Cloverfield (2008)

Is it just me, or is New York becoming the new Tokyo of monster movies?

A group of friends have a going away part interrupted by something very loud... and large, destroying New York.

This is their footage. This is their story...

I have to admit that I wasn't really all that interested in seeing this movie because of the found footage aspect of it... but I figured I'd give it a shot.

The story: Big Monster attacks city. Army is fighting monster. Non-army main characters are trying to save a friend while avoiding the monster.

There were some decent moments during this film- but nothing that really made me go, "cool", or "that's new and interesting". To be honest, this movie is actually pretty standard for the genre. Not bad, but not exactly outstanding in my opinion.

I had a hard time engaging with most of the characters- possibly because the acting was fairly... meh.

There are some great visuals, though when you see the monster in full during daylight, you can tell it's CGI... and not the best CGI either.

I just couldn't find it in myself to be engaged with "Cloverfield". There was nothing really about it that took a hold of me and made it hard for me to not watch. I even found myself wondering what a pumpkin spice latte slushie would be like.

I'm going to have to put it in 'The Ugly".

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