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Cloverfield (2008) [Blu-Ray]


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Three out of Five

Movie

Rating: PG-13 (violence, terror and disturbing images)
Length: 84 minutes

Video

Widescreen 1.85:1 1080p High Definition

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
SPANISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround

Captions

English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Plot

Rob is leaving the country and his friends get together to throw him a going away party. The party is interrupted by a giant "creature" and instead of trying to escape the city, Rob and a handful of his friends go deeper in the city to rescue his newfound love. We, the viewers, see everything through the camera held by one of Rob's friends who was put in charge to record the party.

Pros

First and foremost they actually took the time to write an interesting story with interesting characters. You care about these people and want to see them survive and they did a good job of not making this movie last too long. This isn't just a silly monster destroys city flick.

Cons

If you suffer from motion sickness then you'll want to stay far away from this film. Personally, I do not care for the hand-held camera gimmick anymore. It's just distracting. And I won't even get started on the creature/creatures; they've all been done before and better.

Extras

  • Audio Commentary With Director Matt Reeves
  • Special Investigation Mode: Picture-in-Picture
  • "The Making of Cloverfield" Featurette
  • "Cloverfield Visual Effects" Featurette
  • "I Saw It! It's Alive! It's Huge!" Featurette
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Alternate Endings
  • Outtakes

Recommendation

This is a fun little action/horror movie for fans of those genres. I just don't like the camcorder gimmick that this and a number of other films have chosen to use. Only one ever got it right and that was "The Blair Witch Project".

Director

Actors

Lizzy Caplan - Marlena
Elena Caruso - Party Goer
Margot Farley - Jenn
Ben Feldman - Travis
Brian Klugman - Charlie
Liza Lapira - Heather
Jessica Lucas - Lily
[The Covenant]
T.J. Miller - Hud
Lili Mirojnick - Lei
Anjul Nigam - Bodega Cashier
Theo Rossi - Antonio
Michael Stahl-David - Rob Hawkins
Mike Vogel - Jason Hawkins
[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)]
Kelvin Yu - Clark
[Grandma's Boy]
Odette Yustman - Beth McIntyre

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