I didn't mind the shaky camera business too much, but the whole exercise seemed rather pointless. I suppose if you considered the action in the story as something you would have to undergo if faced with a similar catastrophe, then I guess it works. But I just got tired of the whole thing after a while and didn't care much about what would happen. A funny thought crossed my mind at one point when much of the dialog sounded like it could have come from the old "Dick Van Dyke Show". That was when some character started calling out "Rob, Rob, Oh Rob". If you're of a more recent era you won't get the reference, but for us old timers, I thought that was hilarious.So in the Awards section for this film, I see it won a Golden Schmoe in 2008 as Best Horror Movie of the Year. Not having seen any of it's competition for that year, I would have thought it would also walk away with the Trippiest Movie of the Year as well. Oh well, I guess you can't win them all.

A first-person-type movie... familiar? Yeah, let's not talk about the fact that this idea has already been done by other movies, as long as it's done good. So, what we got here is a giant monster and its origins are unknown. Initially I presumed it is an aquatic creature - I noticed the tentacles and at some point in the movie, even some kind of external gills near its head; but then, I saw its incredibly non-hydrodynamic body... maybe from outer space? It actually doesn't matter; it matters that it's huge... and it's on the rampage! The characters in this movie are pretty well-contoured and credible. In a giant monster/disaster movie, its greatest challenge is to aim at the reaction of masses during any form of cataclysm. Where "2012" failed, this one succeeded. Well, I'm talking about loosing sanity, the well-known self-preservation behavior etc (See "The mist", a movie which relies more on that than the creatures themselves). Oh, I forgot to mention the subliminal messages scattered throughout this movie; all I'm gonna say is "Them!", "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", "King Kong", and also something crucial that happens at the end of the movie. Do the research yourself!

When I first heard of this movie, I was skeptical because I wasn't a big fan of Paranormal Activity and I haven't seen the Blair Witch Project. I watched it and I loved it, but I did started to have a bit of dizziness 20 minutes into the movie. The reason I love this movie is because It's extremely realistic and the acting doesn't even look like acting and it's everyday people just doing their everyday life things and then all of a sudden, they are the victims of a giant creature and just like they, the audience have no idea about this thing and what it is. The special effects are amazing and the dialogue is very ordinary and normal. My favorite part is when the guy holding the camera sees the monster for the first time and it looks extremely huge in size. Cloverfield, Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Project, and any other found footage are the type of movies that you either "love or you hate". I love this movie, but I can 100 percent sympathies with you if you get motion sickness, because my brother Gerard got motion sickness and hated the movie. Another thing I was taken by surprise that a reference to 9/11 was used when the Statue of Liberty's head fell into the city and the dust of clouds came. It's very offensive that they referenced to that. That's the only problem I have with this movie. Go see Cloverfield, but bring some Dramamine when you go and see for yourself. This is my opinion.

I've watched a good deal of bad movies, hell, I make it a habit of watching them, yet I always end up finding entertainment value on them. I couldn't find a single redeeming factor about this movie. It just feels like a pure waste in all aspects. The footage style is atrocious. I could bear with it if the story and the ending had any redeeming value. I'd rather watch paint dry if I knew this movie was this bad.How it managed to get a 7/10 rating is beyond me, but who cares. A polished turd is still a turd.