Cloverfield

[Krug]

More Cloverfield monster attacks.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

The setup was so overrun with cliches. Oh the girlfriend and the protagonist are having problems and she's now dating some French dude.

Oh- you mean except for the part where she's not his girlfriend? That they were just friends who finally gave in to their feelings and were trying to deal with what that meant in light of a) his leaving, and b) his feelings of inadequacy?

The establishment of which- and the loss of another loved one early on- were necessary to prompt his actions that led to the rest of the movie afterwards?

Yeah- I can see how all of that was pretty unnecessary.

 

[Krug]

Oh- you mean except for the part where she's not his girlfriend? That they were just friends who finally gave in to their feelings and were trying to deal with what that meant in light of a) his leaving, and b) his feelings of inadequacy?

The establishment of which- and the loss of another loved one early on- were necessary to prompt his actions that led to the rest of the movie afterwards?

Yeah- I can see how all of that was pretty unnecessary.

Yeah I'm glad you agree about how contrived it was. It was like a bad episode of Felicity.

And lets not even get started on the motivation for the other characters/monster fodder...

 

[Hand of Evil]

Boxoffice take as of 01.22.2008


Domestic: $46,037,000 (91.3%) + Foreign: $4,388,568 (8.7%) = Worldwide: $50,425,568

What is REALLY important to remember is that this movie has a listed budget of 25 million! Yep, 25 million, no names stars!

 

[BryonD]

Yeah I'm glad you agree about how contrived it was. It was like a bad episode of Felicity.

And lets not even get started on the motivation for the other characters/monster fodder...

It didn't strike me as contrived at all. It seemed like a perfectly natural relationship.
Unless you find the kind of stupid stuff people do all the time to over complicate their lives "contrived". I mean there are probably only a few million people right now dealing with some slight variation of the basic conflict that the main guy and his girlfriend had. I doubt they find their lives contrived.

Now, they could have spent 45 minutes building it up in convincing detail. Or they could just state most of it for the record and assume the audience is willing to fill in some blanks themselves in order to get on with the main story.

It was no more contrived than getting caught at a red light. And a hell of a lot less contrived than the majority of Hollywood stuff.

 

[Wormwood]

Monster Island 90210

Yeah I know it's establishing character and all, but it was like bad juvenile soap opera. Thank the stars the monster landed and saved us from the inaneness!

Thank the gods, I thought I was the only one.

I love thrill-ride movies as much as the next guy, but this was like trying to enjoy the Universal Studios Kong Encounter while the OC is being filmed in your tram.

 

[BryonD]

Thank the gods, I thought I was the only one.

I love thrill-ride movies as much as the next guy, but this was like trying to enjoy the Universal Studios Kong Encounter while the OC is being filmed in your tram.

Can you explain how this was closer to the OC than it was to a lot of real life relationships?

I mean seriously, its starting to sound like people on a D&D board living up to the stereotype in regard to knowing what real world relationships can be like.

Again, if you hated the film, fine. But saying that 15 minutes spent setting up a pretty normal relationship and expecting the audience to accept some assumptions equates to episode after episode of convoluted date swapping and truly contrived social complexities is boggling.

 

[D.Shaffer]

Well, I saw it last night. Overall, I enjoyed it, but the ending left me feeling a bit unsatisfied. It WAS more or less telegraphed what happened with the characters but I'd have liked a bit more closure. Maybe a bit after the footage (Or even at the beginning) explaining just a bit more.

[sblock=For Example]What happened to Marlene? It's obvious it was tied to the parasite's bite, but what EXACTLY happened? Aliens style gust busting? Highly contagious disease carried by them? The people at the station seemed highly excited over it and were rushing to get her elsewhere.

We also know the place was calm enough that they were able to retrieve the footage, but I'd have liked to have known the overall aftermath. Heck, if they do a sequel, possibly parallel what happened with 9/11 even further, and follow the people who volunteered after the disaster and follow what happens as they document it and look for survivors.[/sblock]

 

[Darkwolf71]

I don't think it would have made much difference if there wasn't that little complication; maybe he'd just hesitate a second less before deciding to save Beth.

Well, except for the little issue of, 'If she was his girlfriend and everything was sunshine and lollipops, she wouldn't have left the party. Therefore, no reason to turn around and go back into the city when she called. Everyone would have either

Spoiler

died on the bridge or gotten out of the city in the first 30 minutes.

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End movie. That would have been boring.

 

[Krug]

[sblock=For Example]What happened to Marlene? It's obvious it was tied to the parasite's bite, but what EXACTLY happened? Aliens style gust busting? Highly contagious disease carried by them? The people at the station seemed highly excited over it and were rushing to get her elsewhere.

We also know the place was calm enough that they were able to retrieve the footage, but I'd have liked to have known the overall aftermath. Heck, if they do a sequel, possibly parallel what happened with 9/11 even further, and follow the people who volunteered after the disaster and follow what happens as they document it and look for survivors.[/sblock]

[sblock]I thought she exploded and that's it.[/sblock]