Cloverfield

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  • orig_long red
    orig_long red Posts: 2,029
    i wish it was Godzilla.

    JJ Abrams is an idiot.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    singularity wrote:
    what the hell?

    i'm kind of wishing it's that whale-like creature that is covered in parasites that has been getting posted on the internet.


    yea...i kind of wish the same thing now.

    this thing looks like a giant insect...

    but for some who have seen the movie they say it actually looks good in motion on the big screen.

    there are smaller monsters with this one too.


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  • MookieBlaylock5v1
    MookieBlaylock5v1 Posts: 353
    Roger Ebert's review gives a quasi-description of the monster:

    http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080117/REVIEWS/801170302
  • sigh eternally
    sigh eternally Chicago Posts: 421
    it was worth my money just to see new york city get ripped the fuck up.

    the monster was dumb.
  • ReleaseMe...
    ReleaseMe... Posts: 494
    why is it called Cloverfield?
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  • sigh eternally
    sigh eternally Chicago Posts: 421
    it's the name the case was designated by the U.S. Department of Defense.
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,865
    I thought this movie was absolutely awesome.

    Nothing wrong with the monster(s). and the movie doesnt cop out. you get to see
  • redmosquito10
    redmosquito10 Posts: 568
    yeah i thought this was a pretty terrible movie. unfortunately, it was just sad enough that i couldnt laugh at how bad it was. monster was kind of disappointing/uncreative, but that's all i'll say. Some people I saw it with liked it, though, so make up your own mind
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  • Ledbetterus
    Ledbetterus Posts: 592
    Honestly the movie was pretty good. Nothing incredible, but pretty good. It wasn't so much about the monster as it was the people running from it. The camera movement, as much as you might say "oh god, another Blair Witch", was actually pretty decent. Nothing too crazy as far as unnecessary movement goes, it mostly was on beat with the "horror" the people involved were experiencing.

    I do wish it ended different though. With out giving away spoilers, I wish they took the end in the entire opposite direction they did. I guess though, it left a lot up to the imagination.

    Overall I'll give it a 6.5/10 on the Ledbetterus scale.
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  • Strangest Tribe
    Strangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    I thought this was an awesome movie...I read the reviews and sorta knew what to expect.

    I thought the monster was pretty cool, and the Subway scene was pretty creepy.

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  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    redmosquito10 wrote:
    yeah i thought this was a pretty terrible movie. unfortunately, it was just sad enough that i couldnt laugh at how bad it was. monster was kind of disappointing/uncreative, but that's all i'll say. Some people I saw it with liked it, though, so make up your own mind



    pretty much seems to be the case...some like it others hate it.

    i'm not expecting a mind blowing experience when i go to see it today...just a good flick....

    shouldn't really expect much from a movie released in january.


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  • JSBE
    JSBE Posts: 1,078
    saw an 11:20 this morning and the theater was pretty damn full for a saturday morning movie.

    first, monster movies (much like zombie movies) are either something you're into or your not. personally, i thought the movie was very entertaining and i got what i expected out of it, which was a good, "monster destroys a city" movie.

    i avoided all possible spoilers as much as i could and went into the movie not having any solid idea about what the monster/creature looked like (although i obviously had my own ideas).

    i would give cloverfield 3 out of 4 stars and would highly recommend seeing it in the theater if the previews look good or even half decent to you.
  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    JSBE wrote:
    saw an 11:20 this morning and the theater was pretty damn full for a saturday morning movie.

    first, monster movies (much like zombie movies) are either something you're into or your not. personally, i thought the movie was very entertaining and i got what i expected out of it, which was a good, "monster destroys a city" movie.

    i avoided all possible spoilers as much as i could and went into the movie not having any solid idea about what the monster/creature looked like (although i obviously had my own ideas).

    i would give cloverfield 3 out of 4 stars and would highly recommend seeing it in the theater if the previews look good or even half decent to you.


    so you didn't get into all the viral marketing?

    i heard that explains a lot...


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    Is it worth seeing? Is it comparable to anything we've seen before?
    "It's all happening"
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i gotta say i disliked it for the most part. you get a few lightning fast shots of something cool, then about ten minutes of hearing pretty people whine while the camera shakes violenty. The whole shaky cam gimmick sucked.

    dissappointed. at least its short
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    oh and by the way. the cameraman is the most annoying character since Jar Jar.
  • JSBE
    JSBE Posts: 1,078
    brainofPJ wrote:
    so you didn't get into all the viral marketing?

    i heard that explains a lot...

    not really, although i've heard that the viral marketing didn't explain much of anything.
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    Just got back from watching Cloverfield and I thought it was a great movie. I can understand if this type of movie, monster movies, are not your favorite genre, but to say that the movie was lame is just stupid. The movie was anything but. I enjoyed the fact that it was centered on the characters and their struggle to escape the city instead of it just being about the monster. Well done and the monster was pretty fucking cool.
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  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    JSBE wrote:
    not really, although i've heard that the viral marketing didn't explain much of anything.


    i heard the exact opposite.

    i'm not sure if this was brought up in the movie...but the party was for Rob who was leaving for Japan to join the Tagruato company...

    Tagruato is responsible for multiple drilling sites...one being not too far off the coast from New York city...

    there were these "news reports" released of that particular station collapsing or being taken down...if you look close you can see something swimming away...

    its thought that the drilling was responsible for disrupting the monster...

    then theres the whole Slusho, Tidowave marketing...i just couldn't keep up with it all.

    anyway, i didn't get to see it last night and i stayed home to watch a Death Wish marathon...


    Esther's here and she's sick?

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  • JamnPearl
    JamnPearl Posts: 204
    I really liked the movie. It was very intense althought the movie was pretty short. The shaky camera kinda made me sick. My only complaint would be the lenght of the movie. I thought the monster was pretty awesome. If the movie wasn't shown in first person view it probably wouldn't have been good.

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