Robert Hawkins is about to leave for Japan and is having a
leaving a party. BOOM. All the lights shut off in our favourite destruction
prone city, New York and come back on. Confusion ensues. It turns out; a
massive Kaiju like monster turns the city into his own personal destruction
sandbox. We have ourselves a movie.
I’ll be honest; my favourite thing in movies ever is city destruction by way of giant monster. This obviously makes me enjoy this movie a lot. After watching the movie, I am extremely excited for the new Godzilla movie that is coming out soon. Not only do I love this genre but also the execution of this movie is just… mmm sublime.
The found footage nature of the film works so well in this movie because you know some random guy is going to be filming this. I’ve heard a lot of criticism about the constant shaky cam. I feel that the shakiness really added to the sporadic and intense mood of the film.
The most important thing in this type of movie (other than having New York be destroyed) is a cool and original monster. The monster is freakily terrifying. Not only does it simply wreck everything itself, it also spawns thousands of spider-like creatures whose bites cause people to literally explode. The outrageous power the monster possesses makes the efforts of the characters and the U.S military seem utterly futile.
The depth of the movie is really shown by the Easter eggs that can be found throughout the film. As the story is being recorded another home-film, it has some secret hidden images. These include: King Kong and Godzilla. Most importantly is in the final scene recorded a month before the crisis, an unidentified object falls into the sea.
This movie is relentlessly action packed with moments that literally take your breath away. Not only this but it also provides a fantastic and original monster. The easter eggs somehow add to an absolutely amazing movie. This movie’s only downfall is the lack of visibility due to the shaky cam. I give Cloverfield a 9/10 - Unmissable
I’ll be honest; my favourite thing in movies ever is city destruction by way of giant monster. This obviously makes me enjoy this movie a lot. After watching the movie, I am extremely excited for the new Godzilla movie that is coming out soon. Not only do I love this genre but also the execution of this movie is just… mmm sublime.
The found footage nature of the film works so well in this movie because you know some random guy is going to be filming this. I’ve heard a lot of criticism about the constant shaky cam. I feel that the shakiness really added to the sporadic and intense mood of the film.
The most important thing in this type of movie (other than having New York be destroyed) is a cool and original monster. The monster is freakily terrifying. Not only does it simply wreck everything itself, it also spawns thousands of spider-like creatures whose bites cause people to literally explode. The outrageous power the monster possesses makes the efforts of the characters and the U.S military seem utterly futile.
The depth of the movie is really shown by the Easter eggs that can be found throughout the film. As the story is being recorded another home-film, it has some secret hidden images. These include: King Kong and Godzilla. Most importantly is in the final scene recorded a month before the crisis, an unidentified object falls into the sea.
This movie is relentlessly action packed with moments that literally take your breath away. Not only this but it also provides a fantastic and original monster. The easter eggs somehow add to an absolutely amazing movie. This movie’s only downfall is the lack of visibility due to the shaky cam. I give Cloverfield a 9/10 - Unmissable
Have you seen ‘Cloverfield’? If you have, let me know what you thought of it by leaving a comment on this review. Perhaps even suggest a movie for me to review next.
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