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Title: Doesn't Play by It's Own Rules
Review: I notice that the raving Amazon editorial review starts off by saying Cloverfield doesn't play by the usual rules. Well, it doesn't play by it's own rules, either. The film is totally reliant on a gimmick that it doesn't even use properly. Supposedly the "cam corder view" is an attempt at hyperrealism, but all it succeded in doing for me was take me out of the moment time and again. There is nothing at all "realistic" about a hand held camera that always catches every important event and facial expression and that never gets dropped even when its operator is running through wreckage, dodging monsters and leaping from building to building.This movie was no better than any number of Made For Sci-Fi Channel TV movies I've seen.
