Anyway, it's a very good movie in terms of cinematography and keeping a solid sense of tension, but the storyline gets a little stupid, as it revolves around one of the characters going back into the chaos to try to save his girlfriend, and his friends follow him.

The monster itself reminded me of what would happen if you combined a Predator, one of those tripod things from Half-Life 2, and a Licker from Resident Evil. It also has little mini-monsters that drop off of it, which resemble the bugs from Starship Troopers.

Also, if you easily get motion sickness, keep that in mind before you see this movie. I rarely get motion sick and there were at least a few times the shaking camera made me dizzy.

But yeah, it's a pretty intense and engaging movie for the most part, but has a pretty unsatisfying ending and at least 2 major WTF moments.

I won't ruin it, though. Still definitely worth a watch, even if it's just for the spectacle. I can imagine it would be less exciting on a smaller screen. We had to watch it via a classroom projector on a screen about 3/4 the size of a normal movie screen, and even then it was impressive.

What the monster looks like is neither important to the story or really that particularly interesting. It doesn't look like the things from War of the Worlds at all, I just mentioned the Half-Life 2 tripods because it has 2 really long, thin arms that bend at a weird angle, and gecko-ish hands. You rarely get a decent look at the thing, and I don't think its whole body is ever onscreen at once. For a while I thought it had no legs and was dragging itself along on its arms, but I'm fairly certain it was walking in the beginning, and I think it may have just been worn down by the military barrage. I'd say it more closely resembles the Lickers from Resident Evil 2 than anything else, and I mentioned the Predator because its face looked like it had a multi-segmented jaw. Otherwise it's a completely original design, so even I still have no idea what it actually was. It was just a big monster, apparently from the sea. I guess to prove that I actually saw it, I'll say that it had red things on the side of its head that puffed outwards like a frog's throat, though you don't get a good look at that until late in the movie.

But yeah, the monster isn't all that awesome looking, nor is the story very original. The movie relies entirely on its style of filming to be interesting, and it's something it pulls off incredibly well. If you're hoping to find out what the monster is, you're going to be disappointed - the entire movie is just the camera tape, aside from a brief intro detailing where the tape was found and the fact that its codename is 'Cloverfield'. The movie ends when the tape ends.

It's more or less every single giant monster movie you've ever seen, but from the perspective of the people experiencing it and not like...the military or scientists trying to find a way to stop it. Instead of cheering on the people trying to stop the monster, you feel as scared and helpless as the characters.

I guess what I'm saying is it's impossible to 'spoil' it since there's nothing much to spoil. The movie's value is in the experience of watching it and almost feeling like you're there with the characters. Even if I wrote out every plot detail for you, it wouldn't ruin the movie at all. It sounds cliché, but the movie is a rollercoaster ride.

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The face should be more humanoid, the back smoother and the tail stiffer. But according to people having watched the movie, this should be it.

The concept art is pretty close, though it definitely had a neck. The colors are about right, and the limbs are somewhat similar. If this is official concept art, it was probably an early draft or something.

In the top sketch, he has 4 big legs, but in the bottom sketch, he has 6, and his neck is more extended. Also, the sketch doesn't show the 'air sacs' on the side of its neck like paco mentioned. Although, it does look similar to the 'concept art' posted earlier.

And according to the same people who describe the monster, you never see it completely. You see the head clearly in one scene, a leg perhaps in another...

That looks a bit like a Doom 3 Imp.

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