Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097363520641
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 125
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageRussianOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: 352064
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Running Time: 84 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: January 16, 2008

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Editorial Review:

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

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Biggest waste of time ever!
I've never been so angry about such an overrated and overhyped movie as Cloverfield. First 20 minutes NOTHING happens. I was so bored I could scream. The rest of this poor excuse for a movie was dull, dull, dull. Totally forgettable noname actors, no excitement, almost no dialog, no explanation for anything. The ending was the icing on this awful cake. Nothing happens in the ending either. Even the title is dull, as it makes no sense.

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Rating:

- Not your average monster pic
I really enjoyed this movie. A very suspenseful story with solid acting. The hand held camera aspect kept me on the edge of my seat. It may not be for everyone, but if you're open to a different take on the classic "Godzilla" genre, you may enjoy this pic.

Rating:

- deathday by eugene bruce would be better!
Deathday by Eugene Bruce would be better! Maybe, maybe not who knows - but being an impoverished author i won't apologise for shamelessly promoting my debut novel Deathday by Eugene Bruce - I'd very much appreciate you checking it out that's DEATHDAY by EUGENE BRUCE - I love you America!

Rating:

- Save your money
Have this DVD in Blu-ray format sorry but the flim was a dud would rate it 2 stars at best rent it from Blockbusters/Netflix would not recommend buying it (as I did)

Rating:

- Annoying and Depressing
Annoying: the entire "hand-held camera documentary style filming technique is tired and likely to cause viewers to puke.

Depressing (spoiler alert): they die. That's it. The whole movie leads to their death. Wow. Hollywood really knows how to make `em.

script by MrRat

Wednesday, 23 July 2008

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