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DVD Review: Cloverfield
Posted by Victor Dangelo | Apr 21, 2008 12:42

Cloverfield

DVD Review

Paramount Home Entertainment

Released: April 22, 2008

Cloverfield was a huge hit at the box office, and for good reason as it brought back some great memories of classic Godzilla type films, with this monster absolutely destroying Manhattan. The DVD release has been highly-anticipated as it is an extremely interesting film in the way in which it was shot, through the eyes of five young New Yorkers. Think the Blair Witch Project mixed with Godzilla.

The film stars Hud (T.J. Miller), his best friend Rob (Michael Stahl-David), as well as Beth (Odette Yustman), and others.

The film features Rob and Hud searching for Rob’s love, Beth. The goal is pretty simple, find Beth and get the heck out of New York as fast as possible before the monster destroys everything. The 30-story monster is absolutely destroying Manhattan island in Cloverfield, making for some truly amazing scenes.

It is a fun film to watch as it will have you on the edge of your seat, putting you into a position where you have a very interesting perspective on everything.

The film is extremely entertaining, making for a great modern monster movie. I can’t recommend it enough, definitely worth watching!

The video transfer on DVD is presented in widescreen and looks phenomenal. You have to take into consideration the way in which the film is supposed to look, since it was filmed in a Blair Witch-type set-up. The way in which the film was shot is brought to life nicely on this DVD release as everything has an extremely realistic and raw tone to it. You will see some solid natural colors, as well as details. It has made the transformation from the theater to DVD very nicely to say the least.

The audio is equally as impressive being presented in Dolby Digital 5.1. The sound effects and explosions from the monster wreaking havoc in Manhattan are all presented very clearly and accurately.

The special features on the DVD release of Cloverfield are top-notch. You will get alternate endings as well as deleted scenes and outtakes to start things off with.

Beyond those nice add-ins, you also get a documentary called The Making of Cloverfield. The documentary does a nice job at taking fans behind-the-scenes to show how the film was brought together, how it was made, etc. For those who were curious like all of us were, about the film prior to its release, this is a great documentary.

Cloverfield Visual Effects is also included on the DVD release and shows us how they put together some of the awe-inspiring visuals in Cloverfield. A lot of attention is paid to the monster as well.

Also featured is commentary by director Matt Reeves, as well as more background information into the Cloverfield case.

Cloverfield has received a nice release on the DVD format, with the film being presented about as good as it could have been on the format. The special features do a great job to educate fans further on the story behind Cloverfield, how it was made etc. Fans of the film, and there are a lot of you out there, should not miss out on this DVD release at all. A great monster flick!

Film: 8.5

A very entertaining and fun monster flick, shot in a very interesting manner. Plenty of excitement to be had here!

Video: 8.2

The video transfer on DVD is nicely done as it shows off the raw footage of the film nicely.

Audio: 8.0

The audio is well-done with good sound effects and dialogue. Again, for the way the film was shot it has very natural audio.

Special Features: 8.5

A nice set of special features with documentaries, commentary, deleted scenes, alternate endings, etc.

Final Score: 8.5


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