Cloverfield

[ICOM]

Who saw the midnite showing for Cloverfield? I missed it and wanted to hear everyones thoughts if its worth to go see.

[edweird]

just got back from it... still sort of motion sick

personally I think it was brilliant, and is a revelation in the survival horror genre. The movie reinvents the "big monster thrash" from the first person perspective and corrects the major error of this genre by refocusing the premise on what is really important, the personal experience of terror while surviving horror. Also I think it is important to consider the budget that went into making this flic, cloverfeild was produced for 30 million, compared to the 130 million the 1998 godzilla film (that sucked) that is generally considered the worst monster thrash of them all.

however, I feel the mouthbreathing masses will bash the movie because it was not "godzilla enuf" for them and cannot get past the concept that the movie does not cater to what they wanted to see. Also they will not understand that the primary focus of the movie is on the characters struggle to live and not feel closure without some sappy "everything is going to be all right" ending you normally get with the godzillafaire.

I give it 5 Dramamine tablets out of 5.

[MoeMag]

Hey, just saw it.

That was a messed up movie. It was well done, I'm not saying it was a bad movie. it was just diffrent. The good guys didnt win, and ya knew it from the first frame.

The theater was silent at the end.

I have to say if there was a remote possibility of this really happening... I would be messed up, and not sleeping tonight.

It was weird. that was an original, I have never seen anything like that movie. It was kinda like "the birds" as far as the small scale point of view... but. Word.

It's worth seeing.

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On another note!
The only reason I went tonight was to see the new startrek teaser! OMG! I love it. IT WAS EYE CANDY FOR TREKKIES! This may be the "batman begins" for startrek movies. oh... I hope its on youtube now.
EDIT: AHHHH cant find it yet. It was amazing. even non startrek people were in awe.

yeah this was in it...

http://www.jjabrams.net/startrek/image_one.jpg

[beam]

The good guys didnt win, and ya knew it from the first frame.

Way to warn those of us who haven't seen it about a possible spoiler.

[Lohman446]

Way to warn those of us who haven't seen it about a possible spoiler.

If its obvious from the beginning its not a spoiler

[robnix]

If its obvious from the beginning its not a spoiler

It was for me.

I haven't even watched the trailers yet...I try to avoid them and just get the consensus and summary from rottentomatoes before I buy movies so I can avoid any possible spoilers. I hate watching a suspenseful movie and thinking to myself..."Haven't seen that scene where they're running in the field yet, so noone dies..."

[Motorhead]

The Copper head of Lady Liberty rolling down the street pretty much leaves you with the idea your not getting any starbucks coffee anytime soon ...

[oneworld]

Going to see it at 9:00 tonight.

i will put my review here then.

[beam]

Moe, you should delete that part of your comment or at least warn people.

I just saw it. Good movie.

Would have been better if I hadn't read that.

[koleah]

I thought it was a great movie, but then again, I'm one of the OCD people who's been following this on the internet since the trailer came out. My original AO Cloverfield thread:

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=218275&highlight=cloverfield

So I think it might have been more rewarding for me to finally see it, then the people who, when the movie ended as abruptly as it did, yelled out "Are you serious?!", as I sat there thinking, wow that was a good ending.

[kosmo]

So was it cthulu or not?

[tribalman]

it is NOT.

and did anybody stay thru the credits? a person spoke something but we were discussing the movie and i didn't hear it.

[LegumeOfTerror]

they say "its still alive" backwords

[wetwrks]

I had issues with the ending. Closure issues for me. Not a bad movie but not anything I would recommend either.

[Bolter]

Loved it! Thought it was really good. Like the way it leaves it open at the end, lots to think about, lots of questions unanswered