History YMMV / Cloverfield

* DirectorDisplacement: No, Creator/JJAbrams '''did NOT''' direct ''Cloverfield''. That goes to Matt Reeves. Unfortunately since Abrams is associated with [[Series/{{Lost}} a]] [[Series/{{Fringe}} whole]] [[Series/{{Alias}} slew]] [[Film/StarTrek of]] [[Film/{{Super 8}} friggin']] [[Film/TheForceAwakens projects]], Reeves is constantly not mentioned for directing the film.

* AwesomeMusic: Creator/MichaelGiacchino's "Roar! (Cloverfield Overture)." Basically, a ten-minute suite of what the music for this movie would have been, had there been a score, and done {{in the style of}} ''Film/Gojira'' composer Akira Ifukube.

* AwesomeMusic: Creator/MichaelGiachino's "Roar! (Cloverfield Overture)." Basically, a ten-minute suite of what the music for this movie would have been, had there been a score, and done {{in the style of}} ''Film/Gojira'' composer Akira Ifukube.

** The fact that every instance in which [[{{Bowdlerize}} an exclamation of "fuck" would have been more appropriate]] is replaced with the [[AvoidTheDreadedGRating PG-13-friendly]] [[GoshDarnintToHeck "OH GOD!"]]

* DirectorDisplacement: No, Creator/JJAbrams '''did NOT''' direct ''Cloverfield''. That goes to Matt Reeves. Unfortunately since Abrams is associated with [[Series/{{Lost}} a]] [[Series/{{Fringe}} slew]] [[Series/{{Alias}} of]] [[Film/StarTrek friggin']] [[Film/{{Super 8}} projects]], Reeves is constantly not mentioned for directing the film.

* ToughActToFollow: Why the sequel was in DevelopmentHell for so long.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Only one original piece of music was composed for the film, and it is ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xhIX4qr9JI awesome]]''.

* {{Narm}}: The [[spoiler:parasites]] sound rather like an angry Donald Duck.

* UglyCute: Not gonna lie. Clovie and his ticks are pretty cute.
** Seriously though, look up Cloverfield on deviantArt, and see how many pictures people draw of chibi/baby Clovie.

* DirectorDisplacement: No, Creator/JJAbrams '''did NOT''' direct ''Cloverfield''. That goes to Matt Reeves. Unfortunately since Abrams is associated with [[Series/{{Lost}} a]] [[Series/{{Fringe}} slew]] [[Series/{{Alias}} of]] [[Film/StarTrek fricken]] [[Film/{{Super 8}} projects]], Reeves is constantly not mentioned for directing the film.

* EpilepticTrees: * [[WMG/{{Cloverfield}} cough]]* , and those are only the tip of the iceberg. The AlternateRealityGame tied into the film lead to ''many'' more of them, most of which were {{Jossed}}.
* HypeBacklash: Mostly due to people being nauseous.

%%* JustHereForGodzilla

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Keeping in mind that the monster is a baby looking for its mom makes watching this movie an entirely different experience.
** Kind of zig-zagged, actually; WordOfGod says that it is sort of a tragic figure, but the fact that it's a terrified baby is actually supposed to ''add'' to its scariness. As one of the people working on the film put it: "There is nothing scarier than a really big thing that's been spooked".

* ToughActToFollow: Why the sequel has been in DevelopmentHell for so long.
** [[Film/TenCloverfieldLane Not for long!]]
* TheLoad: Technically Lily. The only thing she does in the movie is bandaging Marlena's wounds.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Watch the entire movie, and then just ''try'' to convince yourself it was made for $25 million. You can't.

* FanNickname: Clovie, Clover, MGP, [[{{TooDumbToLive}} Darwin]].

* [[JustHereForGodzilla Just Here For The Cloverfield Monster]]

* DirectorDisplacement: No, Creator/JJAbrams '''did NOT''' direct ''Cloverfield''. That goes to Matt Reeves. Unfortunately since Abrams is associated with [[Series/{{Lost}} a]] [[Series/{{Fringe}} slew]] [[Series/{{Alias}} of]] [[Film/StarTrek fricken]] [[Film/Super8 projects]], Reeves is constantly not mentioned for directing the film.

* DirectorDisplacement

** [[Film/{{10CloverfieldLane}} Not for long!]]

** [[Film/10CloverfieldLane Not for long!]]

** Out of all the things you could have chosen to be on the TV in the electronics store, you chose SpongeBobSquarePants.