Rating of
4/4
Intense and Interesting
mitchellyoung - wrote on 09/05/12
I should note that the first time I saw this movie was in a midnight screening, full of screaming fans and loud noises, and I think that this is the ideal way to view the intense spectacle that is Cloverfield. Matt Reeves and JJ Abrams have made a film that rests at the upper crust of found footage films. It's charming at the right moments, goes the right lengths to establish its characters, and features an immediate immersion into terrifying and intense scenarios. The alien invasion plays out a bit scarier when you don't get a full glimpse of the monster, but the film is one tense adrenaline-fueled scene after another.
