You're lucky I already saw it, or I'd have your ass on a platter.
For those who saw it whats the monster name and where did it come from?
I saw it today, actually.
The whole point of the 1st person/home video perspective is that it doesn't make sense -- it's not supposed to be a complete, cohesive, and well-developed story; it's supposed to be a movie that gets you as close to the position of the characters as it can, and offer a thrilling adventure at the same time.
It's a great concept, and has definitely been done before... Blair Witch Project sort of tried and failed (in my opinion); however I'd call Cloverfield a success.
Really you have to rate it on two scales -- entertainment and "being an actual good movie by filmmaking standards". In the former category, it's very solid. I wasn't bored for a second of it. The monster reminded me of a Krootaur from Warhammer 40k mythos, which made it even cooler. On the "being a good movie in terms of actual filmmaking" scale, however, you can't even rate the movie. The whole 1st person thing eliminates elements like filmography, color, etc, and also severely degrades the importance of things like character development or acting.
In summary, just like any mainstream movie, you have to look at it for how entertaining it was. If you want to praise or pick on a movie for being a technical success, head to your local indie theater.
Also, the random Japanese Slusho websites and weird/awesome videos of Japanese people and moose give the whole thing a thumb up.
If you look at some of the weird websites they set up in support of the viral marketing campaign, one of them is a deep sea drilling company that apparently drills deeper in the depths of the ocean than anyone else... they have a map of their drilling locations, and one is in the Atlantic a bit northwest of Maine. So there's a possibility that the fluff behind the movie calls for an awakened deep sea creature, or something that lived below the Earth's crust, or some similarly action-movie-esque type thing.
Yes the movie was entertaning but its still needs a plot. For the begining i kept on asking myself question like what's going on and what's that monster name where did it come from. That was left unexplained and is there anything after the credits?
Quote from: Snorkel on January 18, 2008, 09:14:18 PM
If you look at some of the weird websites they set up in support of the viral marketing campaign, one of them is a deep sea drilling company that apparently drills deeper in the depths of the ocean than anyone else... they have a map of their drilling locations, and one is in the Atlantic a bit northwest of Maine. So there's a possibility that the fluff behind the movie calls for an awakened deep sea creature, or something that lived below the Earth's crust, or some similarly action-movie-esque type thing.
Imposbile its survived above water. :/
Quote from: phatyo on January 18, 2008, 09:16:54 PM
Quote from: Snorkel on January 18, 2008, 09:14:18 PM
If you look at some of the weird websites they set up in support of the viral marketing campaign, one of them is a deep sea drilling company that apparently drills deeper in the depths of the ocean than anyone else... they have a map of their drilling locations, and one is in the Atlantic a bit northwest of Maine. So there's a possibility that the fluff behind the movie calls for an awakened deep sea creature, or something that lived below the Earth's crust, or some similarly action-movie-esque type thing.
Imposbile its survived above water. :/
That proves nothing. U:<
It's sounds like an awesome concept either way. (O:
Quote from: HeroOfTimeO0 on January 18, 2008, 09:19:18 PM
Quote from: phatyo on January 18, 2008, 09:16:54 PM
Quote from: Snorkel on January 18, 2008, 09:14:18 PM
If you look at some of the weird websites they set up in support of the viral marketing campaign, one of them is a deep sea drilling company that apparently drills deeper in the depths of the ocean than anyone else... they have a map of their drilling locations, and one is in the Atlantic a bit northwest of Maine. So there's a possibility that the fluff behind the movie calls for an awakened deep sea creature, or something that lived below the Earth's crust, or some similarly action-movie-esque type thing.
Imposbile its survived above water. :/
That proves nothing. U:<
It's sounds like an awesome concept either way. (O:
Yeah its just a movie but it was awsome. I'm buying the book if there is one.
Quote from: phatyo on January 18, 2008, 09:21:13 PM
Quote from: HeroOfTimeO0 on January 18, 2008, 09:19:18 PM
Quote from: phatyo on January 18, 2008, 09:16:54 PM
Quote from: Snorkel on January 18, 2008, 09:14:18 PM
If you look at some of the weird websites they set up in support of the viral marketing campaign, one of them is a deep sea drilling company that apparently drills deeper in the depths of the ocean than anyone else... they have a map of their drilling locations, and one is in the Atlantic a bit northwest of Maine. So there's a possibility that the fluff behind the movie calls for an awakened deep sea creature, or something that lived below the Earth's crust, or some similarly action-movie-esque type thing.
Imposbile its survived above water. :/
That proves nothing. U:<
It's sounds like an awesome concept either way. (O:
Yeah its just a movie but it was awsome. I'm buying the book if there is one.
Uh, it was original.
Quote from: phatyo on January 18, 2008, 09:15:49 PM
Yes the movie was entertaning but its still needs a plot. For the begining i kept on asking myself question like what's going on and what's that monster name where did it come from. That was left unexplained and is there anything after the credits?
Well there is the rumored "It's still alive" quote.....
Merged, and watch the spoilers, please.
Spoiler boxes are for faggots, m'rite Vaati? If you're going to edit someone's post at all, you might as well delete every word.
[spoiler]WHY IS HE STILL AN ADMIN??[/spoiler]
Quote from: Tomboh on January 18, 2008, 10:11:25 PM
[spoiler]WHY IS HE STILL AN ADMIN??[/spoiler]
Even bad admins can still have power when they're friends with Silver :(
What is this?
Quote from: phatyo on January 18, 2008, 09:09:05 PM
For those who saw it whats the monster name and where did it come from?
hmm.. i dont think it said either.
Quote from: BENELLISBE2 on January 20, 2008, 09:24:45 AM
Quote from: phatyo on January 18, 2008, 09:09:05 PM
For those who saw it whats the monster name and where did it come from?
hmm.. i dont think it said either.
Clover is what the people that made the movie called it.
Quote from: Cecil_and_Kain on January 20, 2008, 12:14:16 PM
Quote from: BENELLISBE2 on January 20, 2008, 09:24:45 AM
Quote from: phatyo on January 18, 2008, 09:09:05 PM
For those who saw it whats the monster name and where did it come from?
hmm.. i dont think it said either.
Clover is what the people that made the movie called it.
well i think they should of turned central park into a parking lot (nuked it) like (i think) they said they where going to.
Wait, I've seen part of a commercial for it, but I still want to know what this movie is about.