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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2008, 01:05:09 am »
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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2008, 01:07:01 am »
I had to look it up too.

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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2008, 09:12:03 pm »
If you're bothered by non-stop camera motion, this isn't a movie for you. I got motion sickness.

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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2008, 12:52:08 am »
Yea I just got back from it. It is definitely not for a delicate stomach, half the theater left in the begging. But that was the only flaw with the movie, in fact it was one of the best I have seen in a long time.

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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2008, 04:27:58 am »
Just saw it. Was there a lot of shaky-cam? Yes. That was the point. It was to bring home the sense of chaos and confusion that people in that situation would experience, and it do so quite well. I really enjoyed the film, and I was at no point sick because of the camera work. Just realize it's going to be that way, and you'll be fine.

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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2008, 03:29:57 pm »
I too knew the camera work would be pretty shaky that was the gimmick, most other people it seemed didn't realize this.  I can't bring my self to talk about the movie itself just because I do not in any way wish to spoil it for any one. :D

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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2008, 05:59:24 pm »
So then, if I don't actually KNOW if I'm being mocked...then I'm actually being praised!

EDIT: This is the long version of me just posting, "WTF?!?"
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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2008, 09:08:32 pm »
So then, if I don't actually KNOW if I'm being mocked...then I'm actually being praised!
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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2008, 12:39:34 am »
I just saw Cloverfield the other day, and I have to say, I am very disappointed, it did not live up to my expectations, and wasn't worth, for me, the wait and internet commotion. And it was too short.

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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #24 on: February 08, 2008, 06:49:37 pm »
Yes WE need Cloverfield 2 REAL MOVIE! NO Documentary
 Hear that f*cking USA Directors...

It should be an awesome movie after all...

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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #25 on: February 08, 2008, 07:40:04 pm »
I recently saw a bitchin monster movie from out of Korea called "The Host (Gwoemul)". Screw Cloverfield & King Kong, baby! The monster shows up in the first 10 minutes! It's a great combination of comedy, dramatic horror & even a touch of satire. I don't want to overplay the comedy elements, which ARE great, but it's like the Korean equivalent of a Shaun of the Dead for monster movies. As soon as they showed Kang-ho Song, who plays the oldest son, sleeping at the helm of their little shop I instantly knew two things: 1) he's gonna be the hero, definitely and 2) I'm gonna absolutely love this movie. And I did! You should too! One of the super crazy things about it is how much it seems like guerrilla film-making, since they weren't a Hollywood movie. For instance, a lot of the movie involves sewer sequences...and since they couldn't just make a whole bunch of sets (or maybe they wanted reality too?), they actually went down into some Korean sewers to film! O_o There's a part on the DVD that goes over their time in the sewers...it's really quite disturbing to think about. Plus, it's not filmed in a stupid Blair Witch perspective either! HA!


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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #26 on: February 08, 2008, 07:54:46 pm »
I remember that movie, it was hilarious, A little too much for my taste. I take it you didn't like Cloverfield.

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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #27 on: February 08, 2008, 11:35:06 pm »
I actually haven't seen it. I won't completely judge it until I do...but I just don't like some of the ideas of it, mostly...like I said...*shrugs*

And, really? I thought The Host had some really dramatic moments as well. When the girl makes that run for the rope was probably one of my favorite scenes.

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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #28 on: February 09, 2008, 01:02:12 am »
This is going to sound silly, but this movie SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME.  Seriously, I haven't been this scared by a movie since I watched "It" when I was, what, 11?

I had to cling to my fiancee for dear life.

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Re: Cloverfield
« Reply #29 on: February 10, 2008, 10:14:01 pm »
I liked the movie quite a bit. It doesn't really scare you, just gets you tense with all the shaky camera, shaky ground thing.