Cloverfield - Reviewed by a Godzilla Fan

Well folks, I've gone to see Cloverfield, and I must say I am pleasantly surprised at how great of a movie that it is. It starts out very slow, but quickly escalates into pandemonium. It has everything that you could want from a monster movie, told from the perspective of the fleeing public. That's where I want to begin this review.

In every monster movie you've ever seen, it's the perspective of the government or other agency trying to stop the monster that you see. In this movie, you take on the role of one of the ant-like specs that is running like hell away from the monster. So you never find out where it's from, why it's here, or even what exactly that it is. This is part of the genius. You don't really have time to contemplate all of that, you're too busy trying to find someplace you can hide and pray that it doesn't find you.

So those of you who haven't seen it probably want to know what the monster looks like. Well you're not going to hear it from me. All you need to know is that it's definitely not the tyrannosaurus-like creature that we are all used to. It also has, what I can only describe as fleas falling from it killing people. I won't tell you when it happens in the movie, but someone actually explodes into a flying mass of blood and gore. This is classic.

It's also where this movie gets a lot of it's charm. You see, I come from a monster movie heritage. I LOVE all of the old Godzilla movies, with the exception of the Hollywood abortion that they made us sit through in 1998. We all know what makes Godzilla movies great. They don't take themselves seriously, they don't over complicate the plot, and they are lots of fun to watch. Cloverfield doesn't disappoint here either. It constantly delivers cliche after cliche without getting campy.

Yes you should go see this movie. Take some dramamine though. The camera work will make you motion sick if you're prone to it. So go right now, get really stoned, and go see Cloverfield!!