I was slightly disappointed with this movie.

The buzz from those-in-the-know meant that I foolishly raised my expectations and also forgot about the hol(l)o(w)izing involvement of Mr. Lost.

The catastrophe "genre" is one of my favourites.

A colleague warned me somewhat saying that I wouldn't like the characters in it because they're "young and not very intellectual" to which I replied "That doesn't matter in a catastrophe, we are all in it together then".

Marks out of 10:

War of the Worlds is a 7 out of 10 at best.

Transformers is a 3 or a 4 out of 10.

This means that Cloverfield is objectively a 5 out of 10; or a favourable 6 out of 10; If you think that it deserves an 8 or a 9 out of 10 then you need to examine your standards.

I saw Diary of the Dead and thought that it was substantially superior to Cloverfield.

Finally saw it tonight.

I guess I liked it. I felt strange watching. I was surprised; I felt like some of it was so intense that it was hard to watch. It felt accurate, like if the terrorists started attacking New York with monsters, that is exactly how douchebags would handle it. I felt affected, and that, to me, is an indicator that a movie is good.

Not Crap.

with this movie i'm just glad someone took the time to attempt something new with the genre.

first person telling of a catastrophe/monster movie: brilliant, aside from so-so execution.

i'd like your average slasher flick done up the same way. with a sympathetic telling of the slasher's reasoning.

not crap for concept, a little bit of crap on the execution.

hype never helps and only lends to the "over rated" critique.

I don't disagree with any of the negative comments.

I think the movie is obviously flawed on a number of levels. Not really scary or anything, and not really cool or titillating.

Still, I liked it fine. No expectations.

NC

OK. I've been on this movie's tip for half a year. People went to see it and told me I'd get sick if I went to the theater.

Someone please tell me if they got sick watching the dvd...

...I'm pathetic.

The shaky camera didn't bother me at all.

non-sickening on the tv screen. and i get motion sick pretty easy.

this was a not crap for me. tons of fun. bonus: i was happy that the opening party scenes, aka "dear monster, please kill all these people i hate them" paid off in the end. nothing spoils a movie like unlikeable characters surviving to make some stupid speech at the end.

I had fun. The love story angle is very heavy handed, but all in all I thought the whole thing was worth watching. Didn´t expect much, though.

scntfc wrote:non-sickening on the tv screen. and i get motion sick pretty easy.

I got sick. I skipped the first 17 minutes. No monster.

17 minutes of hand cam going away party drama. Holy shit.

Baby monster kicks ass. Little monsters - yawn.

Hud is awesome.

NC. Waffles for the fucking shake cam shit. I walked away from the dvd 20 times.

ubercat wrote:OK. I've been on this movie's tip for half a year.

Me too. I got caught up in the clues and back story for six months prior to it's release. I was telling everyone I knew that this movie would be great. When I finally got to see it at the cinema, I felt totally cheated. The whole Tagruato/Slusho/Deep Sea Drilling thing had no importance to the plot whatsoever. The acting was terrible, slushier than the Slusho. Any witty dialogue in there didnt seem to fit, as if it was simply thrown in to appeal to the 'OMG PWNED!' generation. The shaky camera work was frustrating. The whole chest bursting baby monsters thing was a shamelessly ripped off from Alien.
The trailer was out long before the film was even finished because the J.J.Abrams conection and hype sold this movie. The monster design was pretty decent I suppose. I saw it once, and now i never want to see it again, and I generally love monster movies.

UTTERLY CRAP

P.S. Everyone else in Screen 6 of the Odeon seemed to agree with me, some walked out before the end. I saw nothing but angry faces when leaving. The girl sitting behind me said "I'm calling everyone I know, and telling them not to bother going to see Cloverfield"