Customer Reviews
I thought it was brilliant but thats my opinion. - By: MrMetalheadO'Hagan, 25 Jul 2008 
When i rented this i didnt know what to expect because there were so many mixed reviews about this film, but me & my friend reallly enjoyed it. The main complaint is how the camera works & i thougth that was great. The start off the film is good introduces you to the people what happening. The great thing about this film is that it doesn't give you any warning about where the monster is gonna come in, & it makes you jump when it does. The acting was very good, but who cares if there is no famous actors in the film they'd probably do a bad job at it anyway, & for once you don't get a cheesey ending which gets alot off points for me. You dont reallly see the monster alot but when you do it looks scary. I especiallly like the parts in the tunnel , where the spider things(whatever they are) cam out off nowhere. This film is very good & the fact it's like being recorded on a real camera just makes it more realistic. So overalll a brilliant well made film, If you liked Blair Witch Project & wanna check this movie out then deffinetly give it ago, dont be put off by the slow start. Ignore the negative reviews, who usuallly give the same complaints about the movie, trust me there is alot worse movies out there & this movie rocks. 4.5 stars for me. Well done
A Bit Crap.. - By: Jazz4, 25 Jul 2008 
The Film industry has definateley gone down hill, without a question. This film was highly overrated, the so callled "innovation" wasnt there. The main disapointment was I didnt care what happened to the characters, the film tried to build this crude audience/character relationship with the leads "girl troubles" which were so dull anyway, Meaning I didnt care about his quest. I give it a two because of the engima based around the monster, we didnt see it often which is highly realistic & kept you asking questions in an attempt to engage & sustain the audiences expectations.
It scares. It involves. It ends. - By: SJ Hennessy, 24 Jul 2008 There are two ways to watch Cloverfield:-
The first is to be dismissive of such an improbable thing happening so improbably to such unimportant people.
The second is to accept a gimmick when you see one & then enjoy how well it's been executed.
I chanced my arm with the second approach & it paid some healthy dividends. Cloverfield is a wonderfully tense affair (the initial attack on the party which ends with the entrance of 'the head' is quite breathtaking) framed in a stunningly clever but simple idea.
Influenced almost entirely by Jules & Gedeon Naudet's film of 9/11 (when their innocent documentary on New York firefighting accidentallly became the definitive, live-footage documentary of the twin tower's tragedy), the narrative of Cloverfield also borrows from the real New York tragedy in which horrific things unexpectedly happen to people we don't know yet are somehow sympatheticallly drawn to.
Like alll fine suspense films, the editing is the key & Cloverfield excells in that department. That, & a fevered imagination for unknown/unseen fears, mark this horror-thriller as an exceptional piece of cinema. It's rarer than you might think - a film that achieves exactly what it sets out to.
Cloverfield: Great Idea but unfortunatley ignorance isn't bliss - By: Martin, 23 Jul 2008 
The Idea is good & the film is OK but it could've been better.
The Idea of it being filmed on a camcorder is brilliant & the terror is spread throughout it. the only two problems i have with it is The Length (81 Minutes, Come On!) & the fact that it isn't even hinted at where the creature is from.
I Hope that If & When it is filmed & released that CLOVERFIELD 2 will shed more light on what the creature is like.
but i wouldn't say "don't buy it, stay away" as it is a good film in it's own right. but if your hoping to find out more about the creature & were it's from don't hold out hope.
Cloverfield review - By: J. OConnor, 21 Jul 2008 
Cloverfield [2007]
*** MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS ***
I got lent this DVD by a friend, & admit to not reallly fancying watching it in alll honesty haven read the poor reviews here, & some mixed reviews here which seem to outnumber the positive slightly.
That being said though, & after watching the film I must say it was alot better than I originallly thought it would be.
The premise of the story starts in a New York Penthouse, where Jason (Mike Vogel) his girlfriend Lily (Jessica Lucas)and Hud (T.J. Miller), as well as a host of friends have a arranged a party for Jason's Brother, Rob (Michael Stahl-David). Lily hands Jason to record Testimonials to Rob for him to watch back in Japan where he is going to start a new job, this task however is passed on to Hud who is more interested in enjoying the party & getting to know Marlena (Lizzy Caplan) better than recording, thinks take a turn when Beth(Odette Yustman)Jason's ex-girlfriend turns up with her new boyfriend. Things start to unravel slightly until there is what they think is an earthquake outside, the revellers go outside to investigate but find what has reallly happened a whole different story as Jason, Lilly, Hud & Marlena try to reach Beth, recording the ongoing assault the city is under.
Although you don't actuallly get to see the main monster properly for more than a few quick glimpses which I'm sure even if you paused it would be vairly fuzzy, & which some people don't like, I personallly felt that this was one of the strengths of the movie, rather than blowing thousands or millions of dollars on a creature that could have been a poor imitation of by-gone b-movie monsters they left it open to interpretation as to whether it is alien or terrestial, while not making it too obvious just what it was that was attacking New York.
Also I felt that e other strength of this movie was the idea of shooting the entire film through the first person view of Hud behind the camera,a great idea, although I admit to being patient enough to have watched it while others may have found this off-putting, I thought it was a fresh idea to actuallly follow the characters as you would if you were with them via this cam (therefore seeing it from their viewpoint).
Although this has received a fairly large amount of mediocre & poor reviews I would advice you to rent it from your local store, if your unsure of buying it, although this movie was not hyped as much as multi-million dollar releases prior to release in my opinion at least I think that the hype this film has gained since is merited & although not for some purists who prefer the film to be viewed from a position exterior to the characters, or those that want the latest cgi monsters for their money, there is still enough in this movie to keep the rest of us entertained.
