Cloverfield

I am satisfied. Really. There was a lot of hype regarding Cloverfield. I think it lived up to what I was expecting. Think Blair Witch meets Godzilla. That's fun for the whole family.

The characters weren't fully developed, but that really doesn't matter. This movie is about running from a monster. A big, big, 'terrible' monster. And I quote, "I saw some smaller ones, they're terrible too!" - Hud. The camera man is about the only 'likable' character in the film, though he comes off as a bumbling imbecile at the beginning of the movie.

The moster, alien?, looks phenomenal. Pretty creepy and very original. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be in Manhattan if that thing hit. Really wish I had known how that alien had gotten there.

The camera work got a little old, but the gimmick works. The only thing that really annoyed me was the times that the camera was angling at the ground. My neck kept twitching involuntarily upwards trying to will the camera to angle at the characters and not the crumbled floors where they are walking.

All in all.

9/10 for entertainment purposes.
4/10 for acting
1/10 for decisions made by the actors in the movie ;)

All in all, go see it.