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Cloverfield | 
| 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 Used: $5.15
You Save: $24.84 (83%)
Rating:  543 reviews
Sales Rank: 388
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)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 84 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 352064
UPC: 097363520641
EAN: 0097363520641
ASIN: B0014Z4OQG
Theatrical Release Date: January 16, 2008
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 538 more reviews...
 Cloverfield - Best Monster Movie Ever! July 17, 2008
G. Ross (Dundee, Scotland)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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 shaking a lot etc, your all idiots! thats the whole point!!
Brilliant IDEA, GENIUS! July 17, 2008
N. J. Scottney-turbill
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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 the crowd to ask her if she's alright! EVERY guy would do the same if he were trying to pick up that ONE girl. The view point also gives you the sneaky little shots of the monster that keep you intrigued, and the camera is usually a second too late to see the action. The noise occurs the camera whips around and we see the aftermath or destruction.
Also adding to the recorded on a standard video camera we see little glimpses of a month before, detailing Rob and Beth's relationship each time the camera is stopped. I LOVE IT!!!
AND now I have it on dvd I finally see that bloody crashing satellite at the VERY end! I saw the movie 9 times in the cinema and NEVER saw it! but then agaijn it's little more than a black dot in the distance...
Now for those who question the thin plot, you watch it on BLU RAY with the special investigation mode. It gives you SO much more depth of where the monster came from, who's responsible for it and where it came from! IT'S FANTASTIC!!
You see after I heard they were doing a sequel I was surprised because I didn't think there was enough groundwork for another one, but after watching that special feature I am SO looking forward to it!!!
The funniest thing I've heard from many people I know, is that the camera movement made them sick! which I guess it's possible... but personally I have VERTIGO and have had it since 2005 and I was fine with this film... but don't mention 'A Scanner Darkly' to me.... I do get sick from the slightest of things... so I'm surprised this film had no effect on me!
PERSONALLY with all the hype after the release of the first trailer with the transformers movie I think it was one of those few examples that actually delivered!! I couldn't recommend it more!
JJ ABRAMS is awesome
 Better than I expected July 16, 2008
E. Dees (Albuquerque, NM USOFA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
CAUTION: 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 buy it. Cheaper than actually going to the theater, all things considered, and actually easier, physically, for me to see movies this way, now. Thank you, Amazon!
Well, anyway, this thing was the first movie I've seen in many years that wasn't done from the omniscient point of view ... or had all the ends tied up by the time the credits rolled. By the presence of the Department of Defense labels, classifications, etc. shown at the begining and the end, I assumed that *someone* survived and that the video was found ... and I likewise assumed that none of the characters survived but I wasn't sure about exactly what was going on until the end. Part of me wants a sequel!
So, I thought it beat "Blair Witch" by quite a distance and I had no idea it was even that type of movie ... someone shooting an amature video that ends up telling an unintended story.
The Flip Side of Godzilla and Alien July 16, 2008
Frank Scoblete (New York)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Cloverfield, 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.
 VomitCoveredField July 15, 2008
Kelly Glover
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'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 sections of every museum.
Horrible nauseating camera shaking does not qualify as spectacular artistic genius.
I have plenty of home videos from the 80's where my father left the camcorder on while he was walking, looks just like this.
If I add a lump of purple clay that goes RAAAR and splice in some footage of buildings blowing up will you people pay me too?
Horrible plot. Or lack of plot.
Tons of plot holes.
Lame five second explanation of what's going on.
If you like B-list films, by all means.
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