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| 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
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (530 reviews)
Sales Rank: 236
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
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
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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
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
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 Too Bad July 8, 2008
What a shame. Great story. Good acting. Lousy camera work! The CONSTANT shaky camera with no let up makes for a NOT AS MUCH FUN AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN experience. Too bad.
Like playing a xbox game July 8, 2008
I thought this looked good but when I watched it, it just gave me a headache. It was like watching a video game on the xbox. This movie was plan horrible, even to rent it.
 wasted an hour or so of my life! July 8, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is by far, the worst movie I've ever seen!!!!!! I knew it wasn't going to be too good, but wow! And they wanted to make this so America would have a "Godzilla" of our own!!??!?!?! What on earth!? More questions than answers. It sucked so bad!!!! And I wasted a free ticket for my Redbox account. MAN!
 Great Movie finally on BLU-RAY!! July 7, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Really enjoyed this movie in the theater. Couldnt wait for it to come out on Blu-Ray. Was tempted to buy it on DVD but glad I waited.
fun July 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked it. I didn't mind the wobbly camera thing (I barely notice these things any more anyway). The thing that made me annoyed was seeing too much of the monster! The first couple of glimpses of him are enough, but instead we get this kind of idiotic American-movie 'got to see him over and over' and reach the climax we do. I was expecting the tricks to spook me and when they came I failed to get spooked because I had predicted how I would get spooked. Well everyday sort of hack filmaking - but still not a bad effort.
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