Cloverfield

[Brown Jenkin]

January is early summer?

If you go to the Southern Hemisphere it is.

 

[Captain Tagon]

If you go to the Southern Hemisphere it is.

Touche.

 

[frankthedm]

But I can't take shaky cam it makes me sick to my stomach and gives me a raging headache. I might try and rent it when it comes out on DVD and watch it on my bedroom small screen TV. I have found that the smaller screen sometimes helps it is how I finally got through BWP. But even then I had to keep stopping and taking a break from it.

Hmm, I have this same problem. {Blair witch was excruciatingly painful for me at the theater, even though I actually liked the movie}.

I was thinking about eating a few aspirin and sitting far back from the movie screen, but I'm worried that still might not be enough.

Dramamine, a motion sickness med, does not list headache as one of the symtoms it works on. :\ Anyone got first hand knowledge if it does help with Shackycam Skullsplitters?

 

[Elf Witch]

Hmm, I have this same problem. {Blair witch was excruciatingly painful for me at the theater, even though I actually liked the movie}.

I was thinking about eating a few aspirin and sitting far back from the movie screen, but I'm worried that still might not be enough.

Dramamine, a motion sickness med, does not list headache as one of the symtoms it works on. :\ Anyone got first hand knowledge if it does help with Shackycam Skullsplitters?

Yes and no. If the headache is caused by the motion sickness then yes it works if it prevents the motion sickness.

But sometimes shaky cam films also cause a headache because of the flickering of the picture that dramamine will not help with. If you get headaches from changes in light like the sun through trees or a disco ball light then most likely the dramine won't help.

 

[BryonD]

I loved it my wife liked it.

I can understand why some might not. But I thought it was great.

Yes there is a lot of shaky cam. I didn't mind.

[sblock]Yes the images linked are pretty close.
It was completely open to your own back story. No evidence of what it really is is even hinted.
But to me personally, by the end I was certain it was Shub-Niggurath[/sblock]

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Just got back from seeing it- loved it. Didn't find the shaky cam nearly as distracting as it was in Blair Witch (and, FTR, I didn't think it was as bad in BW as most).

Unlike the OP, I thought the love story came across very well, especially during the "pre" Monster sequences. All the performers really did a great job, especially the actor playing Hud (a very good performance, given how little "face time" he gets due to his role as cameraman).

Loved the ambiguity of it all- but then, as the screen name indicates, I'm an old-school Lovecraft horror lover who finds that true horror is that which is not explainable by the rational mind.

Yes, there is quite a bit of the monster- it was sufficient to satisfy my friend, who is one of those people that likes his horror explained and seen.

If you want a typical scary movie- a splatterfest, screamfest, slasher flick, or even action terror movie- then I don't think this one's for you. It's shot the way it is to give you that feeling of what it would be like to be in the moment of some kind of real horrific event, and, in my opinion, is incredibly successful in that, generating the sort of from the gut nervousness and uncertainty that comes from finding oneself in unfamiliar situations. If it were shot in the traditional third person view, it would be a completely different sort of movie.

I highly recommend it, myself.

 

[Soel]

I liked it. It's a theater movie, as the sound is lound and enveloping. I did like the characters and thought they were set up nicely. I think the shaky cam is worse than Blair Witch (which I didn't find bothersome at all,) though.

There is actually a brief allusion as to the origin of the creature...SPOILERS...


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When leaving the triage area, the cameraman Hud sees the face of ones of the soldiers, and remarks that the soldier seems to know what the thing is. Well, the first thing you see on screen is an information slate labeled Defense Dept (leads into the found footage,) and in the lower left corner is the word DARPA, which is the real-life govt. produced agency for theoretical weapons systems development. I'm guessing Cloverfield is the name of the overall project.
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[trancejeremy]

Spoiler

Spoiler

When leaving the triage area, the cameraman Hud sees the face of ones of the soldiers, and remarks that the soldier seems to know what the thing is. Well, the first thing you see on screen is an information slate labeled Defense Dept (leads into the found footage,) and in the lower left corner is the word DARPA, which is the real-life govt. produced agency for theoretical weapons systems development. I'm guessing Cloverfield is the name of the overall project.

Interesting catch (and theory), but isn't DARPA more of a brainstorming operation? I mean, they mostly fund smaller projects which might have potential, and if they do, then get fully funded by the relevent agencies. But then again, it's Hollywood, so maybe you are right.


Personaly I'm guessing there is no explanation, or if there is, it's related to that Slusho stuff. I was looking at website for that.

http://www.slusho.jp/

Funny. But why make a viral marketing web site based on a fictional Japanese drink made from a mysterious deep sea ingriedient, if it doesn't have anything to do with a monster (which is supposedly from deep in the sea, I believe?)

 

[Relique du Madde]

Spoiler stuff....

My thoughts..(Spoiler)

Spoiler

I know it's a little distasteful to think about, but if Slush-O's special ingredient is connected to the Cloverfield monster then I think that it might be sort of like the special ingredient of Slurm, if you catch my drift..

So yeah... it gives a whole new meaning to Slusho ZOOOM!

 

[RigaMortus2]

Looking forward to seeing this. Fortunately I am not affected by SCS (Shaky Camera Syndrome) (or RLS for that matter )

I wanted to mention that, if they decide to do sequel, there was talk about basically showing the same event but from other people's POV. So you'd get a different cast; Different people in NY who are going through the same event, but have their own experiences, backstory, and camera angles. Personally, I like this idea myself, as I don't think it's ever been done before (basically the same movie but shot at different angles w/ a different perspective).

Also, they would explain more about the origin of the monster in the sequel...

Thoughts?

PS - To those who did see it:

1) Did you feel the ending of the movie was fulfiiling?
2) Was there any sort of "resolution" at the end of the movie?
3) About how far into the movie does the action start?
4) About how har into the movie until you fully see "the monster"?

THX!