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Cloverfield Hype & Movie Thread *Spoilers Ahoy!*
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fistfulofmetal
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Immortal_Daemon said:
Well this is really here nor there. I don't know anything about animals and how they evolve on Earth, but it's easily explained if it IS an alien. Evolution rules on Earth might not work the same else ware.
What I really want to know more about is why people thought Rob going for Beth was dumb or unrealistic, because it really doesn't make sense how how they could think that.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
TheWolf said:
Exactly how I felt.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
You have never loved.GenericPseudonym said:
The Take Out Bandit
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Immortal_Daemon said:
Man, get off your high imaginary scientist horse.
All signs point to it being some ancient sea creature, and as we've seen on Discovery Channel there are plenty of screwy water borne creatures that can navigate the land awkwardly sans bi-pedal appendages.
Ignoring that, it's arm things reminded me very much of a bat walking.
Sheesh. . .
Escape Goat
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wow, what a steaming pile. I dont even know where to begin. I just didnt like any aspect of this movie. What a cinematic abortion!
So yeah, I'm gonna guess you've never loved. If my fiancée (or my mother or brother for that matter) sent me a message like that, I would most definitely run through a warzone, monster or not. Also, there are many stories of incredible personal sacrifice related to 9/11, you just have to look. Your lack of faith in yourself and others is a little sad.GenericPseudonym said:
The Take Out Bandit
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Teh Hamburglar said:
Go see The Orphanage!
Seriously good movie.
The Take Out Bandit
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Dolphin said:
Dude, it's totally Hollywood.
Even if they made it there in time. . .
that piece of rebar that went straight through her would have inevitably cause some serious internal trauma, and she would have bled out. So you'd get there to confirm your loved one was a corpse. :\
I dunno.
Plus the whole idiocy of the looting. I dunno. If dingleberry really had something planned, he would have at least grabbed a few flashlights while at it. I'm not a survivalist / militia-man, and there are certain things I tend to always have on hand when I'm out and about.
Then again - maybe they don't have the Boy Scouts / Cub Scouts in NY.
TheJollyCorner
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Dolphin said:So yeah, I'm gonna guess you've never loved. If my fiancée (or my mother or brother for that matter) sent me a message like that, I would most definitely run through a warzone, monster or not. Also, there are many stories of incredible personal sacrifice related to 9/11, you just have to look. Your lack of faith in yourself and others is a little sad.
basically what I thought when I read his response.
The Take Out Bandit
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Shins said:
Crank.
TemplaerDude
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Shins said:
so you've seen what, 3 or 4 movies?
GenericPseudonym
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TheJollyCorner said:
I'm happy you guys can make such bold statements about your self-sacrifce. In Cloverfield's hypothetical situation maybe I'd save my son, my mother, my fiance, but not some random chick I liked since college and apparently had broken up with.
Regardless, I'm quite glad you seem so capable of deriding someone's motivations in a situation you will never even come close to dealing with. Have you ever run into a collapsing building? Have you ever run into a warzone? Have you ever been chased by a huge fucking monster? No, absolutely not, so don't make such bold statements about something you have clearly no concept of.
I didn't get caught up in all the hype surrounding this film, but I have to say, I really enjoyed it. Definitely one of the better monster movies I've seen in a long time. I was surprised and thankful the running time was relatively short. I think it would have dragged had it gone on much longer.
Snidely Whiplash
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So you've been chased by huge fucking monster's into warzones and collapsing buildings? How do you know you would save your son, mother, and fiance? You've never even been hypothetically chased by a huge fucking monster so don't make such bold statements about something you clearly have no concept of.GenericPseudonym said:
GenericPseudonym
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Snidely Whiplash said:
I can't be sure, again it depends on the situation. I wouldn't be saving everybody that's for sure. But its odd how these overly idealistic responses come out on GAF.
The Bookerman
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The Take Out Bandit said:
I heard it sucked pretty bad.
Snidely Whiplash
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thisisneogafdude.gifGenericPseudonym said:
GenericPseudonym
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B-Ri said:
See again this movie's not so hot, because all I got was the he liked her for a while and then fucked up, not that they were best friends forever. Too much background noise. I can see now why he might save her. But still, the situation still makes it a very difficult choice, one that's hardly as reflexive or obvious as many make it out to be.
Heh well i'm just glad its semi confirmed that the monsters werent baby monsters, but more or less parasites that were latched onto the monster. They looked more like bugs/antlions from HL2 more than anything. And yes Lily is hot.
Also for some reason I thought the splash in the water was the monster making a large splash. But I guess thats been proved as some satellite as well. One detail I would like to get clarification on is why someone would blow up after being bitten by a parasite.
Also for some reason I thought the splash in the water was the monster making a large splash. But I guess thats been proved as some satellite as well. One detail I would like to get clarification on is why someone would blow up after being bitten by a parasite.
papelnabangka
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The parasite bite could have had something done similar to when ants and bees bite you: your body enters into allergic reaction and basically make the bite area swell. Those things were so big, it could have delivered alot of poison and basically swelled her whole body up.Teknoman said:
Which is consistent with the hemorrhaging from her eyes as pressure built up, though it would make more sense if she was squirting blood from her wounds, especially considering the proximity to her heart.papelnabangka said:
Then again, I doubt that much thought actually went into the movie.
GenericPseudonym
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Ristamar said:
I heard that he had liked her since college. I did not know that they had been best friends for ages.
Mango Positive
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I've got to ask the haters... seriously... I have to know where you are coming from. Name a better monster movie. Just one... if it's "the host" then keep it to yourself. This movie was fantastic.
Buttonbasher
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Going to see it again now. I'm going to pay close attention to see if my monster theory
could work.
Parasite falls in April, latches onto multiple creatures, which slowly get blasted off
I_D
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fistfulofmetal said:
I don't think the origin really matters. Limbs simply don't evolve backwards like that. The only creatures with arms like that are spiders.
The difference is that all of a spider's legs are like that, unlike this monster which had front spider arms, gorilla back legs, and weird retarded arms on its chest.
As for going back for Beth being unrealistic........ the GAF users who are saying this have never seen a vagina before, so they don't understand.
Ok saw it again last night, and paid attention to the very end where
It actually held up very well the second time, much more so than I imagined.
Rob and Beth are sharing their last moments on the tape. I saw the huge splash in the water. I imagine that was its tail or something.. pretty cool
Just saw it with two buddies, both who hated it (but to be honest they were crazy skeptical going in, why I don't know), however I really enjoyed it. I loved the concept, and I loved that Reeves never bailed on it even once. No other camera views, no monster explanations, nothing extraneously added along the way, no gratuitous monster shots.
The little snippets on the TV's, the struggling to see what the hell was going on during various scenes (
) and especially the
were my favorite aspects by far.
It's so nice to see a refreshing take on an old concept like this nowadays. Kudos to Reeves and Abrams. And Beth is ridiculously hot.
The little snippets on the TV's, the struggling to see what the hell was going on during various scenes (
Brooklyn Bridge was brilliant
two hectic fight scenes, just before the subway where you just briefly see the monster scream at Hud, and then in the subway tunnels after turning on the night vision
It's so nice to see a refreshing take on an old concept like this nowadays. Kudos to Reeves and Abrams. And Beth is ridiculously hot.
BTW, to any Resistence fans, if this hasn't already been mentioned in the thread, did the monster's face not instantly make you think 'holy shit a chimera!'?
The Take Out Bandit
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The Bookerman said:
Clearly it sucks.
I reckon if you're expecting another shit American remake of some non-sensical Japanese "horror" flick, or just another shit remake of an American horror classic it sucks; but as a compelling ghost story with legitimate scares it's pretty damn solid.
Mango Positive said:
RT of The Host: 92%
RT of Cloverfield: 76%
For one thing, "The Host" did a MUCH better job at comedy.
fistfulofmetal
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GenericPseudonym said:
Well you must not have been paying attention. Dude pretty much says that they've known each other for most of their lives.
LevelNth said:
Yep. When I saw it, that's the first thing I thought of
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Just came back from the movie, thought it was incredible. I sat far enough away from the screen after reading many accounts of motion sickness (danke GAF).
Now:
Makes you realize just how much effort was put into the mystique of this film.
I need to read up on all of this in more depth and see it again.
Now:
I definitely saw the thing falling from the sky into the water at the end of the movie. I had read all of the spoilers on GAF and definitely saw it.
Makes you realize just how much effort was put into the mystique of this film.
I need to read up on all of this in more depth and see it again.
LevelNth said:
That's what I thought when they finally showed it. It reminded me of the
Spider creature in Resistance. Can't think of its name.
I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel to this that's like a government study video. Have some different angles of the attacks that were taken by the government. Have some scenes from news reels and the like. And then have testimony or something like that from expert scientists specculating.
A sequel really could work, but they're going to have to keep with the same style.
DarthWaiter
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Alright GAF, I need your powers. I need the song that plays during the credits.
"ROAR! (Cloverfield Overture)" by Michael Giacchino
"ROAR! (Cloverfield Overture)" by Michael Giacchino
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