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Post by Sinistrous on Dec 21, 2007 11:19:38 GMT -5
Have you guys heard about it? It has that stupid 'Blair Witch Project' camera style, but it's a monster movie that might be not bad. Or it will. I don't know, but you can look at the trailer here maybe! The monster might look like this (I don't think the production staff have been confronted with the picture yet):  |
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Post by darthrevan on Dec 21, 2007 11:58:54 GMT -5
The trailer looked cool. The camera style makes the movie feel more like it is happening because it is like a real person is capturing these events. I will probably see this. I hope that it is good.
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Post by Dja Majista on Dec 21, 2007 12:28:14 GMT -5
It's been a while since I've scene a non-anime movie about a big ominous monster. Unless people say it sucks, count me in.
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Post by Sinistrous on Jan 9, 2008 1:34:43 GMT -5
Let's be honest: you can't expect much. We're going to see it because, in all likelihood, it will suck*!
*Meaning, to a level that it's actually entertaining, rather than just being tedious like that Dragon Wars movie supposedly was.
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Post by Dja Majista on Jan 9, 2008 22:21:49 GMT -5
What like snakes on a plane?
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Post by Sinistrous on Jan 13, 2008 17:20:15 GMT -5
You're on the right track, but not exactly. Both used the internet to generate huge amounts of hype and both possibly feature lots of turd-like people dying, but Snakes was ridiculous because of the general concept (why bother with snakes when you could just gas or bomb the plane?) whereas Cloverfield is ridiculous because of the camera and some really awful CG (I saw an advert recently that displayed what was supposed to be a headless statue of liberty and they didn't do so hot with that).
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Post by Dja Majista on Jan 25, 2008 22:55:33 GMT -5
I'm gonna see this movie for a dollar tonight! I'll tell you guys how it was. starts at 12...
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Post by Dja Majista on Jan 26, 2008 2:54:38 GMT -5
Alright so I just got back from this thing. Here's my quick little review. I'm gonna try not to spoil anything but there really isn't much to spoil other than the order in which people die... OK so the movie was PG-13 so if you expecting some vicious and gruesome deaths you should go see a different movie. As stated earlier, it is in the blair witch style of camera work, which I found extremely frustrating at times; I managed though. The plot is about a small group of adventurous white people composed of your standard 1:1 men to women ratio for maximum romance  . Naturally one of them is holding the camera the entire time. and of course even though he is not the protagonist, the audience is still forced into familiarity with his character. And I might add, there really isn't much to him. He's just a scared panzy who wants to get in everybody's business, and his vocabulary consists almost entirely of two phrases: "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God," and "Oh shit!" Ok so the plot. What exactly is it that causes our adventurous crew to completely ignore the idea of just chilling out in the safe little room in the subway housing several vending machines? I mean the place could have doubled as a bomb shelter! Anyway, Robert Hawkins is basically breaking up with his girl at the beginning of the movie and now his girlfriend is somewhere in this mess which is Manhatten. So he's gonna go find her because he realizes that he really loves her. Oh and everybody else is just sort of tagging along. The monster. This was disappointing. I really did expect something epic and ginormous. But unfortunately, the pic at the beginning of this thread is not an accurate depiction of the monster's appearance OR girth. The parasites... same thing. At first they looked like zerglings, but in strength level they really didn't compare. Same thing with the monster. Godzilla could have KOd him in one tale sweep. Another thing that bothered me was the fact that the monster didn't really stay the same size for the duration of the movie. I mean one minute his size is on par with the buildings, and in another his face as small as a person... Oh and I liked the fact that the stealth bomber opted to use dumb bombs instead of smart bombs inside the city. That was cool. Ok so honestly, I enjoyed it. It was a good movie for a dollar. I wouldn't have paid any more though. Hopefully if you watch it, you'll have as much fun as I did. But this is all not to completely throw off the point of the review. I don't think it's a very good quality movie, and there were a lot of thrill aspects that I felt could have been better. But overall it's a different kind of movie, so in that sense, it may not be a bad idea to check it out. I'm not sure it would be worth renting though. It's one of those theater exclusive experiences. |
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Post by Sinistrous on Jan 26, 2008 21:09:30 GMT -5
I stole a screener it and watched a little bit. I gave up after half an hour, it was pretty boring. Oh well.
By the way dude, what plot?
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Post by Dja Majista on Jan 26, 2008 21:39:18 GMT -5
I stole a screener it and watched a little bit. I gave up after half an hour, it was pretty boring. Oh well. By the way dude, what plot? I already said, the plot is the thing that keeps them from just camping out in the subway room until things blow over. Did you get to the part near the beginning where, "Rob" I think it was, gets a message from his girlfriend that she's trapped or something? It was right after he got the phone battery. |
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Post by Sinistrous on Jan 26, 2008 22:42:20 GMT -5
That isn't really much of a plot though. I mean, "I can't stay here where it's kinda safe while a girl I had sex with is out there with that monster possibly being swooned by the good looks of that monster I have never seen before" and "I won't let you go out there alone even though you're retarded *KNIGHT-IN-SHINING-FUCKING-ARMOR*" doesn't really constitute as much of a plot.
But no, I stopped watching around the part that bridge got attacked and fell asleep. Maybe I'll finish it.
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Post by Dja Majista on Jan 26, 2008 22:51:05 GMT -5
That isn't really much of a plot though. I mean, "I can't stay here where it's kinda safe while a girl I had sex with is out there with that monster possibly being swooned by the good looks of that monster I have never seen before" and "I won't let you go out there alone even though you're retarded *KNIGHT-IN-SHINING-FUCKING-ARMOR*" doesn't really constitute as much of a plot. Couldn't have said it better myself, but if it isn't a plot, then what is? |
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Post by Sinistrous on Jan 26, 2008 23:17:56 GMT -5
I don't know. Un-originality?
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Post by Dja Majista on Jan 26, 2008 23:25:53 GMT -5
I don't disagree with you, but "un-originality" and "plot" aren't exactly mutually exclusive terms.  |
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Post by Sinistrous on Jan 26, 2008 23:39:08 GMT -5
I didn't exactly say they were, either.
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Post by violent2dope on Feb 11, 2008 5:35:21 GMT -5
Lol seriously? Fvck hia girlfriend, I wanna live! :lol:
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. Naturally one of them is holding the camera the entire time. and of course even though he is not the protagonist, the audience is still forced into familiarity with his character. And I might add, there really isn't much to him. He's just a scared panzy who wants to get in everybody's business, and his vocabulary consists almost entirely of two phrases: "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God," and "Oh shit!"
