Cloverfield

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

As of today, I've added another person to my list of people that I must kick in the balls upon meeting- J.J. Abrams.

Having the shakiest camera in the world doesn't make for drama or cinematic effect- it makes for dogsh!t that should be kept on YouSpew and MyWaste!

The movie had SOME pros to it, but who the frell thought it would make for great cinema to strap a camera to an epileptic? Jeezus! Michael J Fox off his meds could hold a camera more stably.

Anyway, it would have been a really fun movie if it wasn't so annoying.

Thanks for the heads up. Now we won't go, and Greg won't vomit in my lap

Seriously, who could take a whole film of shaky cam???

[BarTopDancer]

Just bought 2 tickets to the DLP showing on Friday at the Spectrum.

Shaky cam or not, I can't wait!

[Alex]

So far not one person I know who has seen it (press screenings were last night but I was out of town) has liked it.

Lani really wants to see it and I'm trying to decide if I should talk her out of it.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

For that reason alone I will probably not see it.

I'm with you on that. I could't stand the Barf Witch Project. I get car sick easy, too.

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

Well I know the Monster personally....

Yes, we know. Please keep those pants zipped, K?

Originally Posted by Moonliner

OMG! I found a picture of the monster!

Very Scary!

Spoiler:

(Pssst... It's just a joke. It's not the real monster. You can click, it's OK I promise)

Spaghetti Monster! EEEKKK!!!



My thought is if they had to do all that contraversial advertising for a year to get people interested in it so they can sell tickets, then there must be something fundamentally wrong with the film, and they know it.

[innerSpaceman]

HahahahahahAHAHAHA! The Most Fun Monster Movie EVER!


Ok, I did not expect to, but I LOVED IT! Great sense of fun and excitement. The hand-held camera gimmick was great. Yeah, some people couldn't handle it and got a little motion sickness. But it was the trick that made the movie, because it was used cleverly to augment humor and action.

T.J. Miller is hysterical as the (mostly offscreen) cameraman. Michael Stahl-David is comptely yummy as the hero. Mmmmmm.


Oh, um, yeah, there's a monter and it attacks New York City and it's freaking indestrucable, and the whole thing is shot with hand held camera as if it's really happening. It has a great combination of verisimilitude and cartoony fun.


(Because of the "realisitc" conceipt of the filming style, there's no musical score. But Michael Giacchino composed a really fun piece for the end credits in 50's movie-monster style).


I really had an exepectidley good time.


Hahahaha, there's a huge, headless Statue of Liberty in the forecourt of Graumann's Chinese Theater. If you go behind it to the west, you can line it up perfectly with the Cloverfield billboard on a rooftop across Hollywood Boulevard for a great 3-D effect.



For a good time, go see this movie!







Oh, and did I mention Michael Stahl-David is an unbeliverable cutie??

[CoasterMatt]

I think he's been bitten!

[BarTopDancer]

I liked it. Very fun. Saw it with a fun audience.

Spoiler:

Spiders! EEK!

There is about 10 seconds after the credits that wraps it all up.

[flippyshark]

D'oh! I didn't stay for the credits. Could you PM me (or spoiler wrap) what I missed?

[innerSpaceman]

Spoiler wrap it, please. I couldn't hear the snippet of dialogue at the end of the credits .... too much applause (opening night at the Chinese invariably hosts friends of too many of the film's crew).

[Alex]

Yes please. My audience was quick to the exits with a lot of grumbling and a couple of shouts that it sucked (but as I said in the misc movie thread I mostly enjoyed it). So we were quickly the only ones left and the closing credits music was annoying me and the theater staff was hovering to turn on the lights so we didn't stick all the way through like we usually do.