Cloverfield
February 7, 2008 
While the release of this film speculated plenty of connections to the television series hit Lost (due to television series Lost director J.J.Adam’s hand in this movie), of what I could make out, there were no instant connections which could be pieces up together. But this coming from someone who has never watched Lost, I could be fairly wrong.
Anyway, thinking about how Cloverfield fared, it could just be said that it is a monster flick similar to Godzilla, but shot in a Blair Witch Project style. This has probably been said one too many times though. However, the clear difference between Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield is that the former did not bring much motion sickness symptoms.
But in all levels, I could say that Cloverfield had carried the monster flick genre to a higher level. As commented by a fellow reviewer, “The movie follows the Jaws rule that monsters are usually more intimidating when they are shown infrequently and only in brief glimpses.”. In the case of Cloverfield, this is a fact.
What makes this movie exceptional is that because it was filmed with a camcorder, which gives to it an air of realism and actual fear, because it makes you feel as though you are just right behind the eye-viewer, watching every real event unfolding before your eyes. Symbolic to the state of terrorism the World is facing these days, this movie no doubt speaks in volumes of its symbolism.
Other than the occasional bad camera shakes, this is a much recommended movie which will leave you leaving the theater room for more questions, opening an oportunity for a possible sequel. Just get ready to be dizzy.
