Cloverfield

[Chromatose]

As much as I like giant monster movies, you can only do the plot device of *BORN FROM SPACE/RADIATION/SCIENCE, RISES FROM THE SEA THEN ATTACKS CITY* so many hundreds of times, so this seems to be a good twist on the same thing.

Also I have really enjoyed the recent style of "monster movies that aren't about the monster" along the style of Dog Soldiers or Descent, which don't take time to explain WHY those things are there, and the focus is more on the people stuck in the situation.

It's always more frightening to me when they don't give backgrounds on these horrible abominations, a very Lovecraftian style.

So really , as long as I don't get violently ill from watching this, I'll probably really enjoy it eh?! I SHALL SEE

T minus a few hours.

 

[Captain Beard]

Do tell us if our quadruped friend is frightening enough. though.

 

[AALLGOD]

I went and saw "No Country for Old Men" again instead. Totally worth it. NCfOM didn't need a stupid monster and shakycam to be suspenseful.

 

[Burti]

As much as I like giant monster movies, you can only do the plot device of *BORN FROM SPACE/RADIATION/SCIENCE, RISES FROM THE SEA THEN ATTACKS CITY* so many hundreds of times, so this seems to be a good twist on the same thing.

Also I have really enjoyed the recent style of "monster movies that aren't about the monster" along the style of Dog Soldiers or Descent, which don't take time to explain WHY those things are there, and the focus is more on the people stuck in the situation.

It's always more frightening to me when they don't give backgrounds on these horrible abominations, a very Lovecraftian style.

So really , as long as I don't get violently ill from watching this, I'll probably really enjoy it eh?! I SHALL SEE

T minus a few hours.

The Dog Soldiers? Bunch of marines or summat stuck on an island-esque thing, guy ends up stabbing the last guy with a silver fork or something to kill it?

That seemed very monster-centered.

 

[dreaming neon darkspot]

dog soldiers was good.

and i really wanted to see no country for old men. is it dvd-purchase-worthy?

 

[Chromatose]

The Dog Soldiers? Bunch of marines or summat stuck on an island-esque thing, guy ends up stabbing the last guy with a silver fork or something to kill it?

That seemed very monster-centered.

if by island-esque thing you mean the British Isles, then.. sure? All I recall is a farmhouse in the wilderness.

And while the monsters are obviously crucial to the plot, the film itself centered around the soldiers, who just so happen to have had a bit of bad luck running into some werewolves. The monsters could have been something completely different and the film itself could remain largely unchanged.

It occurred to me another film that falls perfectly into this scheme as well is The Host.

 

[Burti]

That Korean movie?

 

[Chromatose]

Yes!

 

[Sentient 6]

I went and saw "No Country for Old Men" again instead. Totally worth it. NCfOM didn't need a stupid monster and shakycam to be suspenseful.

No Country For Old Men was fucking amazing, and that guy was the best monster seen on screen for a long time

 

[Nikki]

I just came back from it, it was meh. Nothing I haven't seen before plus a ridiculous love story.

 

[NinjaKitten]

I actually really liked this movie. The camera was a little annoying at times, but all in all, I thought it was very good. Apparently most people didnt like it, when the movie was over, pretty much the whole theatre got up and booed and wanted their money back... haha, suckers.

 

[DreamNeonBlack]

I dont know what people were expecting, but it pretty much hit all the marks it said it was going to. And lived up to the several reviews I had read.

I just think most people are idiots.

 

[Will Bozarth]

saw Cloverfield last night. I got a headache and felt like I was going to throw up multiple times. Fuck that movie right in the ass.

story was good. ending was the way it should have ended. it looked believable. i just HATED the fact that it was so shaky

 

[ShadowsWithin]

well it's not as bad as Behind Enemy lines 2...generic story and you couldn't see anything...

 

[Will Bozarth]

Doesn't matter. I'm comparing it to itself. The cameras were annoying as FUCK. If I want to watch a movie like that, I'll film one by myself. If I pay TEN DOLLARS, I want to see something TOTALLY PROFESSIONAL. The special effects were great, but the camera wasn't on them long enough to fully appreciate them!

 

[Chromatose]

I get motion sickness very easily, and I took my dramamine as I had stated, and I was able to keep my eyes on the screen the entire time with no problems.

Equate it to going on a rollercoaster, you know what you're getting into.

 

[Will Bozarth]

yeah, but i have no problems on a roller coaster! meh meh MEH!

 

[Lunar Still]

Doesn't matter. I'm comparing it to itself. The cameras were annoying as FUCK. If I want to watch a movie like that, I'll film one by myself. If I pay TEN DOLLARS, I want to see something TOTALLY PROFESSIONAL. The special effects were great, but the camera wasn't on them long enough to fully appreciate them!

Don't pay ten dollars.

 

[derek]

It was terrible. Absolutely goddamn terrible. The only redeeming thing was the Star Trek teaser.

No Country for Old Men blew my mind. Probably one of my favourite movies ever, and certainly my favourite Coen's movie, knocking Fargo off the number one spot it has held for a decade now. They've got Emmanual Lubezki in charge of cinematography for their next movies and he is a fucking beast - strength to strength really.

On a side note, I saw AVP 2 and it was also terrible. Probably the worst movie I've seen in a few years. Making a good AVP isn't hard. The golden rule is to give it to some scriptwriters and a director that DO NOT SUCK.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Cloverfield was good. yeah the camera shit was... well shit. but so much shit got destroyed. and it was a good story.