I'm a bit tired now, but I'll write a review tomorrow. All I can say right now is that it more than met my expectations, and my expectations for it were very high.
Also, don't listen to the people that hate it. They only hate it because they all claim the movements of the camera made them too sick to enjoy the movie. That's not the case at all. Also, I felt the ending was great and fitting, but whatever.
It was amazing. I really enjoyed it as for the moving camera stuff, the threater I went to had a Flyer that I will post a pic of soon.
Quote from: One Man Freak Show on January 19, 2008, 06:02:29 PM
Also, don't listen to the people that hate it.
because opposing opinions are wrong
There are other reasons for a person to hate a film.
Also, don't listen to people that like Bubble Bobble.
I'm going to see it later today, I have been waiting to see it for months so it's reassuring to hear that it's good. wub;
I saw it yesterday. I liked it a lot, except for the ending. I really didn't like it. Not because it actually ended, but because I thought it was really bad.
Quote from: Trini on January 20, 2008, 05:11:43 AM
I saw it yesterday. I liked it a lot, except for the ending. I really didn't like it. Not because it actually ended, but because I thought it was really bad.
How else was it going to end?
I loved the movie, but all my friends said it was retarded because the ending sucked.
I liked the ending and it couldn't have ended any other way, so I don't know why people complain.
Quote from: Andrew1911 on January 20, 2008, 10:51:05 AM
How else was it going to end?
I mean I don't like the rewind camera thing. I don't know, but I think it could've been better.
Quote from: Trini on January 20, 2008, 12:43:22 PM
I mean I don't like the rewind camera thing.
Are you high or something?
QuoteI don't know, but I think it could've been better.
Real fucking specific there.
Quote from: Andrew1911 on January 20, 2008, 01:59:46 PM
Are you high or something?
Real fucking specific there.
The "I had a good day thing" left me like "what?" I just didn't like how they placed that at the very end.
Sorry I'm not some movie genius that can't think of stuff like that off the top of my head. I'm a simple teen that didn't like the rewind at the end. It's not that big a deal.
Quote from: Trini on January 20, 2008, 02:41:25 PM
The "I had a good day thing" left me like "what?" I just didn't like how they placed that at the very end.
Sorry I'm not some movie genius that can't think of stuff like that off the top of my head. I'm a simple teen that didn't like the rewind at the end. It's not that big a deal.
To andrew, it is a huge deal what you think
Quote from: Trini on January 20, 2008, 02:41:25 PM
The "I had a good day thing" left me like "what?" I just didn't like how they placed that at the very end.
oh god no ending on an emotional note make no sense brain hurt aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Also, they also placed that at the end for a reason. Watch it again.
QuoteSorry I'm not some movie genius that can't think of stuff like that off the top of my head.
What? You can't remember something you just saw a few hours ago's ending? Do you have suffer from memory loss or something?
QuoteI'm a simple teen that didn't like the rewind at the end.
This explains a lot.
QuoteIt's not that big a deal.
Then don't whine when I call you out on something.
Quote from: Andrew1911 on January 20, 2008, 04:09:02 PM
oh god no ending on an emotional note make no sense brain hurt aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Also, they also placed that at the end for a reason. Watch it again.
What? You can't remember something you just saw a few hours ago's ending? Do you have suffer from memory loss or something?
This explains a lot.
Then don't whine when I call you out on something.
To see the monster fall into the water of course. baddood;
lol lawlz talking about other people having opinions.
ALSO [spoiler]at the end of the credits theres a garbled message, SOUNDS LIKE "IT'S STILL ALIVE" there better be a fucking sequel baddood;[/spoiler]
I don't see how people can hate the ending.
How else would it end? It should have been obvious to you right from the beginning talking about finding the camera. I actually think I'd be mad if it ended any other way.
Also, I didn't catch the thing falling into the ocean at the end. Kinda makes me mad now. edumacate;
Quote from: One Man Freak Show on January 20, 2008, 04:27:28 PM
I don't see how people can hate the ending.
How else would it end? It should have been obvious to you right from the beginning talking about finding the camera. I actually think I'd be mad if it ended any other way.
Also, I didn't catch the thing falling into the ocean at the end. Kinda makes me mad now. edumacate;
Go watch it again faggot. It's worth it baddood;
Apparently people getting sick from the camera movement was a big thing... I wasn't sick at all, and I can't even imagine someone getting sick just from watching a jerky camera.
I personally thought the movie was great; it was a fresh experience. I know it's not the first time that that style has been used (cough Blair Witch Project cough), but Blair Witch sucked and this didn't. What I liked most was how they got the 100% action, awesome, badass generated scenes to look like they were captured on a Handicam -- the Army rushing down a street and trying to obliterate the thing with rockets like a bunch of Space Marine Devastators, the monster destroying buildings, the Statue of Liberty head flying down the street, etc.
I've heard a lot of people bash it for not having a coherent plot, etc. Well fuck that, it's obviously not supposed to be a cinematic masterpiece. It's one of those movies that's more of an experience than something you look at and appreciate like a piece of art -- Pan's Labyrinth is another example of this. That movie is really an emotionally thrilling experience more than anything else (although it gets 10's for filmography type things too). However, the nature of Cloverfield more than made up for lack of classical movie elements. At the end I was thinking, "Where did it come from?", "Holy shit it's still alive what happens next", and "I want to know more", not "well that sucked".
I left the theater thoroughly thrilled, and really the only complaint I can come up with is that it was a bit short and didn't have enough awesome monster battle scenes. The ending was still very good, though.
Overall, 8.5/10 from me.
Quote from: Snorkel on January 20, 2008, 06:47:40 PM
Apparently people getting sick from the camera movement was a big thing... I wasn't sick at all, and I can't even imagine someone getting sick just from watching a jerky camera.
I personally thought the movie was great; it was a fresh experience. I know it's not the first time that that style has been used (cough Blair Witch Project cough), but Blair Witch sucked and this didn't. What I liked most was how they got the 100% action, awesome, badass generated scenes to look like they were captured on a Handicam -- the Army rushing down a street and trying to obliterate the thing with rockets like a bunch of Space Marine Devastators, the monster destroying buildings, the Statue of Liberty head flying down the street, etc.
I've heard a lot of people bash it for not having a coherent plot, etc. Well fuck that, it's obviously not supposed to be a cinematic masterpiece. It's one of those movies that's more of an experience than something you look at and appreciate like a piece of art -- Pan's Labyrinth is another example of this. That movie is really an emotionally thrilling experience more than anything else (although it gets 10's for filmography type things too). However, the nature of Cloverfield more than made up for lack of classical movie elements. At the end I was thinking, "Where did it come from?", "Holy shit it's still alive what happens next", and "I want to know more", not "well that sucked".
I left the theater thoroughly thrilled, and really the only complaint I can come up with is that it was a bit short and didn't have enough awesome monster battle scenes. The ending was still very good, though.
Overall, 8.5/10 from me.
If you watched in the background at the end you see it fall into the water, so I'm guessing it came from space. doodthing; I hope there is a sequel, there is no doubt in my mind there will be one though.
Quote from: Captain Yesterday on January 20, 2008, 07:03:35 PM
If you watched in the background at the end you see it fall into the water, so I'm guessing it came from space. doodthing; I hope there is a sequel, there is no doubt in my mind there will be one though.
Actually, supposedly if you look hard enough, it's a satellite with the Slusho logo on it, so Slusho undoubtedly has to do with it.
Quote from: One Man Freak Show on January 20, 2008, 07:19:09 PM
Actually, supposedly if you look hard enough, it's a satellite with the Slusho logo on it, so Slusho undoubtedly has to do with it.
damn Japanese baddood;
but seriously where did you find that out at
It needs to hurry up and get released on DVD baddood;
The Cloverfield incarnation of Slusho! is a subsidary of Tagruato, a fictional Japanese drilling company. Its role may be foreshadowed, if not given away entirely, in the history of the drink on the Slusho! official website. Here it is revealed that Slusho! contains an ingredient "discovered on the deep ocean floor, under amazing pressure and in the most extreme cold."
Quote from: Captain Yesterday on January 20, 2008, 07:46:39 PM
damn Japanese baddood;
but seriously where did you find that out at
It needs to hurry up and get released on DVD baddood;
The Cloverfield incarnation of Slusho! is a subsidary of Tagruato, a fictional Japanese drilling company. Its role may be foreshadowed, if not given away entirely, in the history of the drink on the Slusho! official website. Here it is revealed that Slusho! contains an ingredient "discovered on the deep ocean floor, under amazing pressure and in the most extreme cold."
Also if you look at Tagruato's website, they have a map of their deep sea drilling locations, and one of them is a bit east of the US in the Atlantic; so the actual canon behind the monster is probably that it was disturbed by some deep sea drilling operation, followed an oil tanker back to New York (an oil tanker was the first thing it destroyed), and then proceeded to wreck stuff.
Wow, a very thrilling movie. The beginning was a bit slow and boring, but the rest of the film made up for it. And wtf is wrong with the ending? goonish
and fuck i didn't see it fall and the water. and i should have stayed and watched all the credits
Quote from: Pyrate on January 22, 2008, 04:31:37 PM
and fuck i didn't see it fall and the water. and i should have stayed and watched all the credits
At the end of the credits, someone just screams something you can't really make out and the part where people say "something falls in the water" is right before the credits when it cuts back to the Coney Island part.
I went to see it yesterday and I loved it. No other movie has kept me on the edge of my seat as much as this one. I liked the ending too, I disagree with the idea that a movie necessarily has to end with a complete resolve or, even worse, a good ending. That was a good bad ending. I didn't see the monster/satellite fall in the water, though.
I don't think there should be a sequel, though. That was pretty much a one-time-only experience, a sequel would ruin it.
Someone posted this one /tv/ the other day and it made perfect sense to me:
ancient breed of critter at bottom of ocean. Slush finds it and starts scrapping crap off it to make slusho drinks. Mining facility is digging for more of them, eggs, what have you. Satelite falls out of space, due to tidowave sabotage, and they find out that slusho is made form some kind of animal and go investigate. They start sabotaging the "oil" rig, and Clovie comes in. Satelite woke up the critter, it's lonely scared etc, and some little bastards are stabbing it and making loud noises. So it responds with loud noises and wreaking shit. Rig blows, and clover-critter is on the loose.
Quote from: XYZ on January 24, 2008, 02:42:39 PM
Someone posted this one /tv/ the other day and it made perfect sense to me:
ancient breed of critter at bottom of ocean. Slush finds it and starts scrapping crap off it to make slusho drinks. Mining facility is digging for more of them, eggs, what have you. Satelite falls out of space, due to tidowave sabotage, and they find out that slusho is made form some kind of animal and go investigate. They start sabotaging the "oil" rig, and Clovie comes in. Satelite woke up the critter, it's lonely scared etc, and some little bastards are stabbing it and making loud noises. So it responds with loud noises and wreaking shit. Rig blows, and clover-critter is on the loose.
It's not sad if it eats people baddood;
i find the movie scarier if it's just some random monster that came out of nowhere
I saw it again and saw it fall in the water, and heard the radio transmission. The guy says, "IT'S STILL ALIVE." doodthing;
Quote from: Pyrate on January 25, 2008, 07:37:48 AM
i find the movie scarier if it's just some random monster that came out of nowhere
I saw it again and saw it fall in the water, and heard the radio transmission. The guy says, "IT'S STILL ALIVE." doodthing;
FUCKING SEQUEL TIME MR J.J. FUCKING ABRAMS
Quote from: Captain Yesterday on January 25, 2008, 06:47:12 PM
FUCKING SEQUEL TIME MR J.J. FUCKING ABRAMS
He's busy with Star Trek.
If there is a sequel the fucking handcam thing has to end. The massive amount of shaking pissed me off and disoriented me during some scenes. Like the one where the puff of smoke blows through the town and they hide in the nearby store and it's like "wtf just happened?" I did like th handcam just the fucking nonstop shaking pissed me off. And I want an origin of the beast.
And fuck, I missed the thing falling in the water.
Quote from: KonohaShinobi on January 26, 2008, 06:30:25 PM
If there is a sequel the fucking handcam thing has to end. The massive amount of shaking pissed me off and disoriented me during some scenes. Like the one where the puff of smoke blows through the town and they hide in the nearby store and it's like "wtf just happened?" I did like th handcam just the fucking nonstop shaking pissed me off. And I want an origin of the beast.
And fuck, I missed the thing falling in the water.
Um, its a handycam. No one would fucking try to keep it still if they're running for their lives. baddood;
I just watched it. My overall opinion is that I hate yuppies.
Quote from: KonohaShinobi on January 26, 2008, 06:30:25 PM
If there is a sequel the fucking handcam thing has to end. The massive amount of shaking pissed me off and disoriented me during some scenes. Like the one where the puff of smoke blows through the town and they hide in the nearby store and it's like "wtf just happened?" I did like th handcam just the fucking nonstop shaking pissed me off. And I want an origin of the beast.
And fuck, I missed the thing falling in the water.
I heard that if they make a sequel, that they're going to make it from a different point of view.
Quote from: XYZ on January 26, 2008, 09:26:41 PM
I heard that if they make a sequel, that they're going to make it from a different point of view.
I predicted that while I was watching the movie. It's an obvious gimmick.
Quote from: Houdini on January 26, 2008, 11:17:45 PM
I predicted that while I was watching the movie. It's an obvious gimmick.
And during the bridge scene, there's a guy who's also recording.
Hud and that guy look at each other for like half a second.
Quote from: Houdini on January 26, 2008, 11:17:45 PM
I predicted that while I was watching the movie. It's an obvious gimmick.
Well yeah, and it's a gimmick that kinda works. I mean seriously, people who use camcorders today have used them since they first learned to walk so people know how to hold a camera still.
Quote from: KonohaShinobi on January 27, 2008, 12:25:48 PM
Well yeah, and it's a gimmick that kinda works. I mean seriously, people who use camcorders today have used them since they first learned to walk so people know how to hold a camera still.
Great job taking a quote right from Roger Ebert on At the Movies there.
Also, if they make a sequel, I hope it'll be a mockumentary about the origins of the monster, and the aftermath. That'd be awesome.
I am seriously thinking of seeing it again. It seems I missed a lot of things. When it comes out on DVD it will be one I watch many times.
Quote from: One Man Freak Show on January 28, 2008, 04:36:25 AM
Great job taking a quote right from Roger Ebert on At the Movies there.
That was the point. doodella;
Quote from: KonohaShinobi on January 27, 2008, 12:25:48 PM
Well yeah, and it's a gimmick that kinda works. I mean seriously, people who use camcorders today have used them since they first learned to walk so people know how to hold a camera still.
Not if people are running for their fucking lives you retard.
Quote from: Captain Yesterday on January 28, 2008, 02:23:31 PM
Not if people are running for their fucking lives you retard.
And it
still wasn't that bad.
Quote from: Trini on January 28, 2008, 02:43:41 PM
And it still wasn't that bad.
My sister said one of her friends had to leave to throw up.
I just don't get. I never felt sick, nor did I get a headache. The only part that was sort of disturbing was the way the parasites attacked people, and when Marlena exploded.
Quote from: One Man Freak Show on January 28, 2008, 09:36:11 PM
My sister said one of her friends had to leave to throw up.
I just don't get. I never felt sick, nor did I get a headache. The only part that was sort of disturbing was the way the parasites attacked people, and when Marlena exploded.
That's cause some people get motion sickness and you don't.
I get motion sickness but it's not as bad as other people's so I still enjoyed the movie.
saw this past saturday. i liked it. i didn't want Beth and Rob to die. oops, spoilers. ^___^
and there should be no sequel;that would fuck it up.
Quote from: V on January 29, 2008, 10:29:37 AM
i didn't want Beth and Rob to die. oops, spoilers. ^___^
I hate people like you.
Quote from: One Man Freak Show on January 29, 2008, 02:07:41 PM
I hate people like you.
That isn't even the half of it.
[spoiler]Everyone else dies also.[/spoiler]
Quote from: V on January 29, 2008, 10:29:37 AM
saw this past saturday. i liked it. i didn't want Beth and Rob to die. oops, spoilers. ^___^
and there should be no sequel;that would fuck it up.
What would you know? You're black :D
[spoiler]Was there ever an explanation as to why only Hud's torso was eaten and why the hell he was spit back out in the first place?[/spoiler] Did Rob or Beth interfere? I mean wtf, I need a sequel, prequel something.
Quote from: KonohaShinobi on January 29, 2008, 03:56:25 PM
[spoiler]Was there ever an explanation as to why only Hud's torso was eaten and why the hell he was spit back out in the first place?[/spoiler] Did Rob or Beth interfere? I mean wtf, I need a sequel, prequel something.
[spoiler]Maybe he just tasted like shit. goonish [/spoiler]
Ya, so I liked it. But Rob's a faget.