Cloverfield

Seen as a cross between Godzilla and The Blair Witch Project, Cloverfield is a film about an unknown monster that stampedes through New York City. The story is told as though it is actual camera footage and follows a small group of New Yorkers as they try and escape the city.

I like the idea that the whole film is uncovered film footage, as it makes it seem a bit more realistic. The actors are all virtually unknowns, which I think was a good idea. It just wouldn't have had the same effect if all the stars were A list actors.

It's a very exciting film, and you genuinely do get caught up in the chaos and thrills as the camera sweeps around, following the people as they run for their lives. It's not really a film for people who get motion sickness easily. The handheld camera view does move around very quickly and it's quite easy to see why some people were throwing up in the cinema aisles! :P

It's a very exciting, gripping, tense, genuinely scary film that is definitely worth a watch.

10/10

AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem

Now, I am no huge fan of Sci Fi monster movies (with the exception of perhaps Cloverfield), so unsurprisingly I wasn't that impressed with this film.

Perhaps it was because I'm not really a fan of either Alien or Predator movies, or just because of the awful plot, but I found this to be quite a boring film.

The special effects were the best thing about it, but perhaps they spent so much time on them that they forgot to insert an interesting story. A bunch of people (none of whom are particularly likeable) faffing around, trying to escape a city where Alien and Predator are battling it out.... meh. They could have came up with something a bit more exciting than that.

The acting is bland, I was fed up by the end and was quite pleased when the credits arrived. If you're desperate to see this, then fair enough, but otherwise, give it a miss.

3/10