It could have been a classic had it not been for that terrible ending. Everything was going well, the suspense between the characters, was the bunker man telling the truth? Everybody watching could not say, he looked like a man with serious psychological issues. Now, what is this obsession with presenting aliens as some sort of prehistoric dinosaurs with a big nasty mouth eager to eat you? Does anyone think that a dinosaur like creature grinning their teeth would have the brain and the ability to build a space ship and travel through space? It's ridiculous!

The whole movie was an awesome experience... almost. What ended up slightly ruining it was the ending. Without watching any of the Cloverfield movies, it definitely takes you by surprise. The idea of the "chemical attack" being perpetrated by foreign military in of itself was already a super cool concept. Instead... it was aliens, and that left a bad taste in my mouth. It made it almost tacky. Besides the ending, the rest of the film is amazing and would totally watch again.

Didn't know this was apart of cloverfield, I did find it strange that it was in the title. There isn't much action and it's just them living underground day by day and John yelling about idk. Not a fan but 4 stars for Johns profromance.

I'm happy that I watched this movie before watching Cloverfield 2008, so I wasn't filled with a sequel expectations. I watched it as a standalone movie and I enjoyed it. Unfortunately most of bad reviews from people expecting a sequel, if there's no "Cloverfield" in its title, the reviews would be totally better.