Cloverfield
Cloverfield feels like a mix between War of the Worlds and The Blair Witch Project. The shaky camera work is excused because it is “found footage” but if you get nauseous this one might be tough. The whole thing is shot by a handheld camera by one of the friends in the group this movie follows (T.J. Miller). He was recording for a going away party and just kept recording once chaos ensued. The friend group is pretty believable, Some are more annoying than others but it is a fine group to follow along with this wild ride. We get to watch Lizzy Caplan throughout this one and she is always phenomenal. T.J. Miller also does a great job of being the obnoxious videotaping friend Hud; you definitely don’t like him but you are rooting for him. It is a pretty straightforward monster attack movie, the action starts off fairly quickly once the movie starts, which is always a plus. We love the Monster in this movie, we do wish we saw a little less of it but regardless it’s a good one. The monster is reminiscent of War of the Worlds in the big structure and the fact it drops little things down that also start to attack. There is a great attack scene in a subway tunnel where they get overrun with the little monsters and we love the way it is done, it feels genuinely creepy and frightening. There are a few inconsistencies throughout but if you don’t take the movie too seriously it doesn’t take away from the film. The final attack scene was fun but we think they should have left a little more to the imagination and not shown the close up face shots of the monster. Overall it’s a really fun monster flick and worth a watch if you like found footage horror films.