Reviews

I need to say, I am a big fan of the Cloverfield series, and I was really looking forward to this one. But unlike the previous two movies, this one fails to deliver.

I did find it interesting how they brought the God Particle story to the Cloverfield universe, but that is it. There is no in depth story and character development, and the only anticipation building to the story is the one of a very predictable "villain" twist, if we can even call it like that. Every part of it feels rushed and just thrown into context, and the movie feels like just a side-story to something much cooler happening that we do not get to see.

In a way, this is the problem with Hollywood nowadays. The story is just too shallow, the characters are poorly developed and there is not much guessing to where the story going. Also, the small details: A German character named Schmidt ... ok, just very cliche. And Brazil is somewhat of a popular place, so it is not too hard to do a short and quick research to learn that "Acosta" is not a Brazilian Portuguese name, but rather Spanish, and not even that popular. But anyway, just a small example of how Hollywood movie stories are just poor and lazy (sans a few great film makers).

Not to say everything is bad in this movie, it is still a Cloverfield story and the acting is quite good most of the time. Daniel Brühl and Chris O'Dowd are well known and really good actors, and of course they deliver in this one.

So, to sum up: If you really really need to get more on the Cloverfield story, it is an ok movie at best, but nothing that you wouldn't get from spending 2 minutes reading a plot summary, instead of the 102 of the whole movie.

4/10

I must I did enjoy the first 30 min of this movie. Good acting and the story even thou it didn't seem like nothing new, it had potential but that fell short after they didn't do much to develop the story on most of the characters. I did think Tyler Perry did a good job in this one, but towards the end, no actor could save the predictable and embarrassing morale of this story.

If you're home in the afternoon, had your wisdom teeth taken off and there's NOTHING else going on on TV, you'll probably enjoy a scene or two in this movie, but there's nothing new/special or surprising in it.

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This is a waste of time. Very annoying sound throughout the whole movie and the acting isn't good at all. Maybe you won't agree but I find it really annoying that all the main character can do is cry the whole movie. Really awful excuse for a terrible script and lack of dialogue.

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This might be posed as a horror thriller but there is nothing supernatural or horror per say in this movie. Just another silly "I was traumatized for something that happened on my childhood" story with no depth at all and you'll understand the plot after the first dialogue (poorly written one). Again, it's just a waste of time and the ending is even more disappointing than the rest of it.

Good: Almost nothing. Some interesting scenario and camera work but that's all.

Bad: Everything? Bad acting, very annoying sound (really really annoying and no explanation at all to it other than make you mad), weak story and development. I don't feel like watching anything else from the people involved in this movie.

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