Cloverfield [Blu-ray]

Excellent old idea taken to a new level of originality. Scenes in this picture reminded me of 9/11 and were intense. Very good effects and terrific acting. I would highly suggest this film. My only issue is they handed that camera to the worst camera guy at the begining of the film. That was annoying. Reminded me of some of the worst times during other similar films.

What other films? Well since you've asked...

The last Broadcast good idea poor acting claims to have been the first blair witch

St Francisville Experement. Same concept on the paranormal... none-the-less a true story of the paranomral. I loved it.

Blair Witch Project.... Let down... but fun experiement that taught me that films like this were better in a vcr or dvd player... Cloverfield added more professional work to break that thought.

Finally.... the true original.... the first that I can remember....

Cannibal Holocaust. Only the trolls should watch this one. Hard to stomach italian cannibal film that has some real animal death scenes and the first Film inside film concept. No one here was truly original besides this film, to my knowledge. This film is hard to watch... I will not own it.

CloverfieldPeople said the same thing about "The Blair Witch Project"; that is, the hand held camera made them nauseated. Get over yourself. It is an effective film technique that is used to highten the feeling of panic and escalate the manisfestation of fear in the film. I liked "Cloverfield". I thought the hand held camera was used to good advantage to help build the emotion and move the story along. It is appropriate to the characters running in the streets from a gigantic monster. It helps heighten our own fear and is appropriate to the situation. It certainly would not have been the same movie without it.

When an unkown creature suddenly attacks Manhatten,a few average people grab a camcorder and set out to rescue their friend and document history.Cloverfield was filmed using a handheld camera,so those who don't have an iron stomach beware,however,this style was restricted only to camera movement not picture quality.With the film revolving mainly around its human characters and not the monster,the cast of mostly unknown actors have done an excellent job of carrying this movie by bringing their own unique personalities to the story.While watching the movie there are several instances that evoke a 9/11 feel as buildings fall in the distance and bridges are torn apart.Also,Cloverfield does a good job of portraying how the military would handle an attack like this,and how ordinary citizens would react to something like a big ol' monster barreling down 34th street like a Macy's parade float on steriods.All in all,Cloverfield is a thrilling and spooky adventure not to be missed and it has brought America back into the monster movie spotlight.There is love and loss,believable acting,a unique and powerful monster,and one huge mystery.What is it? Where did it come from? Can we stop it? Let us hope we find out soon.

Simple Summary. If you bought a car and it was a lemon you could take it back for a refund. A shame you can't really do that for bad movies as well. It instantly reminds me of movies like Blair Witch. If I'd known it was filmed to pretend it was real, I would have never bought it. I watched about 30 minutes of it before its weak plot and "artistic" shooting style was just to much. Unless you like this type of movie, don't was your money.

This was one STUPID movie, I have a 19.99(21.66 with tax)BlockBuster membership with Unlimited DVD's with 5 in-store exchanges. I have only been watching Blue-Ray movies (to get my money's worth)so far. Cloverfield was a waste of my families viewing time - we could not believe the stupid creature and the endings (there were 3 of them).

I now plan on reading all the the Amazon Blue-Ray reviews, BEFORE I rent any more movies.

As soon as BlockBuster deposits $30 in my paypal account(that was there promo for signing up), I plan on canceling.

I give Cloverfield 0 stars ( I wonder if this movie really made by superman's (chris Reeves) son (Matt Reeve)?