picturetaker Review of Cloverfield

Cloverfield (2008)

Cloverfield is a watchable movie. Could have been better though.

[6/10 · 14 April 2013]

I am not sure how to review this movie with out breaking it into things I don't like and do like about it. Because I am kind of divided on it. So here it goes…

Things I don't like about this movie.

• They wasted this entire movie by making it look like it was shot on a camcorder. This really gets to me.

• The Yuppie party. I really don't like the fact how yuppie and exclusive this party was.

• The lack of information about the monster/alien. We essentially learn nothing what so ever.

• How fast the military shows up. To me it seems a little fast considering its downtown Manhattan.

• To me it seems like Manhattan got empty of people rather quickly.

• The headache I got from watching this movie.

Things I like about this movie.

• I like the concept of this movie. I always think it's a tad predictable that the experts in charge are always the ones in the movies with an alien attack. With Cloverfield its just some yuppies walking around not knowing what to do. So you can relate, well sort of.

• The sets and filming locations were amazing. It did look like a trashed New York city.

• The skyscraper leaning on another building. This is capable of happening when two buildings are very close together.

• The camcorder used for this film is shot in real time. I've read others complain that its unlikely the battery would last for this long, however a battery on a camcorder does in fact last longer then say an hour and a half.

Overall it's a pretty good sci-fi movie. Its realistic enough and it has a good concept for an idea, the idea being an Alien attack being filmed by people who have no idea what is going on. It is worth a watch and its pretty entertaining. This is why I give it a 6 out of 10.