A Godzilla-like film debuted in 2008, and it launched to mixed reactions - a monster movie that barely showed the monster - it was the director playing with Hollywood tropes.
Before Matt Reeves made The Batman, or journeyed through The Planet of the Apes, he made a little film called Cloverfield.
Cloverfield's monster has always been shrouded in mystery
A found footage action film that showed the panic and terror of a populace being destroyed by a skyscraper-sized monster, Cloverfield, focused on the people rather than the monster.
Ever since the film’s debut, fans speculated on the origins of the monster, and why it levelled an entire city in a fit of rage.
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The film actually shows the origins of the monster, however, viewers have to keep their eyes peeled at the very end of the runtime.
As the film ends, it shows us a flashback of a couple on a ferris wheel, and in the background, a meteor crashes into the ocean.
Matt Reeves confirmed in an interview with SyFy that the monster is alien in origin, and this scene shows it crashing to Earth.
In the same interview, Reeves details why the monster trashes the city - it wasn’t blind rage, or an allegory for nuclear power.
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Reeves noted, “The reason the monster was freaking out is that they were having fits based on looking for their mother. And so, [the monster] was just as afraid as the main characters.”
The monster here, or alien if you prefer, is a baby, lost in the cosmos.
Its mother is still in space, and while lost, the baby becomes panicked and lashes out at everything and everyone around it.
When viewers began to understand the alien more, and time passed since the film’s release, opinion grew for Cloverfield.
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The film came out at a time when Hollywood was showing the audience everything, and overdoing it in almost every aspect.
Cloverfield bucked that trend and was quite ahead of its time.
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