Cloverfield - aka 1-18-08 (here come the SPOILERS)

[indianeric]

[Shonokin]

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[RapZiLLa54]

[mrbluehair]

[Temjin]

so....it's been LEAKED?!?!

daaaaaaaaaaang.

JJ and crew got laaaaaaazy.....shame.

[mr.negativity]

[MouthForWar]

[indianeric]

[MouthForWar]

[Elliot Gay]

[Robert Saint John]

[kpa]

[indianeric]

[Danno]

[Mac]

Wow, it wasn't a giant "OH GODZILLA! WHAT TERRIBLE LANGUAGE!" lion.


0/5

[Joseph Goodman]

[gojira_fan]

Sometimes we look for too much in a movie and don't appreciate what is in front of us.



That being said, based on some of the comments by J.J Abrams and those involved in the making of this picture and having seen the actual creature myself I wonder if maybe there is some sort of symbolism in the design and the 9-11 similarities.

Just a thought.

[JordanGLC]

Just came back from a midnight showing. I really enjoyed it. Definitely recommend it. From what I saw in the 2nd trailer I thought they would come out of the man-on-the-street-with-a-camera perspective from time to time, but they really didn't. This was a great way to see a movie of this ilk from, but I don't think I'd want to see a series of films in this style. The monster was OK looking from what I saw of him. I didn't go away from the movie thinking "this is a classic monster design that'll endure through the ages like Godzilla". I'm going to see this on Saturday too so maybe it'll grow on me.

I enjoyed the end credits score too. Very evocative of classic scores of the genre.

This is not a movie for young kids IMO. There's Transformers PG-13 and then there's this film. It has some intense moments.

[Anzildrah]

Just got back from seeing it...

The whole time I was thinking, "Man, this would be so much better if Godzilla was in it."

**SPOILERS**




The monster design was the biggest let-down for me. It just looks like a skinny Orga. Totally uninspired design. I don't understand how an American-produced movie like this, with a marketing campaign based entirely on not showing the monster, especially after Zilla '98, after countless monster movies, that was the best design they could come up with?

The monster's roar, its movement, its entire execution is wholly underwhelming. The more they showed of it, the more I wished it was Godzilla. This monster is completely forgettable.

And what's with the little scratch-and-you-blow-up monsters that just fall off of it? Are they supposed to be its offspring or what? If you've seen any recent zombie movie, any ALIEN movie, or seen the movie THE DESCENT then you've already seen what happens when these things attack.

To that end, if you've seen the beginning of Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS, or the first attack in Zilla '98, then you've seen the giant monster scenes in this film, except done worse than those.




**END SPOILERS**

The other aspects of the movie are competent enough, but at times the entire documentary-style works against it.

While the dialog in general is sufficient, it becomes so painfully obvious its a PG-13 movie when no one is swearing like mad as they theoretically would be in such situations.

There are too many moments where you have literally no idea what your looking at, or the camera will continually look away from what you want to see. This makes for an at times frustrating viewing experience.

What I really want to know was what kind of video camera they used. It has an amazing battery-life, and takes great quality film, even though it's bashed around and dropped repeatedly.

Now somebody needs to make a film similar to this, with a more grim feel to it, and with Godzilla fighting another monster and give us some actual money shots that are worth the price of admission.

- Anzildrah

[Danno]

My local theater felt like purchasing the DLP version of "Mad Money" instead of Cloverfield. I'll pass until it comes out on DVD. Standard projection stinks.

[Temjin]

My theatre has the HD and Digital versions....with Stadium seating.


BTW, sucks how I got to se the monster before hand, but thankfully for me, my monitor's so F^#$ed up, all I could see was a silhouette.....

I'm psyched.

[KaijuHQ]

Here's a clip from break.com that shows the oil rig being sunk in the Atlantic, looks pretty good to me.

[pdg3]

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]