Cloverfield

Cloverfield
by Matt Reeves

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Actor: Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, T.J. Miller
Director: Matt Reeves
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Cinematographer: Michael Bonvillain
Producer: Bryan Burk
Producer: David Baronoff
Producer: Guy Riedel
Producer: J.J. Abrams
Producer: Sherryl Clark
Writer: Drew Goddard
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-22
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount

DVD Reviews of Cloverfield

DVD Review: overuse of the name ROB is ultimately forgiveable
Summary: 4 Stars

as are some other small qualms i had with this film . my wife had me re-visit the film a couple of additional times as she quite enjoyed it . the last time was on blue ray . theatrically i did not care for the yuppies and young as i am neither . secondly was "ROB" over and over again . lastly was the handheld camera thing . well , my wife was right . at least as far as i was concerned . i began to identify with the young people after a second veiwing (i worked out who was who and so on) and cared . the handheld thing is quite a brilliant device i feel now after the third viewing . and "ROB" being repeatedly cried out made sense as well . i now think this is a very good sci-fi film and quite creepy and scary . it pays to revisit things some times . the second and third screenings were with either closed captions or subtitles turned on . it really helped me . to those who are passionate about this film , i can totally see why . it does not overstay its welcome and delivers the goods for us . my wife owns the film on blue ray now . one of our best .

DVD Review: Manhattan Monster Mash
Summary: 3 Stars

Like THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT before it and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY after it, CLOVERFIELD is a mockumentary horror film consisting of footage taken from a handheld camera. Unlike the others in its subgenre, it makes great use of fantastic and expensive special effects that are so seamlessly integrated into the rest of the film, particularly in the collapse of the Woolworth Building near the onset of the mayhem, that you really feel like you're seeing what it would be like if a giant monster attacked Manhattan. (In this it stands apart not only from its closest thematic equivalents, the dreadful recent remake of GODZILLA and also the three versions of KING KONG.) The dreadful mistake the moviemakers made was to use as its central characters a group of spoiled, self-indulgent twentysomethings in Manhattan, and involve us in their tedious romantic doings to a great extent before the attacks on the city finally begin so we have an unconvincing excuse for why the characters would not try to leave the evacuated island and try to save another character trapped in a collapsed building in midtown. (Worst of all, the camera is held among this Scooby-Doo gang by the Shaggy character, who is supposed to serve as comic relief.) The most fun in the movie are the shots over the characters shoulders of the crossfire between the military and the rampaging monster (at which you never get a good view until the very end, when the filmmakers unwisely spoil the mystery by giving us a long lingering look at it). The film may make some queasy morally at its resonances with 9/11, and others literally with its restless handheld roving shots.

DVD Review: Shaky Camera Work Makes a Bad Movie Worse
Summary: 1 Stars

Rob (Michael Stahl-David) is going to Japan, and his family and friends are having a going away party for him. Hud (T. J. Miller) has been tasked with filming the whole thing so they can remember it.

But before too long, the ground shakes. At first, they think it is an earthquake. In New York? Before long, they realize that something horrid is happening in Manhattan. Can they get off the island alive?

The film is supposed to be a documentary as filmed entirely by Hud. As a result, we get one camera. And it is a very shaky camera at that. This was part of my problem with the film. I actually got motion sick in the theater and had to leave about three quarters of the way into it. It's probably much better on home video than on the big screen, but I don't care to try again.

See, I didn't like any of the characters. All of them were self absorbed and irritating. Heck, I wanted the monster to win so the movie would be over. Not that this is the actors' fault. They were great as these spoiled kids. Sorry, I meant adults.

I do have to give the special effects credit. They were good.

And the story was completely predictable. I guessed how it ended correctly based on what I saw.

This movie is a complete waste of time. Skip it and watch something truly entertaining.

DVD Review: The camera guy
Summary: 2 Stars

my reviews is always short cuz i dont want it to be boring while reading it and cuz of my poor English.

first of all this movie would be a lot better if it is just viewed or let me say if we watch it just like

the other movies .. the standard camera p; .. not the camera guy :) .. so u can not see it clear

u miss something some times cuz of this Camera .

sounds are great in this movie ,, thanks for reading.

DVD Review: Great movie
Summary: 5 Stars

Not your normal monster flick. The handheld/home movie camera concept worked preffectly in this and the effects are great. Almost beleivable. I have wathced it more than once and will surely watch it again.

Highly recommended.

Description of Cloverfield

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

One of the first things a viewer notices about Cloverfield is that it doesn't play by ordinary storytelling rules, making this intriguing horror film as much a novelty as an event. Told from the vertiginous point-of-view of a camcorder-wielding group of friends, Cloverfield begins like a primetime television soap opera about young Manhattanites coping with changes in their personal lives. Rob (Michael Stahl-David) is leaving New York to take an executive job at a company in Japan. At his goodbye party in a crowded loft, Rob's brother Jason (Mike Vogel) hands a camcorder to best friend Hud (T.J. Miller), who proceeds to tape the proceedings over old footage of Rob's ex-girlfriend, Beth (Odette Yustman)--images shot during happy times in that now-defunct relationship. Naturally, Beth shows up at the party with a new beau, bumming Rob out completely. Just before one's eyes glaze over from all this heartbreaking stuff (captured by Hud, who's something of a doofus, in laughably shaky camerawork), the unexpected happens: New York is suddenly under attack from a Godzilla-like monster stomping through midtown and destroying everything and everybody in sight. Rob and company hit the streets, but rather than run with other evacuees, they head toward the center of the storm so that Rob can rescue an injured Beth. There are casualties along the way, but the journey into fear is fascinating and immediate if emotionally remote--a consequence of seeing these proceedings through the singular, subjective perspective of a camcorder and of a story that intentionally leaves major questions unanswered: Who or what is this monster? Where did it come from? The lack of a backstory, and spare views of the marauding creature, are clever ways by producer J.J. Abrams and director Matt Reeves to keep an audience focused exclusively on what's on the screen. But it also makes Cloverfield curiously uninvolving. Ultimately, Cloverfield, with its spectacular effects brilliantly woven into a home-video look, is a celebration of infinite possibilities in this age of accessible, digital media. --Tom Keogh

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