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Cloverfield Hype & Movie Thread *Spoilers Ahoy!*
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Christopher
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MIMIC said:
wow they don't even compare...I mean really MIMIC apples and oranges bro
Riskbreaker23
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Chris Michael said:
the whole premise of the movie is that you are seeing an incredible event through the eyes of one group of people.
you know what they know nothing more, nothing less.
the director has talked about if he was to make a sequel it would show the event through the eyes of another person or group.
also have you ever thought that it was the director's intention to make you have some many question about what was really going on? regardless if you felt let down because you didnt get all the answers, you are still going out and talking about it to other people about it which is more viral marketing for the movie.
Escape Goat
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Its really amazing that missles and bombs had no effect on it. Bombs that can warp and melt steel fall on it and the monster just shrugs it off. Nothing organic could withstand that. But whatever. Obviously if conventional weapons worked on it the movie wouldnt even have existed.
Christopher
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MIMIC said:
I know even then - it's nothing alike.
Count Dookkake
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MIMIC said:
Almost every action/horror movie ever made.
bob_arctor
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fistfulofmetal said:
Well, I've been with my wife since high school (about 18 years now), we have 2 wonderful kids, so no, I don't know anything about true love.
Gattsu25 said:
I agree. So if the movie didn't tell me anything about both Rob and his girl aside from his actions--going back into what amounts to a war-zone filled with horrible monsters--somehow I wouldn't know this?
fistfulofmetal
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MIMIC said:
What? So that's me drooling over the love story?
Yeah, no. That's me explaining the actions of the characters. People are claiming it doesn't make sense and I'm saying it does.
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
Audience member #1: "Shit, Rob must really love this chick!"
Audience Member #2: "How do you know that? They haven't shown anything about them!"
*Rob ignores giant monster, evacuation and certain death*
Audience Member #1: "Are you stupid??"
Audience Member #2: "How do you know that? They haven't shown anything about them!"
*Rob ignores giant monster, evacuation and certain death*
Audience Member #1: "Are you stupid??"
SaggyMonkey
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bob_arctor said:
Fixed.
fistfulofmetal
Banned
bob_arctor said:
So the problem is that you didn't pay enough attention the prologue before the attack to hear them clearly state that Rob and Beth have known each other most of their lives and are close friends, or the entire part where he fell for her in college?
BruceLeeRoy
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:lol :lol :lol :lolChris Michael said:
Just got back from seeing it I thought it was absolutely fantastic.
Closest a movie has ever come to feeling like a ride for me just awesome.
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
fistfulofmetal said:
Why. Does. That. Matter. And to clarify, my argument isn't that Rob's actions don't make sense. Obviously they don't. They are completely irrational. Love is irrational a lot of times.
The emotional impact would be the same even without the prologue you think somehow escaped my attention. But don't get all huffy--I enjoyed the movie, I really did. But Rob and company were annoying as fuck. Less of them talking crap (subway scene I'm looking at you!), less vid-cam love shmaltz, the more solid it would have been.
fistfulofmetal
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bob_arctor said:
And I completely disagree.
bob_arctor
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fistfulofmetal said:
Well, duh!
Still, I had the feeling that they put all that stuff there to somehow justify Rob's irrational behavior--as if the filmmakers were anticipating the "That makes no sense!" crowd and attempted to drive home the true love angle to blunt their complaints. I happen to think Rob's suicide quest is the only thing they needed. As is, it came off as kind of hand-holding, you know?Spike Spiegel
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I thought it was pretty obvious thatLen Dontree said:Saw it last night and enjoyed it. I really wanted to see the monster scooping people up in his maw and chomping them down though; after all, Marlena said that it was eating people out on the street.
Also, what happened at the end when it"eats" Hud? It looked and sounded like he was getting chomped pretty good (though it seems like he'd be swallowed whole) but then he's dropped and the others rush over as if to see if he's OK? Huh? Doesn't seem like there'd be much left. I really was expecting them all to be eaten right there.
the chunk of Hud that was holding the camera was bitten off and plummeted to the ground, and Rob and Beth were just running over and screaming his name in disbelief.
there may not have been much left to him other than part of his torso.
AgentOtaku
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yeah
also
pretty much thought the lower half of him was actually eaten
Jamesfrom818
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Teh Hamburglar said:
It survived falling from space. Without going nuclear, a MOAB down its throat is probably the only thing that would do the thing in.
Jamesfrom818
Banned
Crushed said:
Oh shit! Its a space zombie monster!
EDIT: Oh...I haven't been keeping up. So the thing isn't from space?
Len Dontree
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Spike Spiegel said:
Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought, I just reckoned there'd be more blood and grue. Actually, I reckoned it'd be a "swallowed whole" type of situation considering the scale here. Not a big deal at all though, I thought the movie was really effective overall and the monster was very cool, grotesque and terrifying.
Another little niggle, when Hud first sees the news footage of the beast he doesn't seem as shocked as I imagine I'd be and almost seems to get distracted by the army rolling by outside. I think I'd be frozen in my tracks if I saw footage like that on tv.
I do hope we get a resurgence of giant monster-on-the-rampage movies. I'd much rather see giant beasts awoken from millenia-old slumbers knocking over skyscrapers than any more Hostel or Saw or killer doll movies (though those are much cheaper to make so I doubt they're going away).
Watched it on friday. It was a great movie.
I thought that it was obvious that the chick was going to explode.
The love story was cheesy as hell. But it didn't bother me "You came back.." :lol
The music during the credits was terrible.
When some random guy came up to them and started talking in another language, I thought he was going to say "GODZILLA...GODZILLA!!!" :lol
I thought that it was obvious that the chick was going to explode.
The love story was cheesy as hell. But it didn't bother me "You came back.." :lol
The music during the credits was terrible.
When some random guy came up to them and started talking in another language, I thought he was going to say "GODZILLA...GODZILLA!!!" :lol
fistfulofmetal
Banned
bob_arctor said:
Nope.
Giving us the set up makes you feel something for the character. Without it, Rob is just a random dude trying to save a random girl that I know nothing about.
eudaemonic
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Gattsu25 said:
I love my guy very much but should my city be invaded by a giant fucking monster with tons of mini horrific spawns, I'm sure he'd understand if his dying phone call to me meant "I'm done for, get the f*ck out of Dodge". I'd want him to do that if I was the one on the other line. Sucky ass way to die, sure - but I wouldn't want him to die too.
Speaking of,
how in the hell did she go from almost dead & impaled through her shoulder (which would have had to break her scapula) to, I'm going to run around and help you lift shit?
The movie just ended up annoying me and I think a large part of it had to do with I felt absolutely nothing for those people because they started off being annoying and graduated to f*cktard status by the end. I wanted more monster chomping action.
Imperial Hot
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I just got back from seeing the movie for the second time. I am positive that there is no way in hell that the thing that fell into the ocean at the end is the monster. The thing that falls in the ocean is fairly close to the shore, and it was pretty small in size.
Also, even after seeing it for a second time, the scene when Hud gets eaten is very hard to believe. How the fuck do they not notice the monster? They never noticed the monster while they were leaving until Hud went back to get the camera. HOW THE FUCK DOES A 30 STORY TALL MONSTER SNEAK UP ON YOU?
Also, even after seeing it for a second time, the scene when Hud gets eaten is very hard to believe. How the fuck do they not notice the monster? They never noticed the monster while they were leaving until Hud went back to get the camera. HOW THE FUCK DOES A 30 STORY TALL MONSTER SNEAK UP ON YOU?
Imperial Hot
Banned
Real life.MIMIC said:
snack said:
It was "explained" earlier in the thread that the helicopter crash damaged their hearing...or something along those ridiculous lines.
Rob: "HUD!!!"
Hud: "What?....oh snap! Mr. Cloverfield, you just snuck up on me!"
Rob is yelling is Hud to warn him that the monster is behind him. Apparently, he can hear Rob, but can't tell that some colassal beast is stomping around behind him. That's like ignoring an earthquake.
I'm all for suspension of disbelief, but please don't try to EXPLAIN crazy things like that :lol
Imperial Hot
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My sentiments, exactly. I LOVED this movie, but this part really bothers me. There is no way in hell you can ignore that thing coming at you. Even if you can't hear it, surely you would feel the ground vibrating, or the it BREATHING DOWN YOUR NECK.MIMIC said:
The more I think about it, the angrier I get at how such an oversight got in the movie. The only possible explanation for the situation was that the monster was there the whole time, knocked unconscious by the helicopter or just waiting, and Hud and the gang didn't notice it.
MIMIC said:
Just saw it, and easily spotted the "explanation" in the 2nd to last shot.
As for the noise - there were concussion blasts going on the whole time. How woud you know the difference between bearby explosions and footsteps? I wouldn't. I would shit my pants and panic at every sound or start ignoring them.
You guys are completely underestimating what being disoriented can do to you.
I'm pretty sure that if you just rode an out of control in a helicopter for thirty seconds, hit the ground at full force, went unconscious for at least a minute only to slowly awaken, your head would be so messed up that Ronald McDonald could whack off right in front of you and you wouldn't even notice.
I'm pretty sure that if you just rode an out of control in a helicopter for thirty seconds, hit the ground at full force, went unconscious for at least a minute only to slowly awaken, your head would be so messed up that Ronald McDonald could whack off right in front of you and you wouldn't even notice.
Christopher
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"Good Luck in Japan Rob"
"...good luck tonight buddy"
tsc tsc Rob
"...good luck tonight buddy"
tsc tsc Rob
Count Dookkake
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ckohler said:
I know that there are a few veterans here, but not many people on GAF have seen combat, outside of The Adventures of Bald Space Marine.
VultureDude
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can't believe this movie made me feel so sick thanks to the camera style, I'm weak!
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