Based on 1616 votes and 287 reviews
wow! an edge of your seat thriler. i honestly had to catch my breath! a must see in theatres
The camera view was brutal and the ending was really stupid!
This movie has no storyline. (Monsters looking like grasshopper attack New York then everyone died) It is just War of the Worlds filming in Blair Witch Style. Poorly done!!! I hope this is the last of this kind of movie. Btw....Don't listen to people who said this movie is so exciting and worth seeing!!
WOW!! GREAT MOVIE!!! Yes, it was just like Blair Witch, but it was really good!! I enjoyed every minute of it!!!
Best movie i've seen yet. you forget about that crazy camera movement you just keep thinking that you want to see more about that monster. i give it a 2 thumbs up!!!!
The movie was aweful. Flat right from the beginning. NO depth to characters, poorly written, and the whole camcorder effect was aweful. Just made you feel sick.
It was very realistic but you feel so nauseous because of the camera movement!!
A realism feel and good special effect and in my opinion this is one of the better sci fi film to come like The Mist and I am Lengend...
maybe if you bothered to read what i read ... but i guess your pompous elitist foreigner arrogance prevents you from seeing what i actually wrote ... i actually think the movie was a passable effort, but the expert camera work was truly a distraction that spoiled it. but i guess the endorsement of a moron like you, should serve as a warning to all (including me) to stay away from movies like this. if you're looking for suggestions to induce vomiting other than dumping ten bucks wastefully, let me know, i might be able to oblige you.
it was awesome movie. Realistic is outstanding, and way the movie recoreded was dizzy enough to made me puke.
I went into this movie expecting crap but came out pumped and excited! After getting used to the camera, and the fact that a movie passed the year 2005 could actually have an interesting suspensful story i fell in love. Awesome Movie, Awesome effects, Aweesome Acting, Awesome story, Awesome Ending, and you will think so too if you didnt have the attention span of a watermelon
GOOD MOVIE OVER ALL.IF YOU CAN HANDLE ALL THE SHAKING YOU WILL LIKE THIS MOVIE.SPECIAL EFFECTS WERE GOOD,VERY MUCH LIKE THE BLAR WITCH PROJECT.IT TOOK ME SEVERAL MINS. TO GET BACK TO NORMAL.
ENDING WAS PERFECT! It's supposed to be a personal video, take it as it is, no personal video wraps things up nicely. It's a perspective into a group of people expereincing this event first hand. There's no need to a definite ending! I agree about the camera shaking though, sit at the back, but I've seen it 3 times and I'm not complaining. GREAT MOVIE! cannot wait for the DVD! Just go see it and HAVE FUN!!!
I was just plain bord throughout the entire movie. I saw it with about twelve people and I was the only person in the theatre it seemed who didn't like it
It seems like , "Blair witch project meets Godzilla" ...... Very disappointed on ending ..
The worst movie I have ever seen in my whole life. I would give it a zero if I could. I feel cheated, pissed and sick to my stomach.
I felt sick, in the end i was dizzy and wanted to hurl. I movie was good in the way it seemed real but the video camera effect still made it hard to watch. Im glad it was only 1hr 20min. I should have left when half of everyone else left(halfway thru).
it rocked
This movie sucked! Way to corny!! Its trying to put a real life feel and turns into a cheesy love thing with bodies exploding everywhere. If this was real life, the camera would have broke down and everyone would be out of controle. The US forces proved to be tough as hell in this movie, killing a giant "Thing" but can't win the war in Irac, or take care of people from a Huracain named Katrina....
it sucks so bad what the hell were they thinking making this movie
Major motion sickness- the camera never stopped shaking! I had my eyes closed for a good portion of the film. Clearly I wasn't the only one who felt sick from this movie - We had to wait to get into the theatre because the staff was still cleaning up vomit from the previous show.
Awesome special effect and very realistic however nothing more
Yes i think it does create realism.. For instance let's think for a minute wait I almost forgot you North Americans don't think with your head.. Get real bro just think about it.. Here is why the film feels real, it felt like it happened for real! and they just retrieved the video of the incident.. So there ya go buddy and is that too much for your puny head.. And if it was just a film it wouldn't have any meaning seeing that it felt like the mist.. Instead they added this camera work and guess what it made the film better and it worked! and if you don't think it was good well then that's your opinion... And give me a really good reason why the film sucked not some stupid reason like (I
Being a Scene member I'm glad i did not have to pay to watch this movie as I found it to be a huge let down to the movie it looked like it was going to be when I saw the trailer when watching Transformers. The point of view was good keeping the realism to the movie, but too often it made me fill like a bigger budgeted version of the Blair Witch Project. The movie was incredibly boring for the first 20 minutes i.e., before the monster attack, and it left too many unanswered questions. Honestly, whats the point of showing a quarantine scene if there never going to expand on it? The movie ended great as it had a dark outlook but seriously, save your money and wait for the DVD.
I can see how some people might not enjoy the movie (camera shaking) but if you can get over that and get into the story of the characters and the non stop action from start to finish and throw in a few surprises I think its worth the price of admission. My wife and I really enjoyed it , we never took our eyes off the screen. GO CHECK IT OUT bonk
so ... shaking the camera around like a chicken having a seizure creates realism for some of you elitist foreigners ... maybe if you realized that even an eight year old with a video camera that has an image stabilizer can shoot a movie better than these "reality" pictures are trying to use in technique to give them an authentic feel ... get real, even for just a second or two.
i really enjoyed cloverfield. its about time that a new well done godzilla style movie comes out. as i was leaving the theater i heard some punk teen say"its just blair witch meets godzilla", "i hated it" well im sorry that its not scary movie 87 or some other crappy teen movie. this movie was original, different, entertaining, and enjoyable. though im sure it may have caused motion sickness to some, those who stayed got to see a great movie.
THIS was the worst movie ever!!!! It was a super long blaire-which project. It was annoying and aggravating, and very slow moving. A waste of time and money.
C this movie If Ur looking 2 work out ur neck
I watch a lot of horror movies...and this one actually scared the heck out of me!! realistic....
The movie was crap. Boring crap. Made me dizzy. Hm. But, hearing MUCC's song 'Buzz' playin' just made me smile. Japanese Rock, forever, please~.
Had to close my eyes through 60% of the movie. It didn't have one moment where the camera was still. The movie was okay, but I thought the story line was too simple.
YOU WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!! Well I have to say I had very high expectation regarding that movie, the preview is great but the whole movie is a documentary (Almost like Blair Witch) NO story just teenagers runing in the city to escape something and the army trying to fight it. The ENDING is REALLY BAD!
A very good film.. And no, no one payed us to give it a good review.. The reason why these people gave it a good review is for it's realism,and very good special effect...
I could see why people would not like this film.. Because of the camera work.. However I found it brilliant, because the fact that the director wanted everyone to feel realism and not just another popcorn film!and the fact that a lot of people did not get the concept nor what the director was putting in front of them... This explain why a lot of "Americans" are pretty dumb, no offense!!! Hello people horror films are not suppose to be a happy ending nor is it suppose to be a simple ride!
I got motion sickness which ruined the movie for me.
Wow. Great movie from the perspective of realism. If an alien landed in New York and someone was taping it, this is how it would have come out. Would have been 5 stars if it weren't for the realistic, but painful camera work (blair witch style) that made some people throw up. The more I think about this movie, the more I am impressed with it. This movie was a CINEMATIC EVENT. Not just a movie. Awards should be won.
My eyes were glued to the screen throughout the whole film, i was blown away by the camera movements, kind of like my own home movies, and the monster was pretty damn good.
By far the worst movie ever!!! DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE
It was an OK movie..except for the f**kin thing with the camera ..The monster was way kool as is the destruction of Manhattan yet once again. Not enuf blood and gore tho. This movie has potential to be something bigger. ( if the cameras were stationary). I feel ripped off tho. Another waste of time and money !!
This movie was incredible even though I couldn't watch it all and threw up everywhere
This movie is awesome. The people that are hating on it either don't know much about it or are 14. The motion sickness part i understand but to say it has no special effects?? c'mon, the entire movie is special effects...they must have been overlooked because they were so realistic people didnt notice they were actually special effects?? Missiles exploding into buildings isnt special effects, buildings collapsing etc. Yeah there was not much explanation at the end of the movie but if you pay attention to the subtle clues you will learn that it will all be explained in the sequel. Anyways if you're a 2-bit square this movie isn't for you. Get back to bumping your top ten pop music and d
ugh i so wish i listened to ppl who said itll make u motion sick. i didnt watch three quarters of this horrible horrible movie cuz i felt so sick from the camera shaking..guess it did ok on the trying to make it look realistic end, but the story line was bad and it was just..bad :( i want my money and hour and a half of my life back please
Great movie, for what it is meant to be. Loved the monster and the idea of everything going to crap in less then 24hrs. is so realistic...I will see it again, to pick up extra details which might have been missed. - Dino
No answers in this film only questions. I felt like I was watching a trailer for 2 hours. Just getting a chance to see the creature wasn't my idea of a payoff. Mr. Abrams owes me $12:50!
I thought it was one of the most realistic monster movie from the eyes of a camcorder. Yes, you can get camcorder sickness like the blair witch and yes, the begining was a bit too long to build up the characters, but once it gets going, hang on to your seats! It's a wild ride! This movies probably ain't for everyone. I saw with my buddy and he hated it. But I loved it! - ST
the story line is too simple, and I dislike the movie capture style, made me so dizzy, it is not worth to watch it in theater, maybe still ok for rent a dvd.
blair witch. hollywood style. "you mean you dont get too see the witch? f*&k that, we'll replace the witch with a giant CG spider. what about ads? maybe for nokia? can we put in a love story too? our blair witch is going to be so much better!!! wait wait... the whole virus thing is pretty popular now. can we throw that in? but...aw heck, why not."
This is, by far, the worst movie I have ever seen. Nothing I can say can emphasize strongly enough what a waste of time and money this disaster is. TOTAL CRAP!!!
worst movie i have ever seen!!