Cloverfield

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Audience Member Firstly, you can skip the first 20 minutes of this movie. It's at that point when the monster shows up, and the movie actually starts. This movie somehow feels... real to me. You know all those people in the background of a monster/superhero movies, who die in droves but it doesn't matter because they're not the main characters? What if you where one of those people? What if it happened to you? The creature itself is rarely seen throughout the runtime, but it's menacing presence is felt throughout, as manhattan slowly becomes more unrecognisable. Even if the monster ended up being killed, the world would never be the same. As the poster states, something had found us. If you suspend your disbelief, and really think about the extistential horror the situation implies, Cloverfield is truly one of the best takes on the monster movie genre, and a top 10 movie in my book. Half a star off because of the pointless exposition and confusing setup. Also the helicopter should have flown higher. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/11/24 Full Review Noel S Would have been better if the characters weren’t all shallow, dysfunctional people that I would never want to be around under any circumstances. Funny how long the power stays on with all that damage. I wanted it to be good but it wasn’t. The hand-held camera thing gets old fast. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/02/24 Full Review Colleen M After 20 minutes of watching a handheld video of a party that had only a tangential connection to the story, I complete lost interest and turned it off. Poorly edited. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/27/24 Full Review Blu B A Sci-Fi Horror Classic. Pretty solid all around. It takes Godzilla, Alien, and The Blair With Project and mashes it all together. You get this as the end product. The found footage/shaky cam works well. Really well in certain scenes with the monster attack where its pretty frightening actually. This does have a notable amount of more polish and budget than a setting like Blair Witch where it feels so raw and unrefined. This defintely is a few steps above that in production value and thrills. It defintely feels like a JJ Abhrams picture in retrospect and has lost a ittle bit of the shine it had in 08'. The characters are well acted but there pretty one dimensional, the side ones are a bit forgettable. Rob is a bit annoying and a college idiot more than stoic and a rock, which is what i think they were going for. I mean he's putting his friends in danger because he could'nt keep it in his pants/ So it's hard for me to find any sympathy for the idiot. T.J. Miller for his debut is pretty good in the frantic moments but man sometimes it gets a bit much with the humor. Not Jar Jar level but I think he needed to be a bit more serious. The first 20 minutes setting the characters up is easily the weakest part and is just alright. It's jumpy, feels meandering, and theres so many people thrown at us so quickly it's hard to remember them all anyway. It becomes a whole different film and doesn't let up once the alien attacks. There also is no soundtrack in this either but it's never dry which is a testament to how well done it is. The CGI is pretty good and the alien is pretty good actually but a bit on the generic side. Sometimes the found footage can hold it back because you wish it could be a bit more. Also, the question is does it do anything better or as good as the films it's borrowing from like how Alien does from Star Wars and Psycho.. And the answer is it does them well but not AS good. So if you have seen any of the films it's borrowing from you may have a bit of deja vu. Theres also a couple product placements that made me roll my eyes as well. Anyone is a fan JJ, the franchise, Modern Sci-Fi, found fottage flicks, or any actors in this should check this out. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/22/24 Full Review Dean E Cool movie, the only thing bothering me was the main guy dragging all of his friends to death for some girl. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/21/24 Full Review John K Handheld video is never a good thing. After about one minute of jittery, jumpy video , I started getting a headache and had to stop. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/10/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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