I found it pretty disappointing--it would've been a lot better if they didn't show the monster so much, it has a pretty dumb face...otherwise, it was okay. Basically godzilla.
show the monster so much? they never showed more than a leg or part of the face until like the last fourth of the movie when they showed the whole thing. my friend has probably the best description of why this was a great movie.
"Cloverfield was excellent.
One of the most intense and emotional movies I've ever seen.
Of course, it's light on information, and while it lacks an ending to the story about the monster, it does, contrary to what you might hear, have an ending. The movie isn't about the monster, it's about the characters and their struggle for survival. It's even, dare I say, a love story.
You might see, or have already seen it, and feel that the plot was thin and conclusion either absent or poor. I felt this way after coming out. But try to consider that the movie tells the story of a group of individuals suffering mass confusion and chaos. You only see it through their eyes, and it does an effective job of communicating that confusion and suspense.
This is a new breed of monster movie. One in which the narrative isn't handed to you on a silver platter, but rather one, and quite possibly the first, where the true feeling of terror is conveyed with the utmost realism. It's the first major Hollywood production that actually pushes bounds, experiments, and tries new things that I've seen in years.
People will hate this movie, but their hatred will be misplaced. They'll hate the movie for essentially doing not only what it was intended to, but for exactly what they should have known it would do.
It is by far the best monster movie I've seen since, dare I say it, The Thing, which remains my all time favorite horror, monster, sci fi, and suspense film. The movie relies less on special effects to wow, and more on emotion and suspense to communicate with you. The movie isn't so much a feature film as it is the captured story of a small group of people.
You might not love it, but please consider it for what it is. If you hate it for that, that's fine, but realize that the movie does what it does effectively and relentlessly.
"where the true feeling of terror is conveyed with the utmost realism."
The original Halloween (197 was like this too*. No million bullets to the head, or him coming back to life every time, just a psycho messing with a bunch of teenagers. The direction in this movie alone makes it my favorite horror move ever. Cloverfield, from the commercials alone, make it look like a Blair-Godzilla project to me.
*Aside from the very ending, which I GUESS you could attribute to massive adrenyline on the part of Mike Meyers.
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I get what your friend is saying cecil (except the part where he says that it's better than "the Thing").
That's what I'm talking about, the last 1/4 of the movie where they show the monster's face and everything--it would've been a lot scarier if they never showed it's head, if they left it as a creepy conglomeration of spindly legs and amorphous nether-regions. The shot where you look right into the monster's face sort of killed it for me...it wasn't anything too scary or original. The fact is, people are more afraid of monsters that more closely resemble earth organisms. The more foreign and crazy something appears, the harder it is to suspend your belief and be afraid of it. I thought the ant lions were a good touch though, and they were pretty scary (they looked more like giant insects, which is a frightening concept).
I wasn't disappointed by the fact that you never know anything about the monster, but Cloverfield 2 is in production, so they'll probably blow it with that movie.
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21st January, 2008 at 22:30:25 -
I saw it for free at that myspace black screening the day before it came out
*spoiler talk ahead*
I really liked it and I too found it emotionally stimulating. I really felt attached and kind of 'in the moment'. However at about half way through the movie I realized that it really couldn't go anywhere. I saw that ending coming. I needed closure. I felt that there were just too many unanswered questions, regardless of the 'type of movie' that it was. Why was the monster attacking? Where did it come from? What exactly was it? Does it get killed? Etc etc.
I also really liked this movie. It was dune in a way that maid it look like a real home movie but not boring like the ones most people actually film. Although some things I found predictable there were other things that surprised me.
[spoilers below]
One of my faverat scenes was when the bug things were attacking the group. How that girl was fighting off those things from the camera guy. The scene was so frantic and yet it was clear what was going on. Another one was that scene in the girlfriends apartment. I thought for shore she was dead. I was a little disappointed with the ending. I didn't think seeing the monster clearly was a bad thing but I felt that the ending would have been better if they survived. I mean it is fiction so they could have just maid it that they got away in the helicopter.
[end of spoiler]
But it duse have an ending and I think it's still a pritty cool movie. I'll definatly be adding it to my collection.
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23rd January, 2008 at 08:47:13 -
The cam release I have makes everything loud and horrible... But I assume that's partly down to the way it was filmed. I don't think I watched past the party at the start yet.
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was like this too*. No million bullets to the head, or him coming back to life every time, just a psycho messing with a bunch of teenagers. The direction in this movie alone makes it my favorite horror move ever. Cloverfield, from the commercials alone, make it look like a Blair-Godzilla project to me.
