Cloverfield

[Fallen Seraph]

Yeah it certainly wasn't the best film, but I viewed it simply more as... So this is what it would be like to view a giant-monster attack from the ground-floor. That I think they did well, the characters and other humans really do feel insignificant and small compared to the monster.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

If there is a sequel - and the money it has made means that is possible - I wonder where it will be set.

New York again? Chicago? L.A.?

 

[Krug]

If there is a sequel - and the money it has made means that is possible - I wonder where it will be set.

New York again? Chicago? L.A.?

Mount Rushmore. Then they can send four heads tumbling down the streets.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Well don't believe the hype. I found it disappointing, with characters thinner than cardboard. The attraction of the film seems to be finding out what the monster actually is, so it all became a matter of waiting for the money shot. It's all framed within a highly unpersuasive love story, and it reminds one of what a masterpiece the Korean monster flick The Host is.

I think you missed the point of the movie: This is what it's like to be an innocent bystander in a monster movie. The attraction of the film is humanizing the rubber monster suit genre.

 

[Mouseferatu]

it reminds one of what a masterpiece the Korean monster flick The Host is.

Somehow, I missed this line on my first go-round.

Masterpiece? Really? God, I couldn't even finish watching that movie.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

1) Did you feel the ending of the movie was fulfiiling?

Yes. The story of the folks at the party is tied up very nicely.

2) Was there any sort of "resolution" at the end of the movie?

Yes.

3) About how far into the movie does the action start?

10-20 minutes.

4) About how har into the movie until you fully see "the monster"?

Maybe 45 minutes.

 

[BryonD]

Somehow, I missed this line on my first go-round.

Masterpiece? Really? God, I couldn't even finish watching that movie.

Much nodding.

The first 40 minutes was insanely bad on every level. I'm unable to comment on anything beyond that.

 

[Krug]

Much nodding.

The first 40 minutes was insanely bad on every level. I'm unable to comment on anything beyond that.

I liked it and I cared for the characters, as well as its humour. The characters in Cloverfield I didn't much give a damn about. As others have pointed out, CF is a feature-length gimmick, and I found the first 15 minutes or so before the monster appeared excruciatingly banal.

 

[BryonD]

I liked it and I cared for the characters, as well as its humour. The characters in Cloverfield I didn't much give a damn about. As others have pointed out, CF is a feature-length gimmick, and I found the first 15 minutes or so before the monster appeared excruciatingly banal.

Thats fine.

I don't know that I cared greatly for the characters in Cloverfield. I simply accepted their motivations as an understood for the movie. I was very engaged in seeing how it all played out.

I thought they were presented far better than the semi-one dimensional cartoon figures that over acted one note stereotypes in The Host. There are very few movies that I decide are not worth seeing through to the end. The Host made the choice easy.

 

[Darkwolf71]

Oh, I understand the use of New York. And their use of the monuments worked; that wasn't the part I had a problem with, precisely because it is such a trope and a solid technique.

It was some of the more innocuous scenes of destruction (if that's not a contradiction)--the smoke and papers billowing through the streets, streets that are recognizably NY despite the lack of monuments--that I felt was a bit too close to reality for my tastes.

A can see your point, but the way I see it sis: Before we had no idea what the destruction of a city would 'really' look like. So, we would settle for big explosions and car wrecks. Now, sadly, we know exactly what it really looks like. Unfortunatly, to depict in in the old 'traditional' way would seem much less believable. Anyway, the scene did not anger me, but it did bring back painful memories. I don't know that that's a bad thing.