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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES EAN: 0097363520641 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: Paramount Languages: Manufacturer: Paramount MPN: 352064 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 22, 2008 Running Time: 84 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: January 16, 2008 Editorial Review: Product Description: Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal horrifying event of their lives.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS UPC: 097363520641 Manufacturer No: 352064 Amazon.com: One of the first things a viewer notices about Cloverfield is that it doesn't play by ordinary storytelling rules, making this intriguing horror film as much a novelty as an event. Told from the vertiginous point-of-view of a camcorder-wielding group of friends, Cloverfield begins like a primetime television soap opera about young Manhattanites coping with changes in their personal lives. Rob (Michael Stahl-David) is leaving New York to take an executive job at a company in Japan. At his goodbye party in a crowded loft, Rob's brother Jason (Mike Vogel) hands a camcorder to best friend Hud (T.J. Miller), who proceeds to tape the proceedings over old footage of Rob's ex-girlfriend, Beth (Odette Yustman)--images shot during happy times in that now-defunct relationship. Naturally, Beth shows up at the party with a new beau, bumming Rob out completely. Just before one's eyes glaze over from all this heartbreaking stuff (captured by Hud, who's something of a doofus, in laughably shaky camerawork), the unexpected happens: New York is suddenly under attack from a Godzilla-like monster stomping through midtown and destroying everything and everybody in sight. Rob and company hit the streets, but rather than run with other evacuees, they head toward the center of the storm so that Rob can rescue an injured Beth. There are casualties along the way, but the journey into fear is fascinating and immediate if emotionally remote--a consequence of seeing these proceedings through the singular, subjective perspective of a camcorder and of a story that intentionally leaves major questions unanswered: Who or what is this monster? Where did it come from? The lack of a backstory, and spare views of the marauding creature, are clever ways by producer J.J. Abrams and director Matt Reeves to keep an audience focused exclusively on what's on the screen. But it also makes Cloverfield curiously uninvolving. Ultimately, Cloverfield, with its spectacular effects brilliantly woven into a home-video look, is a celebration of infinite possibilities in this age of accessible, digital media. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Cloverfield - Best Monster Movie Ever!Cloverfield is the best monster movie by far, its different. You see a monster attack on New York as if it was happening, no rubbish back story of how it got their or how to kill it etc. just pure fast paced fun, thrills and some scary moments! And now this is on Blu-ray, its even better!! I ordered this from Scotland and it arrived within 10 days which i think is very quick! oh and one more thing, anyone who criticices or moans about the camera ... Read More Rating: - Brilliant IDEA, GENIUS! Ok for those who hate this movie, I completely understand why, it can be shallow.... HOWEVER. personally I LOVED this film! The idea of a monster film, shot entirely first person view point was a BRILLIANT idea! It completely takes you into the action, shows you the scale of things and what these characters are actually seeing! From the near beginning, where the person holding the camera (Hud) is trying to chat up his girl, it just seems so realistic, especially when he pushes through ... Read More Rating:  - Better than I expectedCAUTION: Spoilers included! "Cloverfield" was a surprise. I really didn't know what to expect as the flavor of the movie wasn't revealed all that much in the trailers. As the movie progressed ... a little slowly at first ... I began to expect a "Blair Witch Project" kind of film but this one, thank goodness, was better. I bought "Cloverfield" on a whim and, considering that I am house-bound now, it is actually cheaper and easier for me to wait until a movie comes out on DVD then just ... Read More Rating: - The Flip Side of Godzilla and AlienCloverfield, which refers to where the movie camera is found after the events of this film, is definitely a high powered, even frightening, first hand look at a giant monster and its spawn rampaging through Manhattan. While the hand-held gimmick can be brain teasing, the movie works. You'll catch the references to the other movies and you will enjoy this high action feature. A sequel is not out of the question either. Rating:  - VomitCoveredFieldI'd like to thank the other reviews on Amazon. More negative reviews than positive? Rejoice. I do not understand why this movie received A ratings in papers and magazines. Were the reviewers conned into giving this movie and A by some need to fit in with a pretentious "art" loving hive mind? If so, then then I can only imagine that this hive mind is the same one that compels people to like fecal art and those square box kindergarten finger paintings hidden in the modern ... Read More |
