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I went to see this movie this morning. One word of caution - if you get motion sickness, wait for this to come out of DVD. The 'camera shake' is so bad, it made me ill, and I don't get sick on cars, boats or thrill rides. Several people got up and left, one woman ran for the exit door and literally barfed right there.

If you read the reviews on Yahoo, you'll see this is a common problem. I covered my eyes with my hand and just listened for quite a while during the movie, waiting for a queue to look.

Hope your experience is/was better than mine. I expected this after Blair Witch, but hoped it wouldn't be as bad.

Three hints, though...

-in the very last scene with Rob & Beth at Coney Island, pay close attention to the background. It will explain something to you.

-Don't bother waiting thru the 15 minutes of credits, all you get is an off camera "what now?" Implying a sequel, I guess.

-Check out www.1-18-08.com and www.slusho.com for some interesting background.

never saw blair witch. heard enough about it that it never appealed. i like scarry, but not gross or gory. haven't heard about cloverfield. we're a small town of 400, and not many here are into the halloween scene. thanks about the word.

A friend of mine at the Art institute in Chicago said it was a great big disappointment, especially the creatures. He had found what he thought to be the design for them on the net and well it wasn't even close.

Thanks for the warning! I am one who got sick at Blair Witch ( we had gone out for a big expensive dinner right before the movie) I will wait for the DVD

Originally Posted by wilbret

-in the very last scene with Rob & Beth at Coney Island, pay close attention to the background. It will explain something to you.

I missed this!! Please send me a private message and tell me what it was. I noticed a couple of things in the "We have a bite!" scene that were easy to miss because it went by so quickly.

This movie was not very good at all. Way more that a tad bit disapointed. They addvertizd it so well. Not worth the $9.00. If you really want to see it, I'd wait and just rent it for like 3.00 bucks when it comes out instead of buying it.

OK I have noticed over the last year or so that every time a movie comes out… Sci-Fi channel has a lot budget knock off of the same story line.. with that said I went to the video store this weekend and rented what I thought was an OK movie and well I rented "MONSTER" (the truth will be told) and it was BAD, BAD, BAD, and it sounds just like the same story line just based in Tokyo as Cloverfield.

A movie theater chain is headquartered here and I am able to finagle free passes. So, I go to movies all the time, I love em. What I don't see there, I rent or download. Lucky for me, my Diet Coke addiction has allowed me to get enough points to get blockbuster gift cards to last forever. ;-)

That being said, I would highly recommend skipping this one in the theater if you are compelled to see it.

We also saw "27 Dresses" this weekend and it was actually a cute movie. When I'm telling you a chick flick was better than a monster flick, take that as a cue.

When I'm telling you a chick flick was better than a monster flick, take that as a cue.

Too funny...that just about says it all.

Yeah it does. Well dang, I'm kinda disappointed here..haven't been to the theater for a scary movie in months and I was hoping this one could be the lucky winner for us. But considering what you guys have said, think we'll skip it too. And it made $41 million at the boxoffice over the weekend.