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Old 04-08-2008, 06:09 PM   #41 (permalink)
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I can not wait for the sequel. JJ said that if it made enough money and enough people enjoyed it he would make a sequel. Considering what it cost to make, and the overall number of people satisfied with this movie I think we can pretty much assume a sequel.
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Old 04-08-2008, 06:11 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Old 04-22-2008, 09:19 AM   #43 (permalink)
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Just watched it last night. I enjoyed it and the motion didnt get to me or my wife at all. My wife watched it from between her fingers since she had her face pretty much covered once they left the party.

The 1 thing I was trying to get a grasp on is what were the small creatures that were falling off of the larger one? As freaky as they were we weren't quite sure of how they came to be on the larger creature.
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Old 04-22-2008, 09:27 AM   #44 (permalink)
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Just watched it last night. I enjoyed it and the motion didnt get to me or my wife at all. My wife watched it from between her fingers since she had her face pretty much covered once they left the party.

The 1 thing I was trying to get a grasp on is what were the small creatures that were falling off of the larger one? As freaky as they were we weren't quite sure of how they came to be on the larger creature.
They were parasites like you might find on most large sea creatures. Whales often have them.
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Old 04-23-2008, 05:03 AM   #45 (permalink)
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i think it's because people were expecting a monster movie and they got a love story....i personally loved it though
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Old 04-23-2008, 08:31 AM   #46 (permalink)
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I finally saw this on Saturday and I I'd give it a 7 out of 10. It was entertaining, but I wasn't floored or anything. The love story dumbed it down a little for me, however the parts with the monster were great.
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Old 04-23-2008, 11:44 AM   #47 (permalink)
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Never saw it - heard about all the jerky camera work and the novelty of that approach (Bourne Identity, Private Ryan, etc) has really worn thin. It is now simply annoying.
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Old 04-23-2008, 12:07 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Wrong jerky camera technique. Shaky cams have been used for ages. This movie makes it seem as if it's an amateur video dug out after the events in the movie. Think Blair Witch Project, only good.
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Old 04-23-2008, 12:14 PM   #49 (permalink)
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I gave the Bourne Ultimatum a try and for a few minutes thought that i had a pirated dvd because some of the camera angles looked like they had folks in the way. (actually it was a pirated dvd, and I was assured that it was a good quality one, so I was trying to see how bad it was)

Haven't seen cloverfield yet, but I bet if I went to the Pacific Mall, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a pirate and the real thing, based on what people are saying.
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Old 04-23-2008, 12:28 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Leto, depends on the video quality. Yes there are people in the way of the camera at times, but for me that just added to the movie. If you get some shit quality copy with really bad video quality than the movie is going to be bad. There are lots of dark scenes and fast moving camera, and if you don't have a good picture its guaranteed to be a crappy movie.

and if you can, I highly recommend watching this with 5.1 sound.

And I just watched the stupid American Godzilla movie... that took place in New York, new york got pretty trashed. People should compare that to 9/11 and start crying.
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Old 04-23-2008, 12:34 PM   #51 (permalink)
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haha.. I got that Godzilla on VHS.... Just watched it again last week with my kid. He liked it, i found other things to do.

You're right about the video quality too. I'm willing to try Cloverfield.


PS.. are you a hockey fan blahblah? If so, my condolences... I'm going to have to leave my Flames car flag in the drawer now.
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Old 04-30-2008, 12:58 AM   #52 (permalink)
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I think most of the people that didn't like it just need a new perspective on it. My friend gave me a description that put me in just the proper mood before watching it. "It's Godzilla eats the cast of Friends". Needless to say, I was cheering for the monster and laughing at all the wrong times. "Hey, why did you all stop?" *THUD* BWAHAHAHAHAHA.
I love this movie.
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Old 04-30-2008, 01:07 AM   #53 (permalink)
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It looks like they are making another movie with this same "real photography" camera style in Quarantine.
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Old 04-30-2008, 10:22 AM   #54 (permalink)
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Thanks for that head up Augi. That movie looks really bad though. Like REALLY bad. I sure hope that Cloverfield does not inspire a rash of shitty "POV" style movies.
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Old 05-01-2008, 05:27 PM   #55 (permalink)
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I know I'm going against the grain here, but I thought it sucked. Not only did the over the top POV filming give me motion sickness, but I think they should have renamed the movie "How Many Douche Bags Can You Fit In One Movie". There was not one member of the cast that did not annoy me to tears. I found myself begging for anything (Monster, giant sea lice, carpet bomb) to put an end to these obnoxious twenty-somethings. And as for the plot, the length of the film along with the juxtaposition of love story/monster movie meant neither aspect was done very well, although the monster movie portion definitely recieved the shorter end of a very short stick.

All in all, American cinema just doesn't have the knack for this genre IMO, as Japan has been making movies with more substance than this for decades, using toys and a man in a rubber suit.
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Old 05-01-2008, 06:32 PM   #56 (permalink)
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I know I'm going against the grain here, but I thought it sucked. Not only did the over the top POV filming give me motion sickness, but I think they should have renamed the movie "How Many Douche Bags Can You Fit In One Movie". There was not one member of the cast that did not annoy me to tears. I found myself begging for anything (Monster, giant sea lice, carpet bomb) to put an end to these obnoxious twenty-somethings. And as for the plot, the length of the film along with the juxtaposition of love story/monster movie meant neither aspect was done very well, although the monster movie portion definitely recieved the shorter end of a very short stick.

All in all, American cinema just doesn't have the knack for this genre IMO, as Japan has been making movies with more substance than this for decades, using toys and a man in a rubber suit.
lol, I feel the same way...

...actually I've totally forgotten seeing the movie which is the worst sign...
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Old 05-03-2008, 02:36 AM   #57 (permalink)
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"How Many Douche Bags Can You Fit In One Movie". There was not one member of the cast that did not annoy me to tears.
Like I said, Godzilla eats the cast of Friends.
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Old 05-10-2008, 03:59 PM   #58 (permalink)
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So I finally watched this movie last night. I was pretty disappointed. It wasn't completely terrible, I was just kind of bored. And when it ended, I was like "Oh. It's over?". I don't know. I guess I expected more because of all of the hype.
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Old 05-10-2008, 05:19 PM   #59 (permalink)
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in direnct answer to the question: it was shit. thatīs the problem i had with it. ok so i was badly hungover when i saw it but i thought about it then and later and i still would have hated it with a passion. the characters were so contrived and the plot completely pointless. if i wasnīt being paid to watch it i would have asked for that time back. actually i would have paid to *not* watch it.
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Old 05-11-2008, 12:39 AM   #60 (permalink)
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in direnct answer to the question: it was shit. thatīs the problem i had with it. ok so i was badly hungover when i saw it but i thought about it then and later and i still would have hated it with a passion. the characters were so contrived and the plot completely pointless. if i wasnīt being paid to watch it i would have asked for that time back. actually i would have paid to *not* watch it.
How did you et paid to watch it? Do you get paid to watch movies? How did you get this job?


Just remember folks we got another movie like this, Quarantine.
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Old 05-29-2008, 09:10 PM   #61 (permalink)
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I just watched it, and loved it.
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Old 05-30-2008, 12:29 AM   #62 (permalink)
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Like I said, Godzilla eats the cast of Friends.
LOL SO TRUE
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Old 06-05-2008, 11:03 PM   #63 (permalink)
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I liked it ok. if I had a problem I'd say the hand held cam get's old. and maybe the monster design wasn't all that great. but overall I liked it.
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Old 06-08-2008, 04:26 PM   #64 (permalink)
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it was an hour and 15 mins....that's my problem!
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Old 06-09-2008, 03:04 PM   #65 (permalink)
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i really liked cloverfield... the only two complaints i have about the movie is that they tell you how/when it ends at the very beginning (before the video actually starts and they're doing the intro-credits, they have text taht says the video we're about to see was recovered from section xxxx, formerly known as central park. kinda lets you know that whoever filmed it is no longer in possession of it as of a scene in central park. and once you get there, the ending came a bit too quick for my tastes).

the other complaint is that the story is sooooo much bigger than what they show. i love the style and POV that they used, but the lives of characters are really the highlight, when the story is much much bigger than them. i would have been much happier if they'd just ended it with a text-crawl telling us some info on how humanity won the war (which it must have since they managed to find the camera in the rubble, which indicates reconstruction). the story of the friends, and specifically the guy (josh or soemthing?) and beth is just a small chapter in the larger story, i wish there were more.
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Old 06-21-2008, 07:28 PM   #66 (permalink)
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I just saw it and liked it overall. Sure I fast forwarded it through some of the "stumble through the dark" scenes, but the writing and direction was strong.

I recommend the special features on the DVD. I appreciated the insight that Spoiler: the monster is a scared infant rather than a purely malicious adult.

I don't know if it needs a sequel but some companion comic books and shorts would be cool. Actually, a sequel collecting 10-15min POV footage from several disparate cameras and extended news clips would most excellent.

I'm not really interested in the aftermath though. "Hammer Down" is all we need to know.
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