I havnt seen the movie yet but I saw the monster and basically read what happens ;). But does anyone else wanna see it? If you already saw it did u think it was good?
I've been seeing a lot of
"Rejected Cloverfield Monster design" pictures lately. Any word on what this is about?
.... Never heared of it.
Yes. And if you go to Google images, search for Cloverfield Monster, and go to the third page. You will see a strange four legged creature pic. This is not it but it takes you to a blog that shows you the monster(s). Here is a link though.
http://blog.motorphilia.com/?p=9
Mucho info here. In the comments it gives a link that will tell you the entire plot and movie.
Edited! I said monster(s) because the creature has these parasite like bugs that also attack the city.
Coincidentally, I just got back from it. It was intense. That is to say it was awesome. But apparently a lot of people don't like it. It seems to be one of those love it or hate it movies.
It's not like your average monster movie at all. It's more like a disaster movie that happens to feature a monster attack as a backdrop. That is to say, it's about a group of people and what happens to them when a giant monster attacks NYC.
Also, it happens to be filmed as if it were from a handheld video camera. A lot of people apparently take umbrage with this, but I thought it made it all the more realistic.
It definitely seems like a unique take, I thought it looked creative.
yea, looks pretty creative actually, but I'm not a really a huge fan of horror films such as that, so I think i'm going to have to miss this one.
It's not really a horror film at all. It's about a bunch of people running from a giant monster and its little parasite thingies. It's not really scary at all either, just intense. So freaking intense.
Is it gory? Because my stepdad had mixed feelings about it, and he likes the gory stuff.
Oh, well from the preview's it looked like it would be something horror related. If thats not the case then, I'll probably wait till it comes out on DVD to see it.
Quote from: Shikamaru_Nara on January 21, 2008, 03:31:49 PM
Is it gory? Because my stepdad had mixed feelings about it, and he likes the gory stuff.
Someone
explodes. But that's really the only gory thing I can remember.
And, JDog, this is really the kind of movie you want to see in theaters if you can. I don't think the small screen would do it justice at all.
Is it a guts-everywhere, nasty explosion?
Just blood as far as I could see. You didn't get a very good shot of it. The camera was only on it for like a second tops.
Huh...The movie must not be very long...I mean, the length of an average movie, but since it's all continous on one camera, only a two hour time period could be portrayed in the movie, unlike other movies where they skip days and weeks and such.
3 friends and I went to go see it on opening day. It was incredible. It went where most movies don't. That is to say, that it gave it a new perspective.
Typical monster movie:
about 4-6 characters.
About half die off.
What happened, and how it happened is explained in thorough detail.
CloverField:
Many characters, about 6 main (including Hud, the camera man)
Gives the perspective of an average person trying to escape the wrath of God knows what, whilst staying together, and keeping your close ones alive.
What Cloverfield did, was make it seem real. They didn't explain what it was (Normally, nobody WOULD know what it was), not even the military knew, apparently.
If there is one question I wanted to ask after the movie was over, it would be: "What the hell kind of camera were they using?!" That camera went through hell and back, and was completely fine throughout the whole movie.
SPOILERS AHEAD: (highlight to read)
The movie did leave a question or two to be asked after word though. Like "Did they initiate "Hammer" and nuke the whole place?"
"In the end, you hear over the radio "Target not destroyed" which gives you the opportunity to ask "could there be a sequel?" Well, whatever, the ending kind of disappointed me, and pretty much everyone else who saw it, but the rest of the movie was incredible.
SPOILERS ENDED.
All in all, I give it a 4/5. Great movie, very imaginative, makes you think, and stirred up an emotion or two in me. I'd definitely recommend seeing it in theaters, because seeing on a small screen without surround sound would really in my opinion take away from a lot of the atmosphere that the movie worked so hard to create.
Quote from: Commodore Aran on January 21, 2008, 03:38:21 PM
Quote from: Shikamaru_Nara on January 21, 2008, 03:31:49 PM
Is it gory? Because my stepdad had mixed feelings about it, and he likes the gory stuff.
Someone explodes. But that's really the only gory thing I can remember.
And, JDog, this is really the kind of movie you want to see in theaters if you can. I don't think the small screen would do it justice at all.
yea, well I don't really like watching these kind of movies with other people, its more scary by your self. lol
I really want to go see it.
I know they used hand-held home video cameras for the home-movie effect and scare tactics.
"Dude... I'm just saying I would be so scared if a Flaming Hobo came out of the darkness right now" :P :P
I really liked Hud.
Yes, Hud was awesome.
SPOILAS
What exactly happened to him? Did Clovie bite him in half or something? 'Cause you only get to see his upper body fall on the ground, as far as I recall. Whatever happened, he certainly didn't deserve to go like that. *sadface*
And poor Marlena. Ick.
Also, I think there might have possibly been more than one monster. He seemed to change sizes quite a bit. It also looked like a tentacle destroyed the bridge which I don't remember the later monster having.
END SPOILAS
Quote from: Commodore Aran on January 21, 2008, 04:17:08 PM
Yes, Hud was awesome.
SPOILAS
What exactly happened to him? Did Clovie bite him in half or something? 'Cause you only get to see his upper body fall on the ground, as far as I recall. Whatever happened, he certainly didn't deserve to go like that. *sadface*
And poor Marlena. Ick.
Also, I think there might have possibly been more than one monster. He seemed to change sizes quite a bit. It also looked like a tentacle destroyed the bridge which I don't remember the later monster having.
END SPOILAS
SPOILERS:
Yeah, thats exactly what we were saying! It seemed to look different in every scene we saw it! Do you remember when they were saving beth, and they were in her apartment? The monster came at them, and looked awfully similar to a T-Rex. Everyone thought that, even my cousin and his mom who went to see it. It seemed different all the time.
Now what I think happened to Hud(seeing as how there was no blood upon his death), is that he was lifted off the ground, and then dropped like 40 stories down. I think he dies upon collision with the ground. Oh but look! The Camera survived! XD
Yeah, that really sucked. Right when Hud and that one chick who got bit were finally getting close, she exploded and he got eaten. How much does that suck?! XD Man that really pissed me off.
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Quote from: Shikamaru_Nara on January 21, 2008, 03:46:44 PM
Huh...The movie must not be very long...I mean, the length of an average movie, but since it's all continous on one camera, only a two hour time period could be portrayed in the movie, unlike other movies where they skip days and weeks and such.
You know that they have a little thing called 'editing' right? So it's probably not one continuous seam.
Quote from: JQ Pickwick on January 21, 2008, 04:31:27 PM
Quote from: Shikamaru_Nara on January 21, 2008, 03:46:44 PM
Huh...The movie must not be very long...I mean, the length of an average movie, but since it's all continous on one camera, only a two hour time period could be portrayed in the movie, unlike other movies where they skip days and weeks and such.
You know that they have a little thing called 'editing' right? So it's probably not one continuous seam.
Yeah, sometimes Hud turns the camera off. Still, the movie was actually only an hour and a half long.
They probably just used more than one camera. Just because a camera's damaged doesn't mean that the information is as well. If it falls, stuff can STILL be retrieved.
Quote from: Jdog on January 21, 2008, 03:52:47 PM
Quote from: Commodore Aran on January 21, 2008, 03:38:21 PM
Quote from: Shikamaru_Nara on January 21, 2008, 03:31:49 PM
Is it gory? Because my stepdad had mixed feelings about it, and he likes the gory stuff.
Someone explodes. But that's really the only gory thing I can remember.
And, JDog, this is really the kind of movie you want to see in theaters if you can. I don't think the small screen would do it justice at all.
yea, well I don't really like watching these kind of movies with other people, its more scary by your self. lol
...I thought you said you didn't like scary movies?
Yeah, my dad an I saw an interveiw with the director. Supposedly they are using a camera phone. And about Hud and the monster sizing. I dont know how to make the highlight text thing so just scroll down till you see END SPOILERS!
Spoilers!
Hud was I think bitten in half because the monster bends down and opens his mouth to bite. So I just figure. And I think that there were more than one monster. Because when you see the monster at one point its bigger than the empire state building. And at another point its the size of a house. So yeah. And since two characters did survive, even if they made a sequil it would not have the camera phone effect, nor would it have the same effect since most people have seen what the monster is.
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Im going to see it again this weekend. I loved it. And I want one of the parasite spider thingies as a pet! Id love to randomly make people explode!
It's a code up above this box, King P-diddy.
Er, I have yet to see the movie. I might, I might not. My head's been hurting all week and I don't want to see a lot of home-video like camera effects on TV. >_> I may see it in my house sometime. I just hate being with people in theatres because everyone in this town tells the characters what to do. >_> or gets up and starts having.... relations in the theatre. o_o
I've heard it's good, and I've heard it sucks. I'm going to watch it and be indifferent.
Just came back from seeing it again. Thweeeeet!