LTTP: Cloverfield
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I watched this last night and posted in the 'moves you have seen recently' thread
i'll just repost here:
Watched Cloverfield on blu-ray last night. Thought it was an effective movie: tense, visceral and very believable visual effects.
The conceit is a little hard to swallow, though - a.) the cameraman would never have run around with that camera that long (not when his life was in danger), b.) the camera battery would never have have lasted that long (i'd say there was at least 6 hours of time that passed) c.) how the fuck did they get the guy's girlfriend down the 57 fucking flights of stairs they had to climb to get to her, and d.) how the fuck was she moving her arm and not dying from extreme pain after being impaled by that bar?
i'll just repost here:
Watched Cloverfield on blu-ray last night. Thought it was an effective movie: tense, visceral and very believable visual effects.
The conceit is a little hard to swallow, though - a.) the cameraman would never have run around with that camera that long (not when his life was in danger), b.) the camera battery would never have have lasted that long (i'd say there was at least 6 hours of time that passed) c.) how the fuck did they get the guy's girlfriend down the 57 fucking flights of stairs they had to climb to get to her, and d.) how the fuck was she moving her arm and not dying from extreme pain after being impaled by that bar?
HomerSimpson-Man
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teiresias said:
Seriously, same here. He was the only guy thinking and trying to say anything to lighten things to boot considering Rob was the guy with oh so brilliant idea to run right in the monster ravaged location. Jesus Rob.
Wellington
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The Host was fucking horrible.Bursh said:
I think the investigation mode just sold me on the Blu-Ray version... well, at least netflixing it.
victreeb3l
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fucking hud.
i wish they made his death happen a lot earlier. like him, and marlena
i wish they made his death happen a lot earlier. like him, and marlena
just totally explode together or something
HomerSimpson-Man
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effingvic said:
Only if Hud gets to beat fucking Rob with his camera to death.
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Wellington said:
What the fuck?
HomerSimpson-Man
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Concept17 said:
Yeah, the movie was only like 1 hour and 20 minutes long.
The Hermit
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Kibbles said:
a sequel?! how?
I loved Cloverfield but making a sequel wold be like making a sequel of Blair Wic... oh wait!
But, with Abrams you never know...
Expendable.
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Cloverfield is fucking incredible. Only TDK and Wall-E were more enjoyable this year...
Wellington said:
Ok the Host was extremely overrated. I dunno if it was horrible, it was so clearly a satire though.
Bursh said:
How was that movie in anyway though more "realisitc" then cloverfield? The movie is part comedy it's a complete joke.
HomerSimpson-Man said:
seriously why can't people understand that? There are plenty of camera batteries that can last several hours easy as it is, but that's besides the point. The camera was only used for 80 minutes.
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HoThe Interrobanger said:
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NekoFever
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Yeah. The bigger technical goof like that was how the opening card said it was found on an SD card (ignoring the fact that this SD card can fit 90 minutes of Blu-ray quality 1080p video on it), and yet he's somehow taping over a previous recording as if it was on a linear medium. And Rob asks him at the party which tape he's recording on.msdstc said:
Anyway, fuck that, and fuck the haters. I loved this movie. Saw it in the cinema and bought the Blu-ray.
way more
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What a piece of crap. Can't they make just one horror movie without idiot characters, hackneyed dialogue and lame jokes? At least Blair Witch wasn't just a group of people shouting "OMG what is that?!" for 90 minutes. Cloverfield was standard issue cliche horror with POV, a brand new cliche added on top.
I really liked it. I think I've watched it 4-5 times!
There is so much more beyond the movie. It's the reality and the crudeness as well as the psychological horror it manages that makes it a good movie.
Crowd running, bang! whipping tail, you didn't see it coming but you're in still worried about the monster and the girl so no time to be in shock. Keep running.
I think I'll go rent it again, brb
There is so much more beyond the movie. It's the reality and the crudeness as well as the psychological horror it manages that makes it a good movie.
Crowd running, bang! whipping tail, you didn't see it coming but you're in still worried about the monster and the girl so no time to be in shock. Keep running.
I think I'll go rent it again, brb
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When I heard nothing from the ARG was even mentioned in the movie (aside from moving to Japan) I decided to wait and see it the Blu-ray would have decent extras. I'm still thinking of watching from the PSN store. Its not like I thought the extra info HAD to be in the movie, but seriously that was the most interesting part to me. The cell phone footage of the Chuia station going down was outstanding. I'm still not sure why they would want people who saw the film but not the ARG stuff to think the monster fall from the sky when it didn't.
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btkadams said:
Reading the wikipedia page just made it seem like the movie was conceived as a marketing ploy first and film second.
It did tip me off to check out the ending again to see the meteor fall into the ocean but that was a poor choice. The dialogue when heard again, sober, and in daytime was that much lamer. Even skipping though to look at shots of monster were annoying due to the characters, the dialogue and the acting. The characters were the type of people I hope die in horrible accidents just so they accomplish something in life.
But the monster was cool!
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mac said:
The beauty of Blair Witch is that you actually don´t see anything... but the premisse of both movies were diferent so, besides the fact that they are in first person, both are very diferent.
Also I wasn´t bothered with the shouting and yelling because ,hell, everyone in their shoes would have done the same and that´s pretty much the idea of the movie.
The ending was great as well.
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they did mention that at one point there was a person filming the characters we were following and that if they did a sequel it would be from their perspective. They probably scrapped that since I read it, though.demon said:
Just got a chance to watch this movie off the PSN store. I enjoyed it but I don't really think it was great. I should probably check out the extra non-movie stuff that sounds pretty interesting but the fact that the movie was basically an hour long really hurt any sort of lasting impact on me. This movie was waaaaay overhyped.
Also, for anybody who says this is a love story. That's about as stupid as saying Starship Troopers was about the epic fall and redemption of one soldier and his quest to save the human race.
Also, for anybody who says this is a love story. That's about as stupid as saying Starship Troopers was about the epic fall and redemption of one soldier and his quest to save the human race.
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