Movie Review #1: Cloverfield

Directed By: Matt Reeves
Written By: Drew Goddard
Produced By: JJ Abrams
www.cloverfieldmovie.com

Back in June 2007, I went to a local movie theater to see the film Transformers. The theater was sold out and everybody was so excited to see a live action version of Transformers. About 7:45, the movie starts and we fly by the trailers left and right. Then, the Bad Robot Logo appeared on the large movie screen in front of me. The trailer showed a gone away party for a guy named Rob. Everybody is dancing to music and all of a sudden a loud grunt or roar is heard, the room shakes and the lights flicker on and off. The lights come back on and everybody huddles around a tv with a reporter saying an earth quake with a loud noise being heard all around the city. Rob and the party goers go to the roof to see whats going on, what they get...more mayhem. In the middle of the city there is an explosion and another loud roar. They all start running down the stairs and into the streets. Everybody is running and wondering whats going on. Suddenly, the head of the Statue of Liberty comes flying at them like it was thrown. Then...the trailer ends with "From Producer JJ Abrams" "Coming Soon 1-18-08". Everybody in the theater was like what the hell was that? Then without any thinking time, Transformers starts.

After that, the buzz hit the internet. Blogs, websites, and video sites start to talk about the mystery trailer. People started to guess what the movie was about...Godzilla, Voltron, Ghostbusters 3, Power Rangers, Pokemon...it was all said.

A viral marketing campaign also hit the web, spawning websites about frozen drinks, Foreign drilling companies, and a protesting site, made the buzz even larger. Everybody was trying to guess what it was.

That was my pre cloverfield experience...now to the main event...

The movie staring Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, TJ Miller, and Michael Stahl-David, revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.

This was one of the most creative films I ever seen. It took the Cinematography of the Blair Witch Project, and they took your everyday monster film and made something more intense then a front row tickets to a Nascar event. This movie took me on a ride and never let me down one bit. From the acting skills, to the cinematography...i felt like I was right there with the group when the monster was attacking the city. It gave you every element needed in a film. I can't stop talking about it.

I give Cloverield 8 out 10

Oh yeah and they are prepping Cloverfield 2!!! Just watch the ending!