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post #31 of 237
1/18/08 at 7:53pm

Re: JJ Abrams-produced Monster movie (Codename: Cloverfield)

Fantastic time. Packed house, largest theater in the multiplex, real old-school horror crowd. Perfectly executed. Excellent screenplay by Drew Goddard and excellent cinematography and direction.
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post #32 of 237
1/18/08 at 8:03pm

Re: JJ Abrams-produced Monster movie (Codename: Cloverfield)

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i got the impression that there was more than one large monster.


although i really am not sure.

but this was one of the best monster movies that i have seen closely behind alien/s and the first predator.
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post #33 of 237
1/18/08 at 8:23pm

Re: JJ Abrams-produced Monster movie (Codename: Cloverfield)

I absolutely loved the end credits suite with music composed by Michael Giacchino titled "Roar!"

Does anyone know if that track will be released in some form or fashion? iTunes, perhaps? If so, when? Thanks!
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post #34 of 237
1/18/08 at 8:49pm

*** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

I don't know about anyone else but I get a natural high from watching movies as exciting as this one. I called my best friend when I got home to tell her about it and she could tell that I was still jittery and excited, I was.

At this very moment i'm reliving some of the scenes in my head, this might just be the film that pushes me into Blu Ray, the gorgeous video aside the soundtrack for this movie practically screams (or should I say roars?) for the lossless audio of Blu Ray.
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post #35 of 237
1/18/08 at 11:10pm

*** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by Phil Florian

Maybe we should mix the popular superhero genre with the growing monster movie movement and have a Hulk Vs. Fing Fang Foom movie (as in a recent comic book). Hmmm...monsters...
thats funny.
i was just over my buddy's house.
he was actaully the inker on that book, and even he hated the book.
seriously it was not good.

anyway, i was hoping to see cloverfield today, just didnnt have a chance.
guess i;ll see it during the week.
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post #36 of 237
1/19/08 at 9:25am

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What are all the viral sites? I'm a very late comer to this movie campaign but after seeing it last night, I'm fully in. For the record, I loved the movie. All the unanswered questions makes me that much more intrigued by the movie as time passes. My buddies all had mixed opinions of it but what do they know.
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post #37 of 237
1/19/08 at 10:46am

*** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

Biggest January opening day I believe: $16.9M. I guess the Internet crowd decided to stop playing their video games and downloading illegal stuff and actually pay to watch a movie.
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post #38 of 237
1/19/08 at 11:40am

*** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by Angel Pagan
Attended the 7:40 show last night at the Times Square E-Walk theater with some online friends. We all enjoyed the movie and were surprised that the actor that played Hud stood up as the credits rolled to introduce the other cast members that were sitting amongst us the whole time. That was pretty cool.
Now that doesnt happen every day, kewl.
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post #39 of 237
1/19/08 at 11:46am

*** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by Angel Pagan
Attended the 7:40 show last night at the Times Square E-Walk theater with some online friends. We all enjoyed the movie and were surprised that the actor that played Hud stood up as the credits rolled to introduce the other cast members that were sitting amongst us the whole time. That was pretty cool.

That's sweet!
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post #40 of 237
1/19/08 at 12:55pm

*** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

This thread is now designated the Official Discussion Thread for "Cloverfield". Please, post all comments, links to outside reviews, film and box office discussion items to this thread.

All HTF member film reviews of "Cloverfield" should be posted to the Official Review Thread.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.


Crawdaddy
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post #41 of 237
1/19/08 at 1:51pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

Yeah, we were already clapping at how good the movie was. Once he introduced himself and the rest of the cast, we all basically got up and gave them a standing ovation for a job well done. After asking us how we liked the movie, he asked for one question from the crowd. Someone from the back asked what exactly was the monster to which he replied, "We don't even fucking know".
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post #42 of 237
1/19/08 at 2:14pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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Was it me or did the creature seem to be following the group?

Yeah, it did seem to show up pretty much everywhere they went. But my wife and I also had the theory that
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There could have been more than one monster. My wife commented that the one that killed Hud did not look as massive as the one that was shown through the film.


A couple of nitpicks I had was that:

Nobody, through all that terror and some heartbreaking moments, seemed to mind having a camera in their face very much. Even if it was in the interest of Documentation. I know I would be like "Get that fucking thing away from me!" if I didn't just smash it first.

I would have thought that the Army guys at the treatment center would have taken the camera. I guess I don't know for sure what would happen, but still.

It did seem a bit strange to me as well that a video camera could produce such stunning audio.

Rob seemed way too determined to save Beth. It was almost as if he was some kind of Cyborg who didn't think any of it through for even a moment. And it the end.......
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It pretty much ended up costing them both their lives


But those small thing aside, definately a solid thriller. Some definate terrifying moments. I'm glad that things were kept very under wraps about the film. It made it much more effective. For example when you see for the first time
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The little creatures
it was definately a "Holy Shit!" moment
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post #43 of 237
1/19/08 at 2:14pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

Just saw this and really enjoyed it. There's some conceits that you just have to live with so there's a movie (no one would keep taping that long) but it's still a heckuva good time.

I love that you only get the most basic info about the characters and, I'm sure it'll be frustrating to some, that you don't really get any really glamour/show off shots of the monster. You know as much as the characters do- almost nothing.

As for motion sickness, I sat in the very back and I only had a slight headache by the end of the movie. Looking at the commercials and hearing feedback, I figured that I was going to puke so I got off lucky.
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post #44 of 237
1/19/08 at 2:24pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

I thought some of the people in the film acted pretty dumb to me and we're just asking to die. With that being said, I was entertained by the film.





Crawdaddy
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post #45 of 237
1/19/08 at 2:48pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

If this is a big hit, will there be a sequel? One possible way to do it, would be to tell the story from another point of view, perhaps the more traditional omnipresent view point.
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post #46 of 237
1/19/08 at 3:27pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by WillG
Rob seemed way too determined to save Beth. It was almost as if he was some kind of Cyborg who didn't think any of it through for even a moment. And it the end.......
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It pretty much ended up costing them both their lives
People do really irrational things during crises, especially if they have guilt on their consciences. I don't think Rob would have been anywhere so determined if he and Beth had left things on better turns.
When stuff like that happens, you're a hero if it pays off and a fool if it doesn't.
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post #47 of 237
1/19/08 at 3:44pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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If this is a big hit, will there be a sequel? One possible way to do it, would be to tell the story from another point of view, perhaps the more traditional omnipresent view point.


Well, if it's going to be a hit (as the opening day's box office take suggests. And if this thread is any indication, there will be good word of mouth) how could there not be. The cool thing is that with this film, there are many different angles a sequel could take. Especially the "Other point of view....at the same time approach" I liked how this film kept things very ambiguous, but a the same time, I am very curious about many things and wouldn't mind seeing more explanation. Even if it's in a more typical Hollywood monster movie sense. I don't get bothered by sequels as much as many because even if it's horrible, I know I'll always have the first film. And obviously if Abrahms is involved. We know he's no hack at this point.
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post #48 of 237
1/19/08 at 4:04pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

While I liked the film, there was a collective groan at the end from the audience in attendance at the showing I saw yesterday, so I don't quite think the word-of-mouth is going to be glowing praise across the board, we'll see next week when we see what the weekend-to-weekend box office drop percentage is (I predict it'll be around a 60%-70% drop).

As far as a sequel goes, perhaps this snippet gives a small clue (it's at the end of the film, audio played backwards):

Cloverfield whisper reverse: listen online
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post #49 of 237
1/19/08 at 4:07pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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It did seem a bit strange to me as well that a video camera could produce such stunning audio.

While Cloverfield the movie is essentially our viewing of Hud's video record of that night's events, we experience Cloverfield as if we are on Hud's side of the viewfinder, making that video record, hearing all the mayhem and chaos as he would hear them.

Brilliant re-imagining of the monster movie, amazing theatrical experience! I felt so nauseous while driving home I thought I was coming down with something, but I soon realized it was just the movie catching up with me.

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I am very curious about many things and wouldn't mind seeing more explanation.

I think Cloverfield owes much of its power to its mystery and in-the-moment confusion, much like the terror we all felt in the first moments of 9/11 when nobody knew what exactly was going on, or how extensive this attack would be. I loved Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
the abrupt ending, the poignancy and mystery of the last snippet of Coney Island video
. The mystery of the monster will be conversation fodder for a long time; any explanation, in a sequel or otherwise, would just seem anticlimactic.

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there was a collective groan at the end from the audience in attendance at the showing I saw yesterday

Same here. Some people were outright hostile and derogatory when the credits started to roll.
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post #50 of 237
1/19/08 at 4:36pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

I went to a 1:20pm showing and it was about 1/4 full. The audience seemed dumbfounded about what they just saw. They were quiet and it took a good minute while the credits rolled before anyone got the courage and got up to leave.

My opinion, this was a great monster flick. I really enjoyed the high intensity of the pace. I did have a headache after leaving the film due to the camera work, but i'm willing to look past that.

I don't think we needed that much character development at the beginning of the movie, I would of liked to see the attack begin sooner, it really seemed to drag the first 15 minutes.

One piece of advice I took away from this movie...always follow the rats!

Paul
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post #51 of 237
1/19/08 at 5:08pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by Patrick Sun
While I liked the film, there was a collective groan at the end from the audience in attendance at the showing I saw yesterday, so I don't quite think the word-of-mouth is going to be glowing praise across the board, we'll see next week when we see what the weekend-to-weekend box office drop percentage is (I predict it'll be around a 60%-70% drop).
I really liked the movie but I'm surprised that there's as much goodwill as I'm seeing because the crowd I saw it with seemed mad that they didn't get a complete explanation of what the monster was. As the credits rolled, I heard lots of "Well, what was the monster?" and "It was dumb that they didn't say what the monster was." It seems like people really do want everything spelled out for them.

Maybe some idiotic and unnecessary exposition scene with an army scientist stating precisely where the monster came from would make the movie have better word of mouth.
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post #52 of 237
1/19/08 at 5:39pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by Mario Bartel
While Cloverfield the movie is essentially our viewing of Hud's video record of that night's events, we experience Cloverfield as if we are on Hud's side of the viewfinder, making that video record, hearing all the mayhem and chaos as he would hear them.

Brilliant re-imagining of the monster movie, amazing theatrical experience! I felt so nauseous while driving home I thought I was coming down with something, but I soon realized it was just the movie catching up with me.



I think Cloverfield owes much of its power to its mystery and in-the-moment confusion, much like the terror we all felt in the first moments of 9/11 when nobody knew what exactly was going on, or how extensive this attack would be. I loved Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
the abrupt ending, the poignancy and mystery of the last snippet of Coney Island video
. The mystery of the monster will be conversation fodder for a long time; any explanation, in a sequel or otherwise, would just seem anticlimactic.



Same here. Some people were outright hostile and derogatory when the credits started to roll.

Same at my viewing an two of my Co-workers were not too impressesed. But the Average movie goer has to have the ending spelled out for them, they had to see the monster die and know where it came from, they can't handle having an ending where you have to imagine what might have happened. I knew as soon as the camera got broke the movie was over. Good camera thou it took a beating.
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post #53 of 237
1/19/08 at 6:52pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

i would have liked it if afterwards the army or news explained what happened after the event
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post #54 of 237
1/19/08 at 6:57pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

The other weird thing at my particular theatrical viewing was that it seemed like it was 80/20 as far as the split between men and women in attendance (it might have been 90/10).
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post #55 of 237
1/19/08 at 6:59pm

Re: JJ Abrams-produced Monster movie (Codename: Cloverfield)

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Originally Posted by Inspector Hammer!
Saw the film in a top notch DLP theater.
Same here. As far as the film itself is concerned, all I have to say is...

I can't believe how fucking intense it was. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Might not be the best film ever, but it sure was the most fun I've ever had watching a movie.

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GO SEE IT IN THE THEATER!!! It is meant to be seen on a screen with a room full of scared people.

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Originally Posted by todd stone
i would have liked it if afterwards the army or news explained what happened after the event
I think that would not be as good just because it would kind of defeat the purpose of the movie. It's supposed to be a tape from the Department of Defense recovered from the area "formerly known as" Central Park, and nothing else. By adding an explanation it would detract from that purpose.
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post #56 of 237
1/19/08 at 7:07pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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I think Cloverfield owes much of its power to its mystery and in-the-moment confusion, much like the terror we all felt in the first moments of 9/11 when nobody knew what exactly was going on, or how extensive this attack would be.

I totally agree. Like I said, very effective. But I did leave thinking that there is a lot of of potential for some sort of companion film. But we'll see what happens if this film really does have legs
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post #57 of 237
1/19/08 at 7:10pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by TravisR
I really liked the movie but I'm surprised that there's as much goodwill as I'm seeing because the crowd I saw it with seemed mad that they didn't get a complete explanation of what the monster was. As the credits rolled, I heard lots of "Well, what was the monster?" and "It was dumb that they didn't say what the monster was." It seems like people really do want everything spelled out for them.
One would think that given similar fan frustration about the "monster" at the beginning of Lost, that Abrams would have known this would be the reaction. People watch/read a mystery to see it solved. Not just to waste a period of time and not know anything more at the end than when they started.

It's like cutting the last 5 minutes of every Scooby-Doo episode.
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post #58 of 237
1/19/08 at 7:15pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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in the coney island scene near the end... flashback w/ camera - something falls in ocean ppl saying it was egg or something... like that is what it came from
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post #59 of 237
1/19/08 at 7:21pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by todd stone
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in the coney island scene near the end... flashback w/ camera - something falls in ocean ppl saying it was egg or something... like that is what it came from
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That very well could be. Honestly, I don't know, but JJ hasn't said anything about the origins of the monster (at least to my knowledge). Prequel/Sequel perhaps?
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post #60 of 237
1/19/08 at 7:23pm

Re: *** Official CLOVERFIELD Discussion Thread

Why are we using spoilers in a discussion thread?
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