"Cloverfield".....WTF?

[Archibald Nixon]

I don't care for movies where New York gets totalled these days. Since, you know, that time when it actually was. Still hits a little close to home.

Overall, underwhelmed by the whole thing. Interesting concept, but I like plot. I want to leave knowing what caused this and what happened b/c of it. Not just an hour and a half of running around like idiots (never picking up a weapon).

Fair enough to both complaints. My significant other, a NYC native and a book editor, had a real problem with both a pretty gratuitous 9/11-derived scene (it's near the beginning of the mayhem and again, you'll know it when you see it.), as well as the lack of denouement. As for weapons, yeah: A hiccup of logic. Especially after their experiences mid-film.

 

[Mentalist]

I'd say so, if you don't let your expectations get too high about the film itself, and you don't get a really shitty shot-with-a-hidden-camcorder-in-the-theatre bootleg. I don't think anybody's brain is designed to process a handheld-camera version of a whole film originally shot with a handheld camera.

Couldn't agree more. I'll wait for a dvd rip.

 

[Kitty]

Is this the monster in the movie? or another ploy to fool people?

DONT CLICK (if you dont want it ruined)

Spoiler

 

[Archibald Nixon]

Is this the monster in the movie? or another ploy to fool people?

DONT CLICK (if you dont want it ruined)

Spoiler

That's not what's in the movie, although it may very well be a genuine early development sketch (likely leaked to throw people's expectations off, and it worked.). I'm so glad it turned out to look almost nothing like that.

 

[J&L Massacres]

Did it look like this?

 

[Cacophony]

Wiki's comprehensive on the film as well as the overall marketing phenomenon. and they've got quite a lot of links. I've looked for a good screenshot of it and found nothing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloverfield
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloverfield#_note-5
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/10946

The photobucket link on the bloody-disgusting page doesn't work!

But now I see what you mean, even though I missed it while watching it. I completely forgot that scene existed.

Thanks

 

[Archibald Nixon]

Did it look like this?

When it's not coming up as a red "x" (which is about half the time), I'd say it's a good start.

 

[Cacophony]

Did it look like this?

That picture is much too happy to be a city destroying monster.

 

[Archibald Nixon]

Here's my shot at a verbal description:

Spoiler

A skyscraper-sized amphibious albino bat minus the fur, ears & wings.

 

[Cacophony]

I was hoping that you'd try to draw it

 

[Shitty Dual]

I'm convinced that pouty-looking woman with the dark curly hair that's been featured prominently in the TV spots is the same one that two military-types take behind some brightly-lit makeshift curtain, where we see in silhouette that she seems to be caught in the preliminary stages of exploding (listen closely to the sounds, then slo-mo the image).

Spoiler

DID I FUCKIN CALL THIS OR WHAT?!? :bigass:

 

[Shitty Dual]

There was a tv spot running during the premiere of "Lost" last night that gave an excellent view of the monster's face. I can't remember if that exact shot was in the movie, but there was one very much like it that made me damn near shit my shitty dual pants.

 

[Shitty Dual]

 

[VKD]

Just saw it. It was good, but I felt slightly disappointed because in the end it came down to a pretty standard monster-attacks-New York movie.

Given this was JJ Abrams, and the mysterious marketing campaign, I expected some 'all is not what it appears' twists or something - eg like Lost.
(unless there's something I'm missing)

still, it was very effective at thrusting you right into chaos and panic, and was spectacular.

 

[VKD]

Is this the monster in the movie? or another ploy to fool people?

DONT CLICK (if you dont want it ruined)

Spoiler

I think this is a fairly accurate illustration of it:

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/10946

 

[Shitty Dual]

Warning: A direct shot of the creature's face --don't look if you still want to be surprised.

Spoiler

 

[Shitty Dual]

Given this was JJ Abrams, and the mysterious marketing campaign, I expected some 'all is not what it appears' twists or something - eg like Lost.
(unless there's something I'm missing).

Opening shot of the film. Check the lower right corner.

 

[Panda]

Ha Ha Dharma!

apparantley in the very last scene, which cuts back to them having a day out on the beach, you see something falling into the water - it's been speculated that this is the Japanese sattelite and somehow this causes the creature to awaken. wish I could go back to check again.

 

[J&L Massacres]

a bit late getting to this: but fuck you. The movie was great fun.

You're getting all defensive over a fail movie? I'm sorry. I should really learn to stop harassing people with no lives.