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  • auto_pilot
    auto_pilot Posts: 256
    edited January 2008
    I saw it on Monday...Good movie overall. That Odette Yustman is HOT though. She made the movie for me...

    Gotta say though...the camera shakes got me dizzy. Especially in when they were walking through the apartments...I was okay until then.

    Overall, I like the concept, and the execution was good. I may not see the sequel if its going to make me YAK. I heard the sequel will be a film release from the military's point of view...revealing more info about the monster and other good stuff.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2008
    auto_pilot wrote: »
    I saw it on Monday...Good movie overall. That Odette Yustman is HOT though. She made the movie for me...

    Gotta say though...the camera shakes got me dizzy. Especially in when they were walking through the apartments...I was okay until then.

    Overall, I like the concept, and the execution was good. I may not see the sequel if its going to make me YAK. I heard the sequel will be a film release from the military's point of view...revealing more info about the monster and other good stuff.

    Wow, that'd be a pretty interesting viewpoint for the sequel.

    Oh, and so that's her name. Yeah, she is pretty hot! :D
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,002
    edited January 2008
    Here's a great concept........

    If you want to make a monster movie...........

    PUT A FRIGGIN' MONSTER IN IT!!!!!!!!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2008
    tonyb wrote: »
    Here's a great concept........

    If you want to make a monster movie...........

    PUT A FRIGGIN' MONSTER IN IT!!!!!!!!

    ?

    There was a monster in this. They show it several times.... are you just spouting nonsense?
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,002
    edited January 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    ?

    There was a monster in this. They show it several times.... are you just spouting nonsense?

    Yeah,for what...a whole 5 seconds.....
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2008
    tonyb wrote: »
    Yeah,for what...a whole 5 seconds.....

    You must have hated Jaws too.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited January 2008
    tonyb wrote: »
    Here's a great concept........

    If you want to make a monster movie...........

    PUT A FRIGGIN' MONSTER IN IT!!!!!!!!

    BRAVO BRAVO!!! Well said :)











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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2008
    What? They showed the monster plenty of times. And did a great job with it. It looked great.

    Why did it look great? Maybe because you didn't get to stare at it for 20 minutes and tear apart every part of its design.
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  • auto_pilot
    auto_pilot Posts: 256
    edited January 2008
    tonyb wrote: »
    Here's a great concept........

    If you want to make a monster movie...........

    PUT A FRIGGIN' MONSTER IN IT!!!!!!!!

    Hmmm...that's an interesting critique...Cause I saw monsters in the subway attacking the main characters??? And the cause for the helicopter goin down???? Yep you guessed it...that gangly thing that looks like a cross between the aliens monster and a shrimp was the MONSTER... ;)
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited April 2008
    Just watched it. I thought it was a good movie -- at least the production part. Of course, the actors were really stupid, like in most horror movies, and they had a helluva pain threshold, like in many action flicks. I liked the little monsters. Nice workout for the subs. Glad it was a relatively short movie. Rental worthy.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited April 2008
    Why don't you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice in it... instead of watching them movie again!!! Gag... ;)

    Thanks for bringing back all the fond memories...
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited April 2008
    MrNightly wrote: »
    Why don't you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice in it... instead of watching them movie again!!! Gag... ;)

    Thanks for bringing back all the fond memories...

    ....and induced seizures!
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  • mightymouse
    mightymouse Posts: 254
    edited April 2008
    Those camera shakes really made my head spin...:D

    MacLeod wrote: »
    ....and induced seizures!
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  • Polkitup2
    Polkitup2 Posts: 1,623
    edited April 2008
    Just finished it...Not bad.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited April 2008
    I have to admit that after all my trash talking about this movie Ill probably end up buying it. I do like the idea of a gigantic monster trashing New York and even tho this one is awful light on monster and heavy on bad acting Ill still pick up a copy once it hits the "previously viewed" bin at Blockbusters.
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  • MrNightly
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    edited April 2008
    MacLeod wrote: »
    I have to admit that after all my trash talking about this movie Ill probably end up buying it. I do like the idea of a gigantic monster trashing New York and even tho this one is awful light on monster and heavy on bad acting Ill still pick up a copy once it hits the "previously viewed" bin at Blockbusters.

    Don't give in to the Dark Side young jedi...
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited April 2008
    Agggghhh! You guys are just too picky and opinionated; the movie was fine!

    In fact, the effects really added to it and helped create its unique persona!
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  • Polkitup2
    Polkitup2 Posts: 1,623
    edited April 2008
    I'd like a sequel as well, they could maybe bring in Godzilla to battle the monster :D
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  • dholmes
    dholmes Posts: 1,136
    edited April 2008
    Did anyone notice that at the end of the movie when the camcorder tape is playing with them at the beach that something crashes into the ocean.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited April 2008
    dholmes wrote: »
    Did anyone notice that at the end of the movie when the camcorder tape is playing with them at the beach that something crashes into the ocean.

    Nope, didn't notice that.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited April 2008
    That did happen and according to all the websites it was the Tangurata satellite that fell from orbit. Tangurato was one of the fictional companies created in the viral marketing campaign and them losing their satellite was on the "official" Tangurato website.

    This dude has some pretty good videos about Cloverfield and fast forward to 7:58. Apparently there is an audio clip after the credits that is really pretty cool!

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=MbnvjSZmO_4
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited April 2008
    Wasn't horrible...I watched it alone on Friday night. Some nice LFE, but the one trick pony camera work gimmick soon gets more than tiresome. Made it through and decided I sort of liked it. However, my wife wanted to watch it last night. I couldn't take it. On 2nd viewing, the camera work was just too much and seemed too contrived. Neither my wife nor I had the stamina and the flaws were too glaring on the 2nd viewing.

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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,840
    edited April 2008
    Watched the movie today, and I didn't have any problem with the Shakey-Cam (and I'm guaranteed to throw up at 6 Flags on anything wilder than the concession stand line).

    The wound that his girlfriend received (involving rebar) didn't seem to affect her as much as it should have; I'd have been screaming for morphine.

    Excellent use of brief shots of the "monster".

    The ending, however, was in the style of "No Country for Old Men": I wanted to kill the director.

    I guess that's what sequels are for, though.


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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2008
    Lasareath wrote: »
    I watched it over and over and I could not see anything drop into the water. there is a boat in the water that's moving.

    Here's the best shot I could find of it.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited April 2008
    All I hope is that this Abrams guy doesn't **** up the next Star Trek movie with **** like this movie.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited April 2008
    A friend said that as part of the viral marketing for this movie, they mention something about a satellite falling out of orbit and crashing into the ocean, which is what woke up the monster. Supposedly, that's what we're seeing drop into the water.

    Of course, my friend could be full of it... but he gave a super detailed account of it, which makes me tend to believe it.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited April 2008
    kuntasensei wrote: »
    A friend said that as part of the viral marketing for this movie, they mention something about a satellite falling out of orbit and crashing into the ocean, which is what woke up the monster. Supposedly, that's what we're seeing drop into the water.

    Of course, my friend could be full of it... but he gave a super detailed account of it, which makes me tend to believe it.

    That sounds familiar. Oh yeah - thats what I posted about 4 posts ago. Man, nobody pays attention to me.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited April 2008
    Hey MacLeod -- your move to Georgia -- when did that happen? I wasn't paying attention.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited June 2008
    Man I rented this movie on Blu ray. Why??? I have no idea why they put it on blu ray. It didn't do anything but make me get more motion sickness.

    This movie in my opnion before I saw it, looked like it was going to be killer. The previews looked awesome. Then I rented it. Man this movie should be unmade. It was effin aweful. I think it's one of the worse movies that could have been cool. The story was aweful, the acting was aweful and the video, come on man, you could barely see what was going on. Eff the concept of it was suppost to be the view of someone with a video camera. That could have been added in here and there and it probably would have been a better movie. How about start and end the story????? What ever happened to that???

    I hate this trash.
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited June 2008
    mantis wrote: »
    Man I rented this movie on Blu ray. Why??? I have no idea why they put it on blu ray. It didn't do anything but make me get more motion sickness.

    This movie in my opnion before I saw it, looked like it was going to be killer. The previews looked awesome. Then I rented it. Man this movie should be unmade. It was effin aweful. I think it's one of the worse movies that could have been cool. The story was aweful, the acting was aweful and the video, come on man, you could barely see what was going on. Eff the concept of it was suppost to be the view of someone with a video camera. That could have been added in here and there and it probably would have been a better movie. How about start and end the story????? What ever happened to that???

    I hate this trash.

    I am not going to challenge your opinion, I personally really enjoyed it. But did you not at least enjoy the killer job Skywalker did on the audio side of things? That movie in TrueHD is absolutely stunning.
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