Cloverfield Review. Choke on your Tea.

In my list of most anticipated movies of 2007, Cloverfield made that list.  The baby of producer J.J Abrams who wanted to create the American version of a monster to rival the Godzilla and King Kongs of yesteryear.  To the ones who went to this movie and are now complaining of how the movie was shot, shut up.  J.J Abrams (LOST CREATOR), producer, and Matt Reeves, director, didn’t want another run-of-the-mill monster movie where the movie starts out with the explanation of what the monstrosity is. What is the fun in that?  If that is your cup of tea there are like 40 of those at the movie store, go rent it and choke on your tea.  This is a new-look, new-age, rendition of the monster movie that ends with you having more questions than answers, masterfully done.  Cloverfield is to monster movie as the Blair Witch Project was to the ghost story.  Either you loved or hated The Blair Witch Project (The first one of course), and I do feel audiences will either love or hate Cloverfield. (Does America need anymore division? Hah)  Cloverfield provides an intuitive assault that leaves you, whether you do love or hate it, yearning for further information about the movie.  Cloverfield puts you in the middle of something that, in that moment, you believe could really happen.  I compare it to holding your breath for 90 minutes, because I can’t actually remember breathing while watching it.  The illusion of the movie that sucks you in is that all that is happening is happening as we see it.  All the while supplying superb special-effects that are jaw dropping to say the very least.  A YouTube panic attack synopsizes it the best, however if you are looking for a “steady-camera-shot” movie this won’t be for you, if you are looking for something new, something different, that leaves you excited for what is to come then this movie is yours.

I give this movie a Coach rating of 5 out of 5 stars! Enjoy! (THREE THUMBS UP)