Cloverfield

[gottimd]

I'm sure some of you have seen the preview of all of these kids partying in NYC, all being shown from the view of the person holding the camera and then some booms happen and everyone panics and runs...

http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=21621

I thought that it was a new Godzilla movie coming out. Anyone know any details about this movie other than this brief synopsis.

[Lathum]

It's from JJ Abrahms so I will definantly check it out.

[JonInMiddleGA]

The details are apparently a closely guarded secret.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloverfield

[Lathum]

It's very "smoke monster " esque

[gottimd]

I found this:

http://digg.com/movies/Shot_of_the_C...he_new_trailer

[Honolulu_Blue]

I've been following this for a while. Looks interesting. I think it'd be super sweet if there was some Lovecraftian spin to it all.

[gottimd]

Spoiler

I just read an article from a guy who saw a sneak preview of the movie, and notes that the monster:
1) Rips peoples heads off. A lot of peoples heads. Said that it is interesting because of the angle or shot that its seen.
2) When the monster bumps into buildings, things fall off of it and I guess become smaller monsters?
3) The monster can do something to people that they didn't want to reveal.

[Lathum]

spoiler Tag?????

[gottimd]

Does that need it? Its speculation about the monster. Obviously it will

Spoiler

kill

people.

[Raiders Army]

Supposedly the film is shot in a hand-held-you-are-there manner.

[revrew]

Originally Posted by Raiders Army

Supposedly the film is shot in a hand-held-you-are-there manner.

That's what I was afraid of. Just saw the trailer tonight, and I almost had to go puke. Makes me seasick.

[CamEdwards]

the movie itself looks to be pretty promising, but I have to agree with Rev. If the entire thing is as shaky as the trailers, I don't know that I'm going to be able to watch the damn thing.

Reminds me of Blair Witch, which caused my wife to puke (luckily she made it out of the theater in time).

[sabotai]

The shaky camera thing in movies never bothered me. I made it through Blair Witch without a problem. (But I get that same sea-sickness reaction when I try to play a FPS or 3rd-PS on a console...)

[Cringer]

hxxp://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=40208

This is a 5 minute section (begining) of the film. You will get an idea of the "shaky" filming. Sometimes it really sucks, sometimes it's not bad at all. It's a guy with a camcorder (as the storyline goes), so it's to be expected.

I hated the filming at first, but damn does that 5 minute chunk grab me some. The destruction of New York (and the rolling dust/debris cloud) will probably have someone ultra sensative about 9/11 bitching.

The head of a large, famous statue being thrown? across New York was cool.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Cringer

The destruction of New York (and the rolling dust/debris cloud) will probably have someone ultra sensative about 9/11 bitching.

I've already read a few stories/blogs of people doing this.

[CamEdwards]

based on that widget, the shakiness doesn't look to be too bad... though how it translates on a big effing screen as opposed to a tiny little window will be interesting.

[tucker342]

Just heard about it for the first time a couple of days ago. I'm really looking forward to it.

[Raiders Army]

79% on Rotten Tomatoes so far. I'll probably see it while I'm in KC next month after the Super Bowl.

[Mantle2600]

The commercials were kind of 'meh' to me, but that clip definitely made me want to see it, that looks pretty bad ass.

[IMetTrentGreen]

OK, so, apparently there is a scene after the credits that is not in all versions of the movie. I stayed through the credits and all I got was some backwards whispering.

Good movie though.

[Front Office Midget]

I really really loved this movie, and I normally go for Memento, Eternal Sunshine type movies, not huge monster movies. Something about this movie really appealed to me.

[vex]

Very good movie. Does what it's supposed to do. Must see.

[gottimd]

Originally Posted by IMetTrentGreen

OK, so, apparently there is a scene after the credits that is not in all versions of the movie. I stayed through the credits and all I got was some backwards whispering.

Good movie though.

So they never explain where the creature came from?

Spoiler

Apparently the backwards whispering is saying "It's still alive" hinting maybe at a sequel depending on how this one does I guess

[IMetTrentGreen]

Spoiler

Correct. The movie I watched had no explaination for it's arrival or existence. Apparently there is a scene shown after the credits that some people are seeing that shows something (the monster, presumably) fall out of they sky and into the Atlantic. I did not see that scene. I got the backwards whisper saying "It's still alive."

[gottimd]

Spoiler

I too heard that there is a scene after the credits that show the monster in the distance in the ocean, but I didn't hear about it dropping from the sky. Any reason behind the name cloverfield?

[IMetTrentGreen]

Yeah there is some story about naming it after a street, but somebody misheard it and wrote Cloverfield instead of what it the street actually was. I don't remember enough of the story to coherently put it back together.

In the movie, no, there is no reasoning behind it. Just a government codeword.

[IMetTrentGreen]

When we started the project there was going to be an announcement in the trades. In this case, they wanted to keep everything under wraps. So the movie was going to be made under this outside corporation that was basically a property of Paramount. That corporation had a name that I don’t know the name of. I think Clover was the first part of it. Maybe it was Cloverdale. When Drew [Goddard, LOST writer] was putting a name to the project, there was supposed to be a name for the project like there was for The Manhattan Project. So he said, "I am going to use that weird mysterious thing," and he misheard it. He didn’t even understand that it wasn’t Cloverfield, it was Cloverdale. Maybe that was because of the street by J.J.’s old office, but the truth is he just misunderstood it.

[digamma]

I sometimes play in a home poker game that Drew Goddard plays in. He's one of the nicest guys I've ever met, so I'm very happy for him that this is doing well.

I also used to live on Cloverdale Ave. in LA and it's very close to where the host of this poker game lives.

[IMetTrentGreen]

Can you get him to tell us what is going to happen in Lost?

[CamEdwards]

I just got back from seeing this and I think I liked it, but I need to ponder it for a couple more days. The shaky-cam stuff wasn't that bothersome... I only had to look away briefly twice.

It's a very well done movie... not sure I can get into my reasons why I'm only "thinking" I like it without getting into spoilers.

[VPI97]

Originally Posted by vex

Very good movie. Does what it's supposed to do. Must see.

Really? I took my daughter to see it today and we both considered it a waste of time and money. Based on the comments I heard leaving the theatre, I think that was the universal opinion from the audience. The only way I could recommend it to anyone is if they were seeing it for free and didn't mind throwing away an hour and a half. Very bad movie.

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

The shaky-cam stuff wasn't that bothersome... I only had to look away briefly twice.

I found it to be very bothersome...and I'm not normally someone who gets nauseous from this type of thing. In fact, I don't think it's ever bothered me before in any other movie or television show.

[Cringer]

So, of all the spoilers, I haven't seen anything that has spoiled jack squat for me yet. Because of the lack of real spoilers, I have a great one here....

Spoiler

This movie is in theaters now.

[WVUFAN]

Spoiler

On the final scene at the end of the movie, when Rob and Beth are talking about the day they had, you can see something falling from the sky and hit the water in the background.

[stevew]

Spoiler

Speculation is that supposedly what fell from the sky was a satellite from the manufacturers of the Slusho Energy Drink. It either inadvertantly woke the sea beast, or the dredging associated with the recovery of it did so. The monster, according to Abrams, has been dormat for a thousand years, in the deep sea of earth.

[Pacersfan46]

Originally Posted by WVUFAN

Spoiler

On the final scene at the end of the movie, when Rob and Beth are talking about the day they had, you can see something falling from the sky and hit the water in the background.

Spoiler

Ok, but wasn't the video of their day several weeks before the events that happened? That's quite a weird time gap.

[CamEdwards]

Originally Posted by VPI97

Really? I took my daughter to see it today and we both considered it a waste of time and money. Based on the comments I heard leaving the theatre, I think that was the universal opinion from the audience. The only way I could recommend it to anyone is if they were seeing it for free and didn't mind throwing away an hour and a half. Very bad movie.


I found it to be very bothersome...and I'm not normally someone who gets nauseous from this type of thing. In fact, I don't think it's ever bothered me before in any other movie or television show.

Interesting... people in the theater where I saw it actually applauded after the end. I guess this is one of those movies you either love or hate... or you end up like me and on the fence.

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

Interesting... people in the theater where I saw it actually applauded after the end. I guess this is one of those movies you either love or hate... or you end up like me and on the fence.

That's probably going to be true. Here's a snippet from our local review

Spoiler

“Cloverfield” is an admirable experiment in form even as it is a miserable failure in function. It is a bold and daring film, but not a good one. Nothing more than a gimmick from beginning to end, “Cloverfield” is a savvy marketing campaign masquerading as a movie. There is no more substance to the film than what the trailers reveal.

Dull and moronic faux-improvised dialogue mixed with inappropriate and misplaced levity cancel out much of the film’s intensity and generally terrific visual effects.

[Cringer]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

That's probably going to be true. Here's a snippet from our local review

“Cloverfield” is an admirable experiment in form even as it is a miserable failure in function. It is a bold and daring film, but not a good one. Nothing more than a gimmick from beginning to end, “Cloverfield” is a savvy marketing campaign masquerading as a movie. There is no more substance to the film than what the trailers reveal.

Dull and moronic faux-improvised dialogue mixed with inappropriate and misplaced levity cancel out much of the film’s intensity and generally terrific visual effects.

That doesn't sound too bad. Inappropriate is usually appropriate to me when it comes to snotty reviewers.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I don't go to a lot of movies, but I can't imagine a film that would make me applaud afterwards. Do people really do that? What? Do they think the director or the actors are sitting up in some booth watching the theater for reactions?

[Cringer]

I remember people applauding at the end of Independence Day. I am pretty sure that is the only movie I have seen that happen afterwards.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Cringer

I remember people applauding at the end of Independence Day. I am pretty sure that is the only movie I have seen that happen afterwards.

OK, I'm not going to just throw a blanket insult at people who applaud after certain films, as I'm sure that there are good reasons sometimes.

Independence Day, though? The fuck?

[gkb]

Ghostbusters is the only movie I can remember being at where there was applause at the end...yeah that was a awhile ago.

[Raiders Army]

I've been in a movie theater where people clapped before. I think it's stupid as well, although it's the same as yelling at your TV during a football game. It's not like they'll hear you.

The only difference in this analogy is that you make a fool of yourself in front of other people in the movie theater, while your family and friends are the only ones who hear you at home watching TV.

[Chief Rum]

Just saw it tonight, and I enjoyed it. It came to entertain and it did. Fortunately, for whatever reason, shaky camera syndrome doesn't affect me like it does others.

As for applause after movies, I too think it's a ridiculous thing to do, but I am surprised some of you don't see it more often. I have been to at least ten movies in the past couple years alone where some appluase came at the credits.

[Groundhog]

I just got back. Saw it, thought it was great, with quite a few OH SHIT moments. Overall, a very nice take on the Godzilla style of film.

Unfortunately my girlfriend got motion sickness, but she can't even play 3D video games without getting motion sickness, so that wasn't a great shock.

A group of 4 elderly people left the movie due to motion sickness too.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

As for applause after movies, I too think it's a ridiculous thing to do, but I am surprised some of you don't see it more often. I have been to at least ten movies in the past couple years alone where some appluase came at the credits.

The only time I ever heard applause after a movie was after Episode III when I went to the midnight showing on opening night (which was not a surprise). We don't give movies applause in Suburbia.

[Cringer]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

OK, I'm not going to just throw a blanket insult at people who applaud after certain films, as I'm sure that there are good reasons sometimes.

Independence Day, though? The fuck?

lol. The day it came out, so that was July 4th IIRC. People stood, clapped, and even mixed in some cheers. I don't remember Loren or myself doing it. Well, we stood, to start walking out. I did like the movie though.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by sabotai

The only time I ever heard applause after a movie was after Episode III when I went to the midnight showing on opening night (which was not a surprise). We don't give movies applause in Suburbia.

lol...Suburbia. Dude, I grew up in Orange County. They practically invented the term for this county.

[Chief Rum]

stevew alludes to it in his spoiler post above, but I am still not sure I have the whole back story. Anyone here been following the viral marketing campaign that was apparently part of the buildup to the film? Apparently this movie was marketed both traditional and with an online clues-to-the-plot-style approaches. If someone could give a spoiler-tagged rundown of what else is out there about the background behind Cloverfield, I would much appreciate it. Thanks!

[Lathum]

Going to see this in an hour, looking forward to it.