Cloverfield seems to be an exercise in making a series of films where none of them has anything to do with the other ones.
First one: shakycam found footage Godzilla copycat.

Second one: psychological thriller with an is he/isn't he crazy? baddie.

Third one: uninspired rip-off of Event Horizon, which itself was pretty naff.
( .Yeti., Wed 7 Feb 2018, 9:05, archived)

Yeah, Event Horizon wasn't very good, was it? I can never understand the following it has

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 9:07, archived)

It was pretty pants, alright.
The Transformers films have a huge following too and they're aggressively terrible, so I guess there's no accounting for taste.
( .Yeti., Wed 7 Feb 2018, 9:10, archived)

I dunno, if you're a 14 year old future rapist with ADHD and a love of shiny things I can perhaps see the appeal

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 9:17, archived)

That's Michael Bay's target audience in a nutshell.

( .Yeti., Wed 7 Feb 2018, 9:22, archived)

I hate that bastard. With his best fake smile.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 9:54, archived)

I found my eldest watching one of the later films on Netflix (whichever one it is where Galvatron is a swarm of metal bees).
When questioned, he replied that it was so bad that he couldn't stop looking at it.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 9:32, archived)

not the bees!

( manolith hooray for me, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 9:59, archived)

There's not much to recommend that film but, like Ghost Rider 2,
Nic Cage chewing on the set almost makes it worthwhile.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 10:03, archived)

Nic Cage chews the ever-living shite out of the set in everything he does.

( .Yeti., Wed 7 Feb 2018, 10:07, archived)

I tried watching that rapture film he was in.
He looked uncommonly bored.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 10:12, archived)

ghost rider 2 is a decent enough watch

( manolith hooray for me, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 10:14, archived)

It's terrible.
Ciarán Hinds getting his soul removed before filming was an admirable commitment to the role, but more than the film deserved.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 10:17, archived)

that big flaming bagger 288 though

( manolith hooray for me, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 10:34, archived)

That looks like something I would type.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 11:03, archived)

I liked Event Horizon.
Was a better Doom film than the actual Doom film, and works as a sort of prequel to the Warhammer 40k universe, too. Shame all the cut footage of hell got destroyed, though.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 9:18, archived)

Sunshine was far superior and often overlooked.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 10:37, archived)

yeah, that's not a bad one
i've heard that 'life' is similar and better too
( manolith hooray for me, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 10:52, archived)

Also good... The alien is clever.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 11:25, archived)

the fourth one is already made, releasing later this year and is set in world war 2
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
( manolith hooray for me, Wed 7 Feb 2018, 9:52, archived)