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Title: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Himu on January 21, 2008, 06:47:23 PM
seriously. fucking amazing experience. GO SEE IT NOW.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 21, 2008, 06:47:50 PM
smh
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 21, 2008, 06:53:37 PM
It wasn't groundbreaking, nor was it even the best movie I saw over the weekend (that honor goes to I'm Not There), but it was fun.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 21, 2008, 06:54:16 PM
:rock :rock :rock
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Himu on January 21, 2008, 06:55:10 PM
it wasn't groundbreaking at all but shit was it good. better than that awful Halloween remake and all the other claptrap horror movies that have come out the past 3 or so years.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 21, 2008, 06:55:47 PM
Better than Transformers lol
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 21, 2008, 06:56:24 PM
better than that awful Halloween remake and all that other claptrap.

Yeah, I never saw any of that stuff.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 21, 2008, 06:56:42 PM
better than that awful Halloween remake and all that other claptrap.

Yeah, I never saw any of that stuff.

This too.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 21, 2008, 06:57:42 PM
More like "cloverfield is better than every 'blockbuster' in recent memory" even though it came out in January and not the summer.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Himu on January 21, 2008, 06:57:43 PM
and fucking Saw
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 21, 2008, 06:58:34 PM
and fucking Saw

Nope, didn't see those either.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 21, 2008, 06:59:17 PM
WTF CAJOLE YOUR AVATAR MAKES ME WANT TO FAP

Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 21, 2008, 06:59:49 PM
and fucking Saw

Nope, didn't see those either.

The last new "horror" movie I saw was 28 Days Later. All the Saws and remakes and Rob Zombie torture porn things do nothing for me.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Himu on January 21, 2008, 06:59:58 PM
it's still better than any other mega blockbuster that has come in the past year. Every other blockbuster has been disappointing, Bourne aside. Spider Man? Check. Transformers? Check. Pirates 3? Check. Fantastic Four 2? Check. Finally a good Hollywood blockbuster movie.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 21, 2008, 07:00:10 PM
WTF CAJOLE YOUR AVATAR MAKES ME WANT TO FAP



Veronica got that reaction on GAF too

thanks for repeating what I just said himu
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: TVC15 on January 21, 2008, 07:01:28 PM
it wasn't groundbreaking at all but shit was it good. better than that awful Halloween remake and all the other claptrap horror movies that have come out the past 3 or so years.

If the Halloween remake is your measuring stick for quality, fucking everything is Citizen Kane.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Himu on January 21, 2008, 07:02:46 PM
it wasn't groundbreaking at all but shit was it good. better than that awful Halloween remake and all the other claptrap horror movies that have come out the past 3 or so years.

If the Halloween remake is your measuring stick for quality, fucking everything is Citizen Kane.

I didn't say it was quality. But seriously. Among all of these of these god awful horror movies that have come out the past 3-4 years, has there been any GOOD ones, Cloverfield aside? Silent Hill? Dawn of the Dead remake?
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: TVC15 on January 21, 2008, 07:08:46 PM
it wasn't groundbreaking at all but shit was it good. better than that awful Halloween remake and all the other claptrap horror movies that have come out the past 3 or so years.

If the Halloween remake is your measuring stick for quality, fucking everything is Citizen Kane.

I didn't say it was quality. But seriously. Among all of these of these god awful horror movies that have come out the past 3-4 years, has there been any GOOD ones, Cloverfield aside? Silent Hill? Dawn of the Dead remake?

There have been a few good ones.  But for giant monsters, you have The Host, which is fuck all awesome.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 21, 2008, 07:10:54 PM
it wasn't groundbreaking at all but shit was it good. better than that awful Halloween remake and all the other claptrap horror movies that have come out the past 3 or so years.

If the Halloween remake is your measuring stick for quality, fucking everything is Citizen Kane.

I didn't say it was quality. But seriously. Among all of these of these god awful horror movies that have come out the past 3-4 years, has there been any GOOD ones, Cloverfield aside? Silent Hill? Dawn of the Dead remake?

There have been a few good ones.  But for giant monsters, you have The Host, which is fuck all awesome.

I'm ashamed to say I haven't gotten around to seeing that. I'd probably have a different opinion of Cloverfield if I had seen it beforehand. I still think the whole handheld camera device was really pulled off fucking well, though.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: TVC15 on January 21, 2008, 07:12:38 PM
it wasn't groundbreaking at all but shit was it good. better than that awful Halloween remake and all the other claptrap horror movies that have come out the past 3 or so years.

If the Halloween remake is your measuring stick for quality, fucking everything is Citizen Kane.

I didn't say it was quality. But seriously. Among all of these of these god awful horror movies that have come out the past 3-4 years, has there been any GOOD ones, Cloverfield aside? Silent Hill? Dawn of the Dead remake?

There have been a few good ones.  But for giant monsters, you have The Host, which is fuck all awesome.

I'm ashamed to say I haven't gotten around to seeing that. I'd probably have a different opinion of Cloverfield if I had seen it beforehand. I still think the whole handheld camera device was really pulled off fucking well, though.

The Host is about as different from normal giant monster movies as Cloverfield is, probably.  It is pretty random and Korean.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 21, 2008, 07:15:48 PM
Yea, I've heard good things. I knew it was an Asian film.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Eric P on January 21, 2008, 07:34:24 PM
what?

i know i'm a horror elitist, but surely it can't hold a candle to black devil doll

http://www.blackdevildoll.com/BDD_TRAILER_640_Large.mov

(nsfw)
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 21, 2008, 07:40:35 PM
it wasn't groundbreaking at all but shit was it good. better than that awful Halloween remake and all the other claptrap horror movies that have come out the past 3 or so years.

If the Halloween remake is your measuring stick for quality, fucking everything is Citizen Kane.

I didn't say it was quality. But seriously. Among all of these of these god awful horror movies that have come out the past 3-4 years, has there been any GOOD ones, Cloverfield aside? Silent Hill? Dawn of the Dead remake?

There have been a few good ones.  But for giant monsters, you have The Host, which is fuck all awesome.

I loved The Host when I saw it in theaters, and loved re-watching it on Blu-ray.

Should giant monster movies even be considered part of the horror genre?
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 21, 2008, 07:56:47 PM
I was gonna say, uh, Cloverfield is not a horror movie?
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 21, 2008, 08:24:47 PM
an absence of allah is the true horror
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Cormacaroni on January 21, 2008, 09:17:32 PM
28 Weeks Later smh
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 21, 2008, 10:25:43 PM
Cloverfield > 28 Weeks Later
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on January 21, 2008, 10:43:32 PM
28 Weeks Later is a fucking mess.  Starts out interesting but it goes down the toilet pretty fast.  As soon as they get out of London and into that mansion, it really becomes unwatchable.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: TVC15 on January 21, 2008, 10:54:39 PM
it wasn't groundbreaking at all but shit was it good. better than that awful Halloween remake and all the other claptrap horror movies that have come out the past 3 or so years.

If the Halloween remake is your measuring stick for quality, fucking everything is Citizen Kane.

I didn't say it was quality. But seriously. Among all of these of these god awful horror movies that have come out the past 3-4 years, has there been any GOOD ones, Cloverfield aside? Silent Hill? Dawn of the Dead remake?

There have been a few good ones.  But for giant monsters, you have The Host, which is fuck all awesome.

Should giant monster movies even be considered part of the horror genre?

I was wondering that myself.  Giant monster movies appear to be more usually related to action, if anything.  They don't really shoehorn into any one genre.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Debaser on January 21, 2008, 11:38:00 PM
I was wondering that myself.  Giant monster movies appear to be more usually related to action, if anything.  They don't really shoehorn into any one genre.

They're disaster movies. Cloverfield, especially, is just World Trade Center with an alien thingie instead of hijacked planes.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: FatalT on January 22, 2008, 01:15:29 AM
28 Weeks Later is a fucking mess.  Starts out interesting but it goes down the toilet pretty fast.  As soon as they get out of London and into that mansion, it really becomes unwatchable.

I believe you're thinking of 28 Days Later.
Title: Re: cloverfield is the only good product of this whole horror movie phenomenon
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on January 22, 2008, 01:33:34 AM
28 Weeks Later is a fucking mess.  Starts out interesting but it goes down the toilet pretty fast.  As soon as they get out of London and into that mansion, it really becomes unwatchable.

I believe you're thinking of 28 Days Later.

lol...yeah. 

You know, it's not the first time I've made that mistake.  I was having a discussion with a guy at work who was talking about 28 Weeks and I was thinking 28 Days so I chimed in.  It didn't dawn on me that we were talking about 2 different movies until the next day....lol.