HahahahahahAHAHAHA! The Most Fun Monster Movie EVER!
Ok, I did not expect to, but I LOVED IT! Great sense of fun and excitement. The hand-held camera gimmick was great. Yeah, some people couldn't handle it and got a little motion sickness. But it was the trick that made the movie, because it was used cleverly to augment humor and action.
T.J. Miller is hysterical as the (mostly offscreen) cameraman. Michael Stahl-David is comptely yummy as the hero. Mmmmmm.
Oh, um, yeah, there's a monter and it attacks New York City and it's freaking indestrucable, and the whole thing is shot with hand held camera as if it's really happening. It has a great combination of verisimilitude and cartoony fun.
(Because of the "realisitc" conceipt of the filming style, there's no musical score. But Michael Giacchino composed a really fun piece for the end credits in 50's movie-monster style).
I really had an exepectidley good time.
Hahahaha, there's a huge, headless Statue of Liberty in the forecourt of Graumann's Chinese Theater. If you go behind it to the west, you can line it up perfectly with the Cloverfield billboard on a rooftop across Hollywood Boulevard for a great 3-D effect.
For a good time, go see this movie!
Oh, and did I mention Michael Stahl-David is an unbeliverable cutie??
