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Cloverfield...?

Sun Jan 20, 2008, 5:16 AM
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Ok i watched the long anticipated and perhaps overrated cloverfield movie today, and well though i enjoyed the movie it left me with a deep feeling of dissatisfaction. **READ NO FURTHER IF YOU DONT WANT TO SPOIL**

Now one thing you notice straight away is that this aint filmed like your regular movie, the entire film is shot "blair witch" style, through the perspective of a camera that one of characters "Hud" carries around throughout the damn movie recording the events as they occur. Now for me i think that whole handy cam presentation had its ups and downs.. it was interesting for a while and its definately somethin different but it gets old methinks not to mention action sequences become too hard to follow, what with the camera flying around and shaking as our protagonists run for their lives. Now this is supposed to be THE american monster movie but perhaps you may have realised its a story of survival and doesnt focus much really on the monster, infact we know nothing at all about the monster or even what it really looks like :| Theres one clear shot of the monster though and its short lived when the camera man gets eaten or some of him gets eaten anyway and by that time you're thinking "about fuckin time". Who the hell runs around with a camera filming shit when theres a 600 foot alien stompin the city and buildings fallin all around with chances of survival being low.. i'd at least put the cam away every now and then so i can run the fuck outta there. Theres a lot of things about that movie that'll leave you sayin: "you wouldnt do that in rthat situation", "that was a stupid thing to do" etc I think this flim had a whole lot more potential and wasnt at all like i expected.

To be fair its a good movie... but for me rather unsatisfying :unimpressed:

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~kid1989:iconkid1989: Jan 20, 2008, 6:44:50 AM
Im not gonna read the spoiler part, want to see it in the near future
but have ya seen 'No country for old men', I've seen it last night and really recommend it
=demonicsamurai:icondemonicsamurai: Jan 20, 2008, 8:12:41 AM
well the reason u dont learn about monster is that the movie isnt about the monster, its about hud, rob, and them its about what THEY went through how long they lived and everything because those characters knew nothing about the monster WE didnt know anything about the monster its about the experience, its that kind of mystery that jj abrams uses

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=northchavis:iconnorthchavis: Jan 20, 2008, 8:55:17 AM
I personally enjoyed it. I didn't need to see the monster to feel it's threat. I didn't need to know where it came from to know it's gonna fuck shit up until someone or something stops it.

The shaky cam was weird in the beginning, but my mind was able to overcome the chaos and focus on the movie. I agree that, most san people would've ditched the camera long ago (as well as the girl that may or may not be alive) to get the hell out of dodge, but really it's just a movie. An escape to see people do things that we wouldn't normally do.

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~mattwileyart:iconmattwileyart: Jan 20, 2008, 9:17:09 AM
On a different subject, are you looking forward to the new Star trek movie after seeing the teaser?

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~MrWizard44:iconMrWizard44: Jan 20, 2008, 9:17:15 AM
As soon as the hype started I figured it would be a huge letdown...

haven't seen it yet, though, so I don't know for myself.

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~shonenpunk:iconshonenpunk: Jan 20, 2008, 9:27:29 AM
You know this movie didnt let me down one bit. And that that's that i knew of the viral marketing.

I never once thought to myself "i wouldnt do that" since just about everyone I know pretty much film/capture their whole lives on vid and cam these days.

I feel it was a look at how it would be in this. our new generation obsessed with recording everything. Think were not obsessed with doing so? just take gander at you tube. don't wanna see videos of a kid sitting on couch doing nothing at all? well, its there anyways.

I think we don't learn anything about the monster because these kids didn't either. I do also feel this is FAR from over though

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*trialsze:icontrialsze: Jan 20, 2008, 11:28:36 AM
Well bro I agree with you. I know the story was about the guys surviving but it was a FREAKIN MONSTER movie as well. JJ Abrams even said that this was his version of Godzilla. Not to mention the ending just blows. To many unanswered questions. Of course I don't like JJ Abrams either though. I don't think he has any talent. I feel he just rehashes others talent. This movie is a fine example of what I am talking about. This was Blair Witch. The only difference was a huge monster running around the city and the camera was a little better. I would not recommend it to anyone.
*kajusx:iconkajusx: Jan 20, 2008, 1:51:32 PM
I never for one second heard that Cloverfield was supposed to be "THE American monster movie."

It was a handheld movie that was supposed to take the viewer on a crazy journey with a small group of new yorkers and their trials and tribulations as they react to an unknown threat(s).

If you wanted a movie where the main characters directly have a hand in taking down the monster, go watch the american version of godzilla.

And I wouldn't want to watch a documentary of an alien attack if you were filming it, Pencil-ninja, because apparently whenever anything scary or interesting would turn up, you'd turn the camera off and run.

And people need to realize that hype is always bullshit. Don't get excited by hype. Throw away pre-conceived notions and you won't walk into a movie thinking it will be exactly what you think it is based off hype.
=killaCaravagio:iconkillaCaravagio: Jan 20, 2008, 4:45:49 PM
it left me with motion sickness.... it was a very over hyped bad remake of the movie Miracle mile... they just made it about a monster and not a bomb

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~OkHero:iconOkHero: Jan 20, 2008, 6:33:54 PM
I have seen it too and i agree. It had SOOOO much potential. I still thoroughly enjoyed it though. It was an awesome concept but I believe so much more could have been done.
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