 | | |
| Cloverfield | 
 enlarge | Director: Matt Reeves
Actors: Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas (ii), T.j. Miller, Michael Stahl-david, Mike Vogel
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $5.38
You Save: $24.61 (82%)
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $5.38
Avg. Customer Rating:  (550 reviews)
Sales Rank: 452
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 84 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 352064
UPC: 097363520641
EAN: 0097363520641
ASIN: B0014Z4OQG
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: January 16, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Editorial Reviews:
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
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 545 more reviews...
Worth watching on DVD July 25, 2008
By reading the other reviews, I get the feeling that many of their authors are basing their reviews of their experiences in the theater. I have seen this movie on the small-screen only, and will state that the hand-held camera point-of-view of this movie is not that bad when seen on a 21-inch screen. You still all the important details of each scene, without getting sick in either the head or stomach.
Now to the story itself. New York City is being wrecked by a 300-feet tall monster. This creature has two short hind legs and two long front legs that also double as arms. The creature's skin looks smooth and dark, and its head is long with teeth inside a horizontal mouth and what seems like two short horns; one beside each side of the mouth. Overall, the monster has a general body outline of a stretched frog. The monster does not breathe fire, or shoot anything out of any orifice, or fly. But it does carry around multitudes of smaller creatures, each about the size of a large dog. These smaller creatures look like gigantic locusts; a skinny body with a hard exoskeleton, six long jointed legs, an ability to crawl up walls and jump really high. The difference is that these smaller creatures are each armed with a long jaw full of sharp teeth. At first, I thought they were offspring of the bigger monster, but then I watched the special features. One of the special features basically explains that this 300-foot creature is an alien baby that crawled out of NYC harbor and into the city. Like a human baby who has just come across a pen full of new toys, there is a lot of screaming, biting, kicking and knocking things over. So with our baby monster; it knocks buildings over, bites people, and roars a lot. The smaller dog-sized creatures are most likely parasites living on the skin of the bigger monster; like fleas on a dog.
Now to the positives and negatives. Positives first. The monster looks real and original. The special effects are wonderful. The smaller insect-like creatures are really scary. And the cast is comprised of unknowns, which is original for action flick. Now the negatives.
 kewl flick, but a bit nauseating July 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i loved this movie and saw it in the theater as soon as it came out. i think the lost camera thing helped make it very realistic and entertaining. the only part i didn't like was when they were at the party in the beginning and swinging the camera all around madly. it has some crashes, gore, sprinting down manhatten streets covered in glass and rubble in just bare feet. yes, they all die except lily,and people say that's depressing. so what? people die.
all in all, a good movie, though maybe not one you'd want to see with little kids or your grandparents.
 Biggest waste of time ever! July 21, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've never been so angry about such an overrated and overhyped movie as Cloverfield. First 20 minutes NOTHING happens. I was so bored I could scream. The rest of this poor excuse for a movie was dull, dull, dull. Totally forgettable noname actors, no excitement, almost no dialog, no explanation for anything. The ending was the icing on this awful cake. Nothing happens in the ending either. Even the title is dull, as it makes no sense.
All those involved in making this film should be blacklisted by the studios from ever getting funding for future films.
Not your average monster pic July 21, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this movie. A very suspenseful story with solid acting. The hand held camera aspect kept me on the edge of my seat. It may not be for everyone, but if you're open to a different take on the classic "Godzilla" genre, you may enjoy this pic.
deathday by eugene bruce would be better! July 21, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Deathday by Eugene Bruce would be better! Maybe, maybe not who knows - but being an impoverished author i won't apologise for shamelessly promoting my debut novel Deathday by Eugene Bruce - I'd very much appreciate you checking it out that's DEATHDAY by EUGENE BRUCE - I love you America!
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| | |