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List Price: $29.99
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Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas (II), T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel
Directed By: Matt Reeves
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097363520641
Format: AC-3
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-04-22
Running Time: 84
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 2008-01-16
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Editorial Reviews:
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Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal horrifying event of their lives.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS UPC: 097363520641 Manufacturer No: 352064
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Summary: Intriguing concept -- almost works
Comment: The idea behind the film is clever, even if it is a bit obvious -- to the point where it's surprising nobody has done anything quite like it, or at least nothing on a similar scale. Somebody thought, let's make a monster mayhem flick but instead of a blockbuster make it an indie, shot amateur style: Godzilla meets the Blair Witch. That allows them to economize on the special effects, using sparing effects that would work on tv but not on the big screen -- but when shot on a consumer video camera by a guy who can barely keep it aimed long enough to get a clear picture who can tell the difference?
As far as that premise goes, the film kind of works. It keeps you on the edge of your couch, it moves at a fast pace with a healthy balance between emotional drama and massive monster mayhem.
The shoddy camera work does detract from the experience of watching it. I wish the filmmakers had come up with some reason to put the camera in the hands of a slightly more competent videographer. I understand that without hand held camera work this would be a different film -- and probably not novel enough to fly -- but I wish that they'd gone more in the direction of independent film handheld work (as in, say, the Dogme 95 films of Lars von Trier or Thomas Vinterberg or Harmony Korine) rather than the direction of "totally clueless guy who for some reason never lets go of the camera but doesn't make much of an effort to point it in coherent ways."
The emotional drama of the film centers around a bunch of good looking 20 somethings who have all gathered to say farewell to a buddy who is going to Japan. It turns out he just slept with his gorgeous best friend and then, because he didn't know how to deal with their relationship before he left, decided not to call her again, but is extremely upset when she shows up to his party on the arm of another guy. His need to rush into extreme danger to save her didn't have the emotional pull for me that, say, the much better Korean monster flick The Host delivered in a family that pulls together to save their missing child. The problem here is that there isn't enough to show that the characters we are supposed to be rooting for are really all that likeable.
In spite of all this, I had a good time watching the film. I do think that the "do it yourself" aesthetic of this film is intriguing and reveals a lot of possibilities that this film didn't exhaust. Worth a watch -- by no means a classic.
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Summary: either love it or hate it
Comment: I'm definitely in agreement with most of the previous reviewers. You will either love or hate this movie. There won't be much middle ground. (ex. I loved it, and my wife hated it) Something you SHOULD know before watching this movie, is that it is shot entirely from a handheld video camera. Entirely. That means there is alot of moving and shaking and bouncing all around. (think Blair Witch Project, but in NYC) I personally liked the personal frame of reference. I guess it just made it feel more real, and me feel less detached from it. The dialogue in some of the scenes didn't quite fit. Characters cracking jokes at times, and in situations, where they obviously wouldn't. There is no bow on this one tying everything together folks. The end is just the end. There's no twist, and there are no explanations. It's pretty simply. Monster attacks New York, and people run for their lives.
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Summary: pathetic
Comment: i bought this on the strength of the reviews written on the cover, I think it is the worst "movie" that I have the displeasure of viewing, I will sue the writters of the good write ups if I can
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Summary: Worst Movie Ever Made
Comment: What a waste of film, time & money!! I actually got my money back for this film in Riverside California. I am an avid monster fan of horror & the sci fi genera (as this is what my magazine has catered to fans for the past 20 years) Cloverfield delivered NOTHING with this hand held made movie, all it delivered was a nauseating experience. Even low budget documentaries do not have that much camera movement, the camera movement was OVERDONE!! "Have you ever heard of camera stabilization"?! You can't even see the monster or the crawling creatures because of this shotty camera work. It seems that everyone is always trying to come up with something new to awwwww it's audience & yet they have just re-created what has already been done (Blair Witch Project). It is evident that this director did not read all the negative reviews that Blair Witch received on it's over done camera movement. What these new directors need to do is stick to good old fashioned movie making without those cheap camera effects & stop trying to think of a new way to film. This movie would receive zero stars if permitted by Amazon. All I can say is, "It's the worst movie I have EVER seen & thousands agree with me"! Schroeder (Publisher/Owner) of Cult Movies Magazine
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Summary: Could have been a 4 to 5 starts..........but
Comment: Lots of good stuff in this movie, including the monster itself, the creatures, the effects, and the deployment of the army/soldiers.
What brings it down it the shaky camera work (barf) and most of
the actors.
Good for a view and not a keeper due to the shaky camera syndrome.
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