This movie deserves all of the hype that it will receive. I was able to see it today and it was one of the most amazing movies I have seen. It was the perfect length and every aspect of the cinematography was spectacular. I have seen/heard plenty of complaining about the dizzying camera movement but if you really think about it would the movie have been as unbelievably amazing if it had been a still cam? As I was walking out of the theatre, several people said it was terrible and expressed their dislike of the camera movements and said they felt sick. At the theatre I went to, a warning was posted at the box office about the "roller coaster like views and possibility of nauseating effects." Sure it might still have been decent without the shaking and humanistic movements of the filming but its Blair Witch like style was the best decision in conveying what was going on in the film and added the perfect touch to the film. Sure the acting was a little awkward but that adds to the effect, what normal person wouldn't be a little awkward in the situations that they were thrust into acting. All in all I think that nearly every aspect of the movie was perfect and Cloverfield took monster movies to the next level of excellence.
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This movie deserves all of the hype that it will receive. I was able to see it today and it was one of the most amazing movies I have seen. It was the perfect length and every aspect of the cinematography was spectacular. I have seen/heard plenty of complaining about the dizzying camera movement but if you really think about it would the movie have been as unbelievably amazing if it had been a still cam? As I was walking out of the theatre, several people said it was terrible and expressed their dislike of the camera movements and said they felt sick. At the theatre I went to, a warning was posted at the box office about the "roller coaster like views and possibility of nauseating effects." Sure it might still have been decent without the shaking and humanistic movements of the filming but its Blair Witch like style was the best decision in conveying what was going on in the film and added the perfect touch to the film. Sure the acting was a little awkward but that adds to the effect, what normal person wouldn't be a little awkward in the situations that they were thrust into acting. All in all I think that nearly every aspect of the movie was perfect and Cloverfield took monster movies to the next level of excellence.