Cloverfield has to be the worst waste of use of film i have ever seen in my life. How anyone could give that movie a good review is beyond me. Maybe they are in denial of the fact that they just got ripped off for 10 bucks. The theater i saw it at, people were booing when the movie ended and the lights came on. J.J. Abrams should be charged with a crime for making that movie.

I wouldn’t call Cloverfield the worst movie ever made. But, JJ the Blair Witch left a long time ago. I would have to agree with the 2 out of 3 stars. This is the simple fact that Abrams and company took a block buster and made it into a B-movie. The actors are all very strong and the acting was very real and can or could grab you. However, that was overshadowed by the dizzy camera work. The worst thing about the dizzy work is that my 13 year old son has a steadier hand then Hud did. I am also wondering how the camera stayed in that good of shape. I would really like to know where it was purchased.

All in all, it has or has potential. The biggest wish I had when I walked out of the theater was for more movie. I sat through all the shaky camera work, but was real disappointed in the length of the film.

JJ, I hope Star Trek turns out to be a better film or the trekies of the world will end your career.

Joe

Almost everyone I saw it with missed where it came from….don’t blink. The very end tells the story but……come on….she was impailed two foot onto a piece of rebar…….she ran faster down that street than the camera man. I

Almost everyone I saw it with missed where it came from….don’t blink. The very end tells the story but……come on….she was impailed two foot onto a piece of rebar…….she ran faster down that street than the camera man. I concurr mess up the Trek and aarrrggg you be walkin the plank….

I would agree with others. this film had so much potential. it was the BIGGEST hype for a film to date, than to come around and dissapoint like this is terrible. The whole dont blink thing is an understatement, I was one of the ONLY people in the movie theaters to see it drop from the sky at the end. NOBODY else seen it. i believe it is because they were so dissapointed in the movie its self that they were glad it was almost over. Agreed? and mess up with star trek and jj’s career will be like hiroshima, burned to the ground with nothing left. giving this movie a B is more of pitty i think. DONT SEE IT. WAIT AND GET A BURNT COPY, LET SOMEONE ELSE WASTE THEIR MONEY ON IT!!! just trying to help the rest of the world.

Hasn’t Star Trek been messed up enough times for you Trekkies? I concur!

Loved it. Got applause about 4/5ths of the way in (during a break in the action). How often does THAT happen?

The ending was a real as the rest… sorry gang, but innovation requires breaking some rules. Want pure hollywood? Go somewhere else. They kept it real.

I am good with the ending…

I went to see this movie and thought it was rubbish and crap.

the only problem i had with this movie was the obvious brain deficiency of the camera man and the constant shaking of the camera. however, i think it was a great movie. once you get past the camera that is.

also, did anyone else notice scenes from They, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and King Kong?

I went to see Cloverfield last night and I thought it was terrible. The Blair Witch style camera work (My main complaint) made the movie very difficult to watch. I realize that this approach was meant to immerse you in the action, but people were leaving the theater because they were becoming nauseas. Also, the plot was quite weak. It’s just another King Kong / Godzilla type monster movie. I’ve been reading blog after blog about this “new” and “different” style of shooting. But in the end I think it may have been a better movie if it had been shot in the traditional over the top blockbuster style. Save your money and wait for the DVD.

Um, why exactly is everyone complaining about the Camera work? Were you surprised that it was shot like that? I figured the trailers would have clued all of you in.

The movie was the most fun you could have at the theater in a long long time. It was tense, scary and just a wild ride. One of the most interesting flicks from the passed few years.

And as for people complaining about the ending, how could you end the movie? And didn’t you kind of see it coming, what with the whole “Camera found at Central Park” thing?

The intro seemed too long until the action really started, and then the intro was forgotten. This might be best described as Godzilla from the viewpoint of someone under his toes. The most annoying thing about the camera work was not the occasional shaking, it was the almost constant slant. How much did the camera man have to drink that day? I can see some possibilities for a sequal, perhaps in a similar style. Don’t they put helmet cams on some troops? That would be another interesting viewpoint, where more–but not all–questions could be answered. The last time I saw an audience react to a movie like this was at a first-week viewing of Alien–dead silence, stunned, at the end of the movie. It may be a long time before I would want to see this again, but it is a movie with incredible impact.

Well, I am a big fan of well done SciFi. I so anticipated this movie that I was very let down. The shaky camera was way too much, tended to make my stomach queezy. The movie had a lot of potential, but just didn’t deliver. This is a movie that I wont even rent when it is available. I understand the position of making it seem as though it was created as it was happining, but there was just too much camera movement. No explanation as to where it came from , or why. The ending left you with no closure. I would be interested in the sequel, if the camera work could be viewed. Like I said , it had potential, the acting was believable.

I overheard a lot of people saying the movie was crap and how bad it was and etc, but I never heard any reasons. To hate the film becuse of the camera work is perfectly fine with me (and I wasn’t even affected by it) since it’s not easy staring at a huge screen that jerks around like that for almost 80 minutes. But allow me to defend the movie for a moment.

The camera work was damn shaky, there’s no denying it, but think of it this way. If you were in the middle of all that, how steady could you possibly stay while trying to hold a camera at the same time? I think most of the jerkiness was justified, and actually it could have been worse at times.

This was NOT a Godzilla/King Kong movie by any means. The monster was original, did original things, and had believeable physics applied to it. It didn’t unleash beams of energy like Godzilla and it didn’t throw around people—who lived through it—like King Kong. Its lack of known origin is fantastic; sometimes limited points of view are the best, otherwise you risk its credibility.

The ending was good for the film. A typical Hollywood film would have killed the monster and the main characters would be mostly uninjured. Not every movie needs a happy ending, and I am actually glad when the occasional movie has a sad or negative ending.

I think it’s amusing that those three aspects are the only ones used to claim the film is bad. It’s certainly better than most of the monster films that have been filmed in the past. Not the best, but it’s somewhere up there. Perhaps some popular websites need to make a top ten list pretty soon…

The movie wasn’t the greatest, but it wasn’t the worst movie either. The camera work, plot and ending is what’s best for me. It really adds up the aesthetic quality of the whole film as what the makers probably intended to do.

Yes, the shaking of the camera does make you go dizzy. But towards the middle of the film, as everything gets all intense, you don’t even feel the shakiness anymore.

I like the film because it made you feel (at least 80% of it) what it would be like if you where in their situation. Another thing i love about the movie is the casting. I love it on how everyone is not the “celebrity” look at all. All the cast are perfect for this film because they’re “real type” individuals. I feel like I’ve met Melina and Lili before down Silver Lake here in Los Angeles.

So yea, if you criticize too make and expect the “usual” hollywood style filming, then you’re guarantee to hate it. BUT - if you let the movie tell you the story as suppose to you judging everything while you’re watching? Then you’ll love it! I know i did!

I think they need to make sure that damn camera man never works in hollywood again ( or New York ). And they need to give out motion sickness bags!!!

Don’t buy any popcorn or soda before the movie. You are going to puke. I’m epileptic and this movie left me having seizures!!! (no warnings at all for this) The concept and special effects were awesome, but the dizzy camera was really unnecessary.

The movie was okie but just a little disappointed,2 out of 4 i would say.The camera and ending was good but they didnt really tell us where and how the monster came from and theres really something missing in the film but i cant say what it is.Oh and people who has motion sickness, if you’re going to watch this film try to get sits furthest to the screen if not you are going to puke!Be warned

I went to see the movie as well. I HATED the shaky camera too. and felt the action dragged in the begining but you really felt like you were running around the NYC like a chicken with it’s head cut off. There was certainly a stretch with the woman that was injured running so quickly and not bleeding to death but I was screaming like a banshee in the end with the crash. I really enjoyed and felt like a rollercoaster ride by the end of the movie. I’d give it a B-.

dissapointing…all the hype…then disappointed in the end….Camera shakiness made me sick also …very short movie, blair witch was way better than this why even compare…

Cloverfield was a joke and I must admit…he made a ton of money from a low budget film!!!!!

The shakey camera thing was a bad way to be creative. Next time think a little harder and longer. The movie would have been GREAT without that whole shakey camera thing!

I am so glad someone else paid for my movie, WHEW!!!!!

Oh, almost forgot….that was a LONG video tape!!!!!!

You just know there was a huge fight about how the movie was going to play out. Looks like JJ won.

I think sci-fi and film purists will love “Cloverfield.” The absolutely seamless integration of eyepopping visual effects into ‘raw’ video is a masterful and important progression in the art of film.

I think people wanting an “Armegeddon”-style popcorn movie with a pretty pretty bow of an ending will feel a little lost.

From a commercial standpoint, I think “Cloverfield” would have benefitted from a bit more of an epiloge in some form — although its current iteration keeps the door open for future installments of the story.

All in all, “Cloverfield” is a spectacular movie worth watching in the cinema - enjoy!

PS. the Star Trek teaser is goosebump-ilicious

Yeah, DON’T BLINK at the end is an understatement. I missed it. FANTASTIC movie! What do you expect, the typical (you know what’s going to happen) movie? Great job. Shakiness of camera didn’t bother me, I expected it. I couldn’t have done better in that position. You have to see the movie from the situation’s point of view. All these people screaming about how bad the movie is must be extremely conservative and want the same old sci fi movie. Not comparable to blair witch at all! Definately worth the money. I found myself leaning a certain way to try to get a view in the camera’s opposite direction. Then when you see the monster, it’s “smack right in our face!” If you read all these bad posts, don’t let it discourage you from seeing it. You’re either going to love it or hate it. It was great! If you don’t want to pay $10, quit crying and see a matinee!

I am a huge Godzilla and Gamera fan. I liked Cloverfield. It left an opening for a sequel or for Toho Industries to return Godzilla or Gamera versus the monster from Cloverfield. I hope to see more of this type film from J J Abrams in the future.

I saw this movie this afternoon, and my husband and I thought this was the worst movie ever!! It reminds me of the Blair Witch project. You keep thinking that the camera is going to stop shaking–but it doesn’t. If anyone is considering to see this movie…don’t waste your money…if you must see it, wait for it to come out in the video stores. All I can say is that it was really bad, bad enough that four people walked out of the theater more than half way through–honestly. I have never felt the need to comment/review on a movie before this, but because I thought it was so awful, I HAD to do it. Sorry!

Someone said: “I’m epileptic and this movie left me having seizures!!! (no warnings at all for this)”

Yeah…no warning…except the previews, the endless media about how it’s all done in a shaky way and the dozens-hundreds of people who were talking about it on ever internet site in the world for the past…what? Six months?

I saw it, and I’ll definitly buy the DVD. I’d like a sequel that deals with some of the ARG stuff we got on the net–or maybe just a DVD feature about it. In a month when most studio dump off their crap (Ahem…Juno…) and with a TV-strike ongoing for some stupid reason, “Clovrfield” was a nice diversion. I think the people who hated it were either caught more off guard by the camera work than they should have been (I mean, seriously…how could you NOT have known about that?) or they just expected too much, possibly because of the online stuff that doesn’t really figure in to the actual movie.

I would have to agree with Tracy’s comments. I too have never written or felt the need to comment on a movie. But this one… Damn it was really bad. My daughter who enjoys watching the Bizarre style movies couldn’t wait for this one to be over. Save your money and wait for two more weeks it should be out on DVD by then…

Oh…and to the person who commented on how the camera had “a long tape” or something like that. Last I checked, you could easily fit 84 minutes on a tape… I don’t know what kind of camera the guy in the movie was supposed to be using (I’m not a techie), but if a VHS tape can fit 6 hours of TV-shows on it, I’d assume they make a digital storage system that’ll hold at least the necessary 1 hour and 24 minutes of this film.

The director should should be jailed for stealing our time and money. 84 minuets of wasted life. He will rake in millions off of crap! Be warned this movie is a waste!

I saw the movie and I liked it, to a point. We got to know the characters although, people practically brushed off the younger brother. I would like to know what everyone keeps talking about, they mention the ending and say that it shows where the monster came from. Can someone explain to me, because I was sure I didn’t blink at the end?

Although I would have let that camera go way early in that chaotic situation, and they could’ve added a military scientist that would’ve explained the monster or it’s origins.

I’m the only one in my group that understands that the movie was done in the victims point of view.

I had to leave about 20 minutes into the movie because I got motion sick. I could not even enjoy the movie becuase of the camera work. I survived blair witch just fine. Several other people- at least 12 left before e and on the way out several people were leaving as well…

For those who missed is, at the end, after the explosions, there is a bit of “old” Coney Island footage, the day before or something like that. As the camera pans across to the girl, showing the ocean, there is a distant splash, as of something REALLY BIG hitting the water far out, though no one seems to notice. The Monster arriving from space? Surfacing for the first time off New York? I go with the first guess, actually.

Someone said “I’d assume they make a digital storage system that’ll hold at least the necessary 1 hour and 24 minutes of this film”

Acutally, the guy at the very end, said he was filming for 7 hours and 34 minutes. So it was a “long tape” in the camera.

I didn’t like the beginning at all. It started off really slow. The comical relief was a little off for me b/c I was still trying to figure out how it went from really boring to…”whoa, what the h%@!$ is going on!” but otherwise the special effects were great.

The plot wasn’t that great, there were too many unanswered questions, like what happened to their friend with the bleeding eyes? (among many).

I didn’t feel connected with the characters at all, so the only parts that moved me were the ‘in your face’ monster scenes that made me jump or cover my eyes.

It reminded me of “War of the Worlds”, which was a way better sci fi movie.

The splash off in the distance is not the monster arriving from space; it’s a satellite crashing in. This wakes up the monster in the ocean.

Oh, I suppose I should mention that it’s all tied back to the viral marketing/ARG…

We saw the movie last night,,,,,,,,,,and were really let down,,,,,,I liked the idea, and they really could have developed it, but I don’t like to pay $14.00 +/- for that kind of camera work.
All in all, wish I would have been warned about it. Waste of money for the ticket and popcorn.

This movie is by far the absolute worst I’ve seen in a while.

Come on…we aren’t going to show the monster/alien/villian until the end; yet it’s pretty obvious what it looks like from the beginning. Really, do you think people are that stupid now?

This movie shows no more than an amatuer trying desperately to break into a business. Did we not have enough with the “Blair Witch Project”? I hoped this film could provide more than the aforementioned movie, yet I was not too surprised when it went downhill from the beginning. It disgusted me that we are willing to put anything up on the screen as long as we get paid.

Seriously, what happened to talented actors who loved what they did and engaged the audience? I am an actor and I want to be on stage, in TV and film, but I don’t ever think I could sell myself short on such a worthless project,

I am troubled by the reviews this movie has received. It sucked and I got my money back!!! This is not a film worth even renting!

I am somewhat amazed at the negative comments regarding this film thus far. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, however I found the movie interesting and intriguing. The movie took an old genre monster film concept with the new school 1st person point of view concept and developed an entertaining piece of work. The most frightening aspect of the movie was the shaky camerawork. From the encounter in the subway tunnel to the crash landing of a Huey military helicopter, is what made this film riviting. Watching the ground get closer and closer as the chopper spun out of control was enough to make me squirm. Overall an entertaing film with good acting and special effects. DZA

I saw Cloverfield yesterday afternoon. I must admit that while I agree that the introduction was interminable and that it took a while to get used to the video camera aspect of the film, in the end it worked. You were drawn into the film and actually felt a part of the drama unfolding before you. I enjoyed the film and would highly recommend it. I will say that after the movie, I talked to others who just watched the movie, and they were equally as fond of it as I was.

A movie that breaks conventions will have its critics. I went to the theater rather skeptical of the whole concept. but it worked very well in this film.

I agree this movie smelled really bad. I felt like leaving a skidmark on seat, but alas it wasnt theatre’s fault, but film makers.

I was told by a friend who hasn’t seen the movie yet that after the credits, they showed something else, is what radio station said. Does anyone know what that was?

after watching the whole coney island ending sequence about 50 times, i’m convinced that anybody who saw something fall into the water is mistaken. i see absolutely NOTHING falling out of the sky or into the water at ANY point in that part. if somebody could prove its existence with a screenshot or something, or even tell us exactly the moment and position on the screen, maybe then i would be convinced. but i’m fairly sure there’s absolutely nothing there.

I COULD WAIT TO SEE THE MOVIE AFTER SEEING THE PREVIEW. BUT AFTER SEEING IT WAS WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED AND WAS SO SICK FROM THE MOTION OF THE CAMERA.

I didn’t enjoy the movie as much before I have a weak stomach *_*

I like the movie.. I just didnt like the movement of the camera the whole time.. I think it was great! I just wish we had some closure of what happend to lily? and what happend to everyone! besides the ones that we seen die! good movie tho!!!

The worst movie ever! Personally I want my money back. Shaky camera work, bad script, good acting, and nothing else going for it. Saw the end coming but wished I’d left 80 mins earlier.
I mean, come one, if all hell is breaking loose are you seriously going to carry on filming or run like hell??? Complete crap.

This movie was great IMHO. I really liked how realistic it was. It really brought out the chaos and tension amongst the characters and immersed it with the audience. I saw many people leaning out of their seats because they were, how you say, into the film and were anxious about what was coming next. The acting was very realistic as well. For most of you who wanted more or who wanted closure about the monster, it wasn’t all about the monster!! It was about a group of people who were just trying to get the hell out. It was from their point of view!! Many complained about the shaky camera work. It was intended to be shaky to add to the realism. If you couldn’t get over it or made you sick, boo hoo cry me a river. But ofcourse if you’re epileptic, then that is totally a different situation, because watching this movie might be dangerous. For those who thought this movie sucked, you’re too much of a hollywood fanboy. I finally saw a sci-fi movie which seemed very realistic. Although, if a situation like that would occur in real life, I would stop filming and just get the hell out. I really liked how it was done. Seriously, if something like that were to happen, the movie could be a direct representation of a scenario that could affect certain people if such an event would/could occur. You have to look at it from that point of view not from a Hollywood aspect. It was intended to look realistic, not glamorous, predictable, or with a happy ending. Overall its a good film especially for being a low budget film.

Not a film for anyone who likes their movies wrapped up in a nice tidy package but for me this is one of the best and most original monster movies EVER! Dont get me wrong the camera work for this had me ready to tip the popcorn out and use as a sickbag due to motion sickness! lol, but in my opinion this added to the overall feel that we were there with the survivors and the fact we dont know the origin of the monster perfectly leaves it open for a sequel… which I cant wait to see! didn’t spot the ‘dont blink’ bit at the end of the film but love having to do work for myself to try and figure out what happened, where it may have come from etc.

The Movie, Terrible, awful, dreadful, very bad, appalling, poor, horrible, atrocious, dreadful, unbearable, execrable. Look in the dictionary for the deification of any of the above, and you should see the word Cloverfield used as an example. THE MOVIE IS JUST DOWN RIGHT TERRIBLE. Plan 9 from Outter Space’ was once describe as ‘A true piece of film making incompetence” but compared to CLOVERFIELD, Plan 9 for its time compared to today’s technology has lost its title to CLOVERFIELD.