a genuine atmosphere of panic and bracing end. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/23/25 Full Review Ghost P I have avoided this movie for years because of bad reviews and people complaining about not being able to see the monster....to those people I say "Did you even watch the movie?". Cloverfield stands strong as an intriguing and unique found footage film that showcases multiple monsters from many different angles. A strange cast selection, but it somehow worked out. Definitely rewatchable and each rewatch gets better the more they build the universe with the other movies (10 Cloverfield, Overlord, Cloverfield Paradox, Quiet Place, etc.) Im legitimately excited to see where this franchise goes. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/03/25 Full Review Griffith J Effective & efficient. This is found footage done right. Jumping into total chaos without any exposition builds the realistic immersion masterfully. A spirit of humanity that can’t escape the hopeless reality. Tightly paced & scary. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/18/25 Full Review Zander B This is still one of my all time favorite horror movies. Start to finish you feel like all the helpless citizens running for their lives and it's terrifying. So many memorable sequences it's underrated af. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/16/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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