veritech-z Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 This movie was total garbage. The monster was stupid looking, the "cinematography" (if you can call one guy with a handy cam shaking it all over the place that...) made it almost unwatchable. There was actually a motion sickness warning at the box office...I found I had to let my vision go out of focus slightly and pretty much just listen to it in order to avoid nausea. Plus, they thought they were so clever with their cryptic viral marketing campaign, and it seems they put so much effort into that that the actual movie sort of went by the wayside. The best part of this movie for me was the Hellboy 2 trailer at the beginning, and of course the ending credits letting me know it was over. I'm with TeamNissan, there wasn't a single original plotpoint (giant monster attacking city: check. giant monster that drops small versions of itself to make a nuisance: check small band of survivors that slowly gets smaller due to attrition: check abrupt ending with minimal resolution: check...looks like we got most of it covered) As a side note, the nachos and soda I had weren't bad, so it wasn't a total waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Well. I'd better watch it. nobody said it was acctually a BAD movie. So I guess it couldn't hurt then. THIS MOVIE SUCKED!!!!!! the damn handy cam gave me a headache. Here's how i describe it. Its like one of those gong show acts that's going to be gonged but hurries there act and ends just before getting gonged!!!! i nearly walked out but there was a bit of curiosity on how it was going to end... when it did finally end i wished i walked out. I was literally pissed off for the rest of the day that i actually couldn't wait to see this movie and that i wasted a night out with the family on this movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drowz Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 JUST got back from the theatre... There you go. I recently saw AVP2, which was the worst movie I'd ever spent $9 on until now. So my vote is against it, but yeah, Hellboy 2 looks interesting I'd better go see that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Either you REALLY hate it or REALLY love it, I don't think it is possible to go either way. I have been a sci fi junkie since I can remember, and I think the movie was a breath of fresh air. No prologue with preface, no "Hero, Coward, Cynic [read that on some review]", and the movie was entirely focused on the party folk. Yes, that camera gave me a headache at times, but it was to immerse the viewer into the sitaution. Work for me, I was jazzed to watch such a creative movie. Seriously, how many movies don't kill the monster, kill most of the cast, and don't give any excuses? For the record, I wasn't exposed to any of the "viral" marketing hype. And thought that AVP2 was ok, because I knew what AVP1 was like And it was worth the $4 and change for the matinee. Tops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbesheer Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Yeah the way I see it was. Yeah there was a monster and an army fighting it,. But that really wasn't the main point but the people on their own mission. I thought the monster had a very unique appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-TARD Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I'm still waiting to see it, although I've seen most of the spoilers online. I've heard that it's left wide open for a sequel. If the studio knows whats good for them, they'll let Big Phil shoot the next one, his videos are always pretty entertaining and not nausea inducing for the most part (Except for all that Coors Light....). That, and the next one definitely should have more: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Big Phil? Sorry, not familiar with Hollywood-lingo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Big phil is a fellow member, who has posted videos of his progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbesheer Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Wait is he the one that had that Miller Chill scene in the begining of one of his for sale ads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palauoriginal Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 ok so i saw this movie friday and i was really mad i spent money on it. i got dizzy, i was confused etc..also i sat in the front cuz we were late. but i saw it again (long story) since i was expecting most of the scenes(frantic camera crap) and i sat further back, i was able to focus on the story more and it was pretty dam good. definately unique... hud is a g. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech-z Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 To me the scene that sums it up was right after the monster first hits, and rather than escape, everyone is just standing there with camera phones recording...all it needed was for someone to say "this is SO going on youtube..." to make it complete. It felt likes something I could have cranked out at school with Maya and Adobe Aftereffects. We could have just filmed it with a webcam or something, I don't think we even have a camera at school that will let you be that shaky...Even Sci-Fi orginal pictures have better production value than cloverfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drowz Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I couldn't agree more. Godzilla meets blair witch... There was one good acting scene IMO, when they go into the subway and the mom calls rob. I kept forgetting how ugly Hud was, but then he'd record himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnoutZ Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Big Phil? Sorry, not familiar with Hollywood-lingo. Hahha So now we relate big phil and hollywood hahhaha. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeeboost Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I just came back from watching it. I really didn't think it was that bad, although I didn't take it seriously. I've slept through movies in the theatres before, and this one kept me awake. The ending though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 So there is DEFINITELY a monster! Cool 945 tonight I'm going. It better be worth the $60 per person, cause I must have popcorn... hahah, or else it'd be like 30 per person, which is still a killing. If you guys are saying it's meant to be watched in the theaters, which is what I've heard for a bunch of movies lately, I'm starting to get convinced that movies are more about wow factor now than they are substance. made-for-theater films? i'll pass. LOL. I did hear Cloverfield was both good and so-so, and the newspaper this morning said it was poor. Then again I don't watch movies unless I'm at someones house who's watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bobdoles_monkey Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 cloverfield did/is make bank and yes its all thanks to there viral marketing. i read some where that the budget was only 30mil and thats theres a whole hidden story behind it (which i did look into) and it makes me hate the movie even more. plus i dont even know if its real cause of the viral marketing lol. for some reason i thought the monster was going to be a giant bunny that eats people cause it thinks they're chocolate. how did i come to that conclusion? its even beyond me but after seeing the monster i wished it was a cute adorable 200ft killer bunny. at least cloverfield gives way to new humor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators RTz Posted January 27, 2008 Administrators Share Posted January 27, 2008 Wife and I just got back from this motion picture. Twenty minutes in, we were ready to walk out. Decided to hang in there instead. What a mistake. I've seen worse, but not very damn many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldson Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Hehe, sounding like those chezzy sunday flicks on sci-fi! Got to stick with it cuse it there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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