Customer Ratings & Reviews

Lizzy Caplan. Cant say Im on the JJ bandwagon as I think he blew it pretty hard with Super 8. But whatever the guy makes super watchable movies if not forgettable ones. I did enjoy this one though and toss it in every now and again. Heck I bought it again on Bluray just to see it on the projector. Fun easy popcorn movie to just space out with and enjoy the chaos. Oh yeah and Its got Lizzy Caplan.

When this film first came out, they tried to closely guard the big reveal secret of the movie & so I'll not disclose it here. Basically it's a story of a horrible disaster that occurs as a young man attends a surprise going away party to celebrate landing a new dream job in another country. His best friends have a camcorder to catch it all but when the unimaginable happens, the rest of the film is about trying to survive. The ENTIRE film is shot POV style from this single camera & we are treated to images of a bittersweet love story, goofy friends plotting a party, the horror that is designated as Cloverfield, & the resultant scramble to live & love. The special effects are excellent, the idea is wonderful (& a much better than The Blair Witch Project), & at times sadly poignant as you realize the happiest moments are being recorded over to "document" this incredible event. If I have ANY complaint it's the jerkiness of the hand-held camera throughout, but you can become used to it soon enough & it DOES add to the realistic depiction of the event. I love showing this film to friends who've never seen it & tell them nothing in advance (I won't even let them see the liner notes on the back of the case). They're surprised (& pleased) every time. An old-fashioned idea done well for the 21st century audience.

Many contemporary kaiju movies focused too heavily on the monsters rather than the protagonists or the human characters. In doing so, they lost the fear and terror that such gigantic and destructive beings would naturally evoke. While the secondary plotline is forgettable and the human characters are rather flat, Cloverfield successfully refocuses itself on the humans and allows the viewer to experience the terror of a giant monster attack from the perspective of the individual on the ground. Warning- those with a tendency towards motion sickness might want to use caution. The camera work is deliberately jarring.

I have really enjoyed watching streaming versions of this film, so I was glad to be able to get a 4K copy. Good quality video and sound. A few dark scenes are a little heavy on film grain, but most of the scenes looked good. While I've enjoyed watching this multiple times, I only watched the sequel once, and didn't like it, so I declined to buy the combo / 2-movie package.

I watched this movie when it came out and was probably not paying too much attention...you know, my ADHD acts up every...oh look, a nickel! Anywhozles, my girlfriend kept asking about the Cloverfield 2 movie, and she had not yet seen the first one! She lived under a rock for many years before she met the awesome, old me. We watched this together and it was pretty darn swell when you pay attention, a lot scarier than I thought it was. My girlfriend was Scoobie-Doing it the whole movie, (biting her nails typewriter style). It's a great movie to have in your collection. One of the handheld video-camera style movies that actually works! Go buy it..I paid like 6 bucks...not too shabby!

Seems like "Cloverfield" split audiences when it first released, but it hit at a time where the Internet and social media marketing wasn't established yet. As such, this movie was very mysterious when it debuted and people either seemed to love it or hate it. But to its credit, it was one of the early found footage movies that still holds up and provided its audience mystery and discovery at the same time. In a time where we can know every detail and every secret of a movie before we go in, "Cloverfield" took full advantage of its format and delivered an exciting movie of a kind we hadn't seen too much of before. Go back and watch, it holds up incredibly and is a lot of fun.

A great movie by J.J. Abrams. Good visual effects but a little bit dragging.

I never saw Cloverfield when came out, after seeing the sequel 10 Cloverfield Lane I wanted to see the original. I was disappointed in the original, but to be honest I'm not a fan of shaky camera movies and this one the camera is rockin' all the time. There just wasn't enough to the story and it got slow and predictable for me. So it's an okay monster movie, guess I was expecting a lot more.

Since this is a 'found footage' type of movie, a significant increase in detail for 4K is not to be expected. However, the color and black level improvements are nice, and the soundtrack improvement is noticeable. At the right price, it is a decent upgrade from Blu-Ray.

This movie was a bargain for $12.99 for a ultra 4K movie. This is my second Ultra 4K movie I purchased. This movie is 84 minutes but I like short movies. I'm glad it isn't two hours. Good script, good cast.

The build-up of suspense is great in this movie. I wouldn't call it, "scary," in the overall sense, but there are a few moments that might make you jump out of your seat a little. There's also a good balance of humor. Not so much that it detracts from the general tone of the film, just enough to break up the tension here & there, like a good roller coaster ride.

I am a fan of the film originally and was very happy with this 4k update. Th downside is that the extra detail makes the CG parts more obvious but the sound was just amazing on my set up especially the bass. If you already liked tgw film and have the equipment for 4k and dolby atmos this ones a no brainer

This uses the "found footage" style of filming where one of the charaters has the video going for the event. I'm not usually a fan of that style of filmaking, but it worked well enough here. Overall not a bad movie for the genre. Had some very good moments in it and it will probably spur some of that good post-movie conversation, "what if that happened tonight?"

If you like the Blair Witch style of filming, hand-held cameras by characters, then you'll also like Cloverfield. The film is successful in making the viewer wait until almost the end to actually see the aliens.

I've seen this movie 3 times . The first time , it introduced me to a different world and take on the suspendful Sci Fi genre. This wasn't a typical horror film. Kept you at the edge of your seat because you didnt know what to expect next. A new formula of suspense with plenty of action and outcome doubts. A must see.

'Cloverfield' does a good job of having the viewer feel as unsettled and confused as the characters do. And not just with the depicted monster/alien; military/government role perhaps? While not all questions will be answered, and why should they be (it is found footage), the road to them is quite a ride.

You'd naturally equate teens in trouble to films like Nightmare on Elm Street, but Cloverfield is the only film to mix teenagers and giant monsters since The Giant Gila Monster back in the 1950s. The cinema verite style works here, and catch an early performance by Lizzy Caplan before she was on Showtime..

A different angle at the monster movie genre. Many may not like the first person, shaky camera point of view throughout most of the film, but I enjoyed it. A little like a monster version of Blair Witch that makes you dizzy at times, but it keeps you guessing until the end.

This was a very original take on the classic Godzilla type monster movie when it was released and still stands on it's own today. Word of warning to those who may get motion sickness from the constantly moving (hand held camera) effect in the way this movie was filmed.

the audio of the 4k disc is amazing but the visuals are nothing spectacular as far as the upgraded quality goes