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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: SpudBud on January 17, 2008, 12:14:12 PM

Title: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: SpudBud on January 17, 2008, 12:14:12 PM: A scene with the small monsters
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G5tuUXenV8
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A link with a GIF of THE monster.
spoiler (click to show/hide)
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/v...ic.php?t=23679
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Enjoy!
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Mupepe on January 17, 2008, 12:17:49 PM: i clicked on it and then it began to load and i closed it out really quickly. I have a feeling the climax will be disappointing, so I'd rather just enjoy the ride when I see the movie
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 17, 2008, 12:18:37 PM: That looks so stupid. I hope it really is a Power Rangers movie shot with digicams
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Mupepe on January 17, 2008, 12:21:31 PM: Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 17, 2008, 12:18:37 PM
That looks so stupid. I hope it really is a Power Rangers movie shot with digicams
and with this i'm out of this thread
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Gay Boy on January 17, 2008, 12:21:57 PM: power rangers?
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on January 17, 2008, 12:23:16 PM: This is by J.J abrams right? It's probably just some Scientology bullshit.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Gay Boy on January 17, 2008, 12:24:04 PM: Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on January 17, 2008, 12:23:16 PM
This is by J.J abrams right? It's probably just some Scientology bullshit.
jj abrams is a scientologist? He is jewish I thought.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on January 17, 2008, 12:25:11 PM: Just saw the youtube clip. This movie looks gay. Alien in the NEw York subway. *yawn
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: drew on January 17, 2008, 12:43:10 PM: Agagahha I can't help myself.

Those sure are some nasty little buggers. Looks like...facehugger crabs? :lol
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Gay Boy on January 17, 2008, 01:45:17 PM: I just checked. FoC he isn't a scientologist. He was for a while but publically denounced it and its tactics.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: SpudBud on January 17, 2008, 01:47:25 PM: Quote from: Drewsy on January 17, 2008, 12:43:10 PM
Agagahha I can't help myself.

Those sure are some nasty little buggers. Looks like...facehugger crabs? :lol
They remind me of antlions.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: ferrarimanf355 on January 17, 2008, 02:08:51 PM: Quote from: SpudBud on January 17, 2008, 12:14:12 PM

A scene with the small monsters
spoiler (click to show/hide)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G5tuUXenV8
[close]

A link with a GIF of THE monster.
spoiler (click to show/hide)
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/v...ic.php?t=23679
[close]

Enjoy!
Copyright claim, 404... >:(
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Ichirou on January 17, 2008, 10:34:40 PM: Quote from: Gay Boy on January 17, 2008, 01:45:17 PM
I just checked. FoC he isn't a scientologist. He was for a while but publically denounced it and its tactics.

Link. He worked with Tom Cruise, I doubt Cruise would work with anyone who denounced Scientology publicly.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: AdmiralViscen on January 17, 2008, 11:08:43 PM: Did the ST trailer leak?
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: TakingBackSunday on January 18, 2008, 03:03:25 AM: jesus christ, go see the movie in a theater. As soon as you can.

J.J. Abrams. :bow

This was the most intense movie I've ever seen. Ever. Dear lord, what an awesome movie to see in a theater.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 18, 2008, 03:08:51 AM: I bought my tickets. I'm doing a birthday extravaganza tomorrow. Four store managers and wives or whatnot, along with myself and a guest will be going at the 7:05 PM show. Woo, monster movies!
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: drozmight on January 18, 2008, 04:48:49 AM: You're all gonna sit in the dark together? Oh that's hot!
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on January 18, 2008, 06:06:53 AM: wait, Drew Goddard wrote this?

maybe I'll see it.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: TVC15 on January 18, 2008, 06:23:36 AM: Jesus, you people are such sheep. You are at this thing like Harry Knowles lactates milkshake.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Gay Boy on January 18, 2008, 10:00:33 AM: Quote from: TVC 15 on January 18, 2008, 06:23:36 AM
Jesus, you people are such sheep. You are at this thing like Harry Knowles lactates milkshake.
I've loved monster movies far before JJ Abrams did his whole internet hype machine with Cloverfield and I assume Willco and the rest are the same way.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 18, 2008, 01:14:00 PM: Pretty much. I'm a sucker for monster movies. I enjoyed even the bad Godzilla movies for Xenu's sake. At the very worst, this look's competent. I'm not saying it'll be a redefining genre film, but I definitely think it's going to be good.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Ecrofirt on January 19, 2008, 01:19:32 AM: So, Cloverfield.

Neat flick, but it gave me really bad motion sickness. Ugh.

Ugh.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: AdmiralViscen on January 19, 2008, 01:27:24 AM: It was good. Theatre was packed with cretins, I don't think any of them liked it.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: border on January 19, 2008, 01:54:11 AM: A totally awesome experience that will sadly seem less and less cool on repeat viewings.....but WOW, that first viewing sure is awesome.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: sky on January 19, 2008, 02:56:36 AM: Quote from: Ecrofirt on January 19, 2008, 01:19:32 AM
Neat flick, but it gave me really bad motion sickness. Ugh.
Ugh. I get that all the time, from regular movies!! :-\
The screen is just too big, sometimes.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 19, 2008, 04:14:14 AM: Great experience, but I agree with border that the intensity will be diminished upon repeat viewings.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 19, 2008, 04:28:42 AM: boring and inconsequential, probably the slightest "movie" I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 19, 2008, 04:35:28 AM: You were kind of going in hating it to be honest. I don't understand why you'd even watch it, honestly.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 19, 2008, 04:36:38 AM: so I'd know I was right!

I also went in as absolutely spoiler-free and open-minded as possible.

nobody I was with paritcularly liked it, either, and buzz at work from people who skipped to see it at lunch was decidedly muted. expect a huge second weekend drop off.

it's the world's first big-screen youtube video!
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 19, 2008, 04:42:04 AM: Eh, I don't really see it. The buzz exiting my theater was pretty ecstatic and everyone I saw it with enjoyed it to some degree. But anecdotal evidence is kind of dumb when talking about movies.

I'm just kind of surprised you saw it - you knew you weren't going to like it! You even PM'd me saying so! That's like me going into a film that I think is going to suck and it living up to my expectations.

For a monster movie, it's pretty well done and I really dug it. It's definitely not a traditional movie and it's not genre redefining, brilliant or what have you - but it is definitely fun.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 19, 2008, 04:46:42 AM: it wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. I was left entirely disconnected and wondering what I'd just spent 90 minutes watching. the answer? NOTHING. there are as many ideas in the teaser trailer as in the full length movie.

when it finished, there was an audible sigh of frustration in my theater. the first thing my friend sitting next to me said was "well, Star Trek sure looks great, huh!"

I give it a fail/10.

the closing credits theme rules, tho.
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 19, 2008, 04:54:45 AM: Yeah, the score in the credits was phenomenal. I know inserting that into the camera footage would've removed the film from it's handycam thing, but - man! - that stuff would rock in a conventional monster film.

I'm not quite sure what you went in wanting to watch. The film advertised a monster movie filmed on handycam and delivered - in spades. It's definitely not open for repeat viewings or critical analysis (it's not a metaphor for anything, it's not deep or anything).

There are folks that are definitely going to be frustrated with the ending, but I liked the grim finale.

Really, I can't really fault a movie that says, "This is what I am!" and you go to see it on that basis. Why go see Cloverfield when you wanted more than just a monster movie filmed on handycam?

Go see There Will Be Blood instead or something!
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 19, 2008, 04:57:58 AM: the finale was telegraphed from about, mm, 7-10 seconds in

I think that without a metaphor or at least decent characters, a monster movie fails utterly. the movie set up "relationships" MS Visio style, then totally failed to make any of the characters interesting or worthwhile
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 19, 2008, 05:03:37 AM: They were just monster fodder. The relationship was more or less a plot device to get people eaten by monsters. I think looking any deeper than that is silly.

And you must not really like monster movies. Only a handful of them have decent metaphors or rich characters.

Again, this movie was advertised as a straightforward monster movie that envokes 9/11 imagery in handycam form. I can't really fault it for hitting that bar. There weren't any powerful THIS IS A STORY ABOUT PEOPLE advertisements or talent interviews. They were talking about MONSTERS.

And as for the finale - duh. You know what happens to the characters probably BEFORE the movie starts. Why would you be watching the cam corder footage if everything was okay?
Title: Re: Cloverfield leaks.
Post by: border on January 19, 2008, 05:47:56 AM: I tend to feel like the 9/11 connections are enough to keep Cloverfield very engaging......the film doesn't have an out-and-out metaphor, but everything is uncanny enough to keep your jaw on the floor and your eyes on the screen.

The complaints about lack of compelling characters seem a little disingenuous to the genre. People are upset because they weren't openly weeping at a character's death, but when have you honestly done that in any monster movie? Even so, I still felt a little a little affected seeing Rob on the phone with his mother, or hearing him tell Lily that his brother's death was different because "he knew you loved him." Those were both great little touches amongst the chaos.

Quote from: Willco on January 19, 2008, 04:14:14 AM
Great experience, but I agree with border that the intensity will be diminished upon repeat viewings.

Well you can say that about any monster/horror movie, but I think once you know everything that happens you just won't have as much patience to sit through the shaky-cam stuff and the dramatic moments. A more traditional film would at least have tits/gore to keep you engaged during downtime.