Cloverfield (DVD, 2008)

One compelling reason I was interested in Cloverfield is because it bucked the Hollywood trend of a blockbuster costing an outrageous amount of money to make. Cloverfield cost $25 Million to make ... the advertising for the movie was essentially free as dozens upon dozens of websites picked up on the little things in the first movie trailer discussing them again and again in detail. I wanted to participate and contribute this experiment in movie making.

Now, I want to touch on one other aspect of this movie that intrigues me ...

Back when the trailer for Cloverfield (then called "1-18-08") first came out I suggested that this movie might be a LOST television series tie in. I think it still may be.

Yesterday I read this; Cloverfield graphic novel coming out.

"Remember this last shot in the film of our intrepid heroes at Coney Island, enjoying [a day] of amusement? Apparently something huge splashes down into the ocean in the background. We missed it, but if you couple it with the translation from the graphic novel that says the Japanese Tagruato corporation's satellite fell from orbit, then bingo. You've got the alarm clock that woke up the monster from its deep-sea slumber."

I almost want to bet that we will actually find that the Tagruato satellite was brought down by something related to LOST - possibly the satellite that was looking for the survivors AND that the monster could possibly be Ben's id (or the manifestation of the smoke monster/Jacob) - just like in Forbidden Planet. I will also bet that Tagruato is another subsidary of the Hanso corporation (the secretive entity that originally ran the island portrayed in LOST).

Wouldn't this be a great way to promote the DVD release of Cloverfield?

Review:

Cloverfield (formerly titled 1-18-08 in viral marketing campaigns) is such a historical, "I was there type movie".

Uniquely and masterfully shot from the point of view of a camcorder being held by a best friend; Cloverfield is compelling even without character development. But ... don't be fooled ... this is no Blair Witch Project ... although I'm sure many reviewers will compare and say Blair Witch did it first.

I may be over-rating it slightly, but ONLY slightly ... this will go down as one of the greatest Monster Movies of all time. I'm not going to call it a part of my top 10, but it definitely is part of my Top 100 - which are just about all interchangeable with the #1 slot.

This movie begged two questions of me:

1) Would I be the one that people stayed around in time of disaster such as this?

2) Would you risk your life in such a horrific, never before experienced by any man; tradegy?

Expanding on question #2 ... this movie handles this in such a unique way that it is just incredibly compelling; yet terrifying.

The movie ends perfectly and unexpectedly in an atypical movie fashion. If I said any more on this topic it would give one of the best endings in movie history away.

The movie is PG-13 and leaves a lot of the "horror images" to the imagination just out of view to those watching.

A great horror movie is terrifying and then relieves the viewer with comedy. The comedic relief comes from "Hudson" - the best friend holding the camcorder.

If you haven't kept up with all the viral marketing for this movie, don't start before you see the movie ... buy this or rent it now!

The Blair Witch meets Godzilla. Who knew.
Creepy and jumpy, this silly remake of Godzilla ( they dubbed his voice) will take you to the edge of your seat and back.
New York City is under attack. By what, we don't know--- but it can't be good after it tosses The Statue of Liberty's Head into the street.
How many times will New York get the short end of, the end of the world stick?
A group of friends try to survive as they head back into Monster turf, for one of the character's girlfriend who is trapped in a building.
The monster, a cross between a crab,lizard and vampire bat hatches little baby monsters who eat you and bite you and then----Well, does Alien ring a bell?
Filmed like the Blair Witch Project, on a camcorder? HUH? This style confuses the viewer and makes one feel like we are watching a really bad home movie, one where unskilled cameramen videotape a world gone crazy. Boy- that's never happened before!

The first thing i want to say is that i personally like this movie. The story line is off beat, but in the end it boils down to a story about love....then add in the destruction of a city, a giant unknown monster, and a goofy guy holding the camera and adding in his own commentary throughout the movie.
The 'Blair Witch Project' style of camera is not really the kinda of thing i like, but that is a personal opinion. As for the graphics, CGI, and other movie magic; the only thing i could really ask for is to see the cloverfield monster a little more. It is an awsome moster, and with so much mystery behind it, anyone who might have seen trailors, or gone online to see what it was would want to see it truelly in action...not just glimpses from afar.

From the start many people compare this movie to the Blair Witch Project. But this movie was way more than some crappy movie done shot by a hand held camera with poor cinematics. This was a clever, thrilling, interesting, and a great movie to watch.

As I sat in the movie theater I felt that I was personally in NEW YORK. The way that the camera was used created a realistic feel to the movie. It was more than some monster flick. Cloverfield was all about this group of people trying to get out of Manhattan, not just the monster destroying everything. There were many surprises in the plot, and the graphics were outstanding. The monster was very original and realistic, and the monster was not the main focus of the story which separated this movie from GODZILLA.

SO yes I would recommend this movie to everyone of you, because the movie was fantastic despite its non existent comparisons to Godzilla and the Blair Witch projects. The situations are very realistic. One of the things that surprised me about this movie the most was that though I thought the hand held camera might fault the movie it did the complete opposite and made it even more interesting. Everything the main character saw, the audience saw. And along with the comedic relief the character holding the camera had really made this movie even better.

on a scale of 1 - 10
I give this movie a 9

Cloverfields one of the most strangest movies i ever had the pleasure of watching because it will have you on the edge of your seat! You will feal that your part of this group of young people who are
walking through the city takeing pictures and recording what they are seeing

You wont have time to get bored because all hell breaks loose with explosions and electrical wire are dangeling all over the place. Everyone is scared but no one know who to fight your to busy running down the street in an all out panic. I had a real problem trying to figure out what was causeing all this devestation and finealy i seen the beast through a fire behind the beast but it lit up the aera well enough to see something you've never seen befor or would ever want to see again.

I liked the movie and my 17 year old GranDaughter watched Cloverfield with me and neither one of us could stop watching because as the movie goes along so does the intence fealing of fear got you and their is no turning back now. I dont want to give away any spoiler your just going to be prepared for a ride ito the twi-light Zone and hope you make it out ok.
I bought the dvd and added it to my scarey movies section....I loved the movie and give it 5 out of 5 stars.....Good Luck in Cloverfield :)
http://www.youtube.com/wa​tch?v=ufYF0f-zMgY
If i had to say whatr i did'nt like about this movie was not enough sceens with a clear shots of the monstor