Yeah, he's trying too hard....less is more.

It's definitely the Blair Witch of Godzilla-monster movies, but that's not a bad thing. The shaky-cam is used when the situation dictates it (when the gang is running for their lives) with gripping action and chaos, but you get some time to compose yourself within the film as the gang gets a few spots to catch their collective breaths, so it won't make you totally saddled with motion sickness if that's a concern. The realism in seeing and feeling the devastation brought upon by the monster in NYC was well-done and looked pretty believable, given the "tape" source for the footage. I did have a hard time not thinking of Hud (the main videographer for the footage we are shown) as "Marmaduke" from the TV show "Carpoolers", but that's my quibble.

All in all, it delivers what the trailer hinted to for the most part, but just remember you are getting a single point of view for the entire length of the film.

I give it 3 stars, or a grade of B.

Well, here's the whisper at the very end at the very least.

http://boomp3.com/m/bd034dfca370

Just got back from a pretty full 3:00 show. I thought it was absolutely great, but the crowd pooped on it at the end. A pretty loud boooooo broke out, but maybe it was because the assholes were on their cell phones the whole time. I swear, there must have been 20 cell phones popping on and off during the movie, there were so many that it was futile to even complain.

I moved over to an empty row on the side and pulled up my hoodie. I think some people thought I was the Unibomber.

Seriously?

You do realize the camera is SUPPOSED to be like that, right?

Unbelievable.

Whoosh...

D

You know what CLOVERFIELD is?

It's the sequel to ALIEN and ALIENS fans have been waiting over 20 years for.

It's also the GODZILLA we should have gotten back in 1998.

I don't think it's a GREAT film, but it's a fun and intense one...and that's more than most movies in this genre have been giving us in recent years. Definitely worth checking out.

These films would like to have a word with you:







It's funny that all three are monster movies, yet completely different in tone, nature, and execution -- but they were all were fucking awesome.

i just saw it with a packed house...of TEENAGERS. I don't usually like to generalize, but literally everyone talked the whole time and every moment of silence or 'taped over' footage elicited boos and random 'I banged your mom!' 'I can shit better movies' etc. WORST. AUDIENCE. EVER. They also had no idea that the movie had started and kept asking 'is it all this home movie thing?' 'What is this?'.

For the most part I thought it was great. The shaky cam and short glimpses of the monster get frustrating but work to the movies advantage...my only real complaint was the non stop use of DUTCH ANGLES... EVERY shot was angled and really pulled me out of the movie...Especially because it made a few scenes tough to make out what was happening

If they had leveled the camera out even just for a few scenes it would have made me like it a lot more...but it was still an intense, fun and pretty original flick. 3 of my friends didn't realize what this was going to be and declared it 'worst movie of all time' and then snickered when they realized I liked it...but fuck them, it was damn good.

That gets you a pat on the back!

We just saw this tonight. It was much better than I thought it would be. Some parts were remarkably intense, although I did fall out of the immersion at a few points.

I'm incredibly bummed that they didn't play the Star Trek teaser in front of it, though. I saw it on youtube, but it's not the same...

We saw it tonight and I thought it was really good. Once the ending happened I think at least 10 different people said that it sucked or that it was the worst movie they had ever seen. I guess certain people didn't really understand what they were seeing because if they did they wouldn't have been expecting a different ending. My only complaint is that I felt that you never really get a full on shot of the monster. I know you get that one closeup towards the end but even then it was hard to make out exactly what the thing was. I would have liked to get a clean shot of its head and face. Overall I felt it was really good and portrayed how our world can be shaken at any given time by things that we don't really understand.

They showed the Star Trek teaser at the theater I saw the movie at.

I loved the movie, I just wish the party was around 10 minutes instead of 20. I also wished the movie was longer.

OVerall, 8/10

Just got back from another packed house, This is going to do very well I think.

Really enjoyed this. I thought it successfully captured the feeling of being there and how people would really react in total chaos.

Almost had to sit really close - glad I didn't. This was much worse than Blair Witch in terms of how nauseous it could potentially make you. Unlike Blair Witch, I would actually see this again (even though I enjoyed BW in the theater).

8.5/10.

Just got back from the 7:40 showing at the Regal E-Walk on 42nd St. NYC. I really enjoyed the film. At the end of the movie some guy stood up and asked if we enjoyed it. He then proceeded to introduce each and every cast member seated at our showing. At first I thought it was some A-hole just goofing off, it was Hud. Very cool.

I saw the film before work at the 1pm show. The guy behind me was "dragged" along by his buddy and spent the time before the previews making numerous snide comments about the poor crowd and the "lame" concept behind the movie. Assholes like this are the reason I only see maybe 4 movies in the theaters these days. Luckily after the show I heard him admitted he enjoyed it.

When the first scene was at the crack of dawn I was worried they were going to drag things out but I thought they got to the party pretty fast. The party scene needed thinned down a bit because with an already short running time I wanted the backstory and character info out of the way fast. Once the action kicked in I had very few issues with the rest of the film. It was just as much fun as I hoped it would be. So many other monster movies have a scene where a scientist is explaining where the creature comes from and it was great that this style of film didn't allow for something like that.

saw it on the mega screen here (80 foot wide 60 foot high).

pretty incredible theatre experience. go see it now.

can't really think of anything i didn't like about it.

The reviews on Yahoo's movie site are pretty hilarious.

I really really liked it. Lots of destruction. I hope there is some spin-off material like a graphic novel or something. I'd love to know more about what happens to



I drove a half hour away to the theater with the best sound in town (a THX certified Mann's theater). What really ruined the experience for me were an entire row of kids, maybe 15 or 16 and they just wouldn't stop talking at all throughout the entire movie. After the entire theater telling them to shut up and them flat out ignoring and mocking people who were hushing them.

Right after

I ran to get two ushers chatting outside. They followed me to the row of kids behind me that were chatting up a storm, and the usher said "Shh, it's almost over anyway." and left. The kids just laughed it up and kept on talking. I have never had such a horrible experience at a theater in my life. I got a manager afterwards and he gave us a refund, as well as asked which ushers 'helped us.' I've never had to do that before. But driving out of my way (there are 4 movie theaters within a five minute drive of me I could've went to), spending nearly 11 bucks a ticket, and dealing with asshole ushers... I needed my money back.

I'll definitely be buying this on DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-Ray when it comes out.

Saw it. Loved it. Lots of haters in my audience though.

Saw it and really liked it.

Many people were disappointed in the ending. Trying to figure out how else it could have ended based on the type of movie we were watching.

You didn't like, so no one will like it!

i really need a gif or video of the

Just watched it in theater. Think it was great although not a masterpiece. It was interesting to look at other people watching. Seemed pretty nice audience, nobody was talking or distracting others - everybody was watching carefully, and it was quiet in the room. But when credits started to roll a general 'boo' could be heard. I was satisfied with the ending, guess they couldn't think of something better, but obviously everyone was hoping for something else.