Why would you say that, dumb-ass? I'm in Australia, and at time of writing, Cloverfield opened 22 hours ago for the 9am sessions. I saw a 7pm showing. (OK, without giving away any spoilers, I can assure you that the conversation about Rob and Beth in the Kitchen takes place between 12:10 and 12:20 according to the square orange clock. How would I know that if I haven't seen the film? Dumb-ass.)
Anyway, I gotta say I really enjoyed this. It's nothing like Godzilla, though it is a bit Blair Witch. I was expecting a real let down, but it was a fresh take on the genre, and didn't feel the need to talk down to the audience. It's hard to say more without giving spoilers, so just go see it.
Saw the midnight opening this morning. My advice: If you have the slightest interest in seeing it, see it this weekend while the crowd is large and the hype is high. It is fun but once all of the spoilers are common knowledge, it won't be.
Cool monster and FX, lousy plot, terrifying at points, and
THE WHOLE TIME I FELT DIZZY AND LIKE I WAS GONNA BARF!!
If you can handle the motion sickness I would totally recommend it, or if the camera was steadier throughout the whole thing (still holding onto the idea that it's a first-hand account) it would have been awesome.
I wouldn't tell anyone to see it because I wouldn't want them to deal with the headache and nausea I did.
Remember the ride as a kid that looked like a spaceship and you stuck to the wall while it spun around? It was a 80 minute ride of that.
It felt weird walking around NYC shortly after seeing it too..
I totally fuckin' dug this movie. No one mentioned that it had a good 5 or 6 one liners that were actually really funny. Also could not help but notice the amount of tension in it created with absolutely no score. To anyone on the fence about whether it's worth the $10, go see now. And as someone said in a previous post, definitely a bonus with a decent sized audience. At the end of the movie, the entire audience in our auditorium just sat there for a few moments at the end sorta in a silent community 'holy shit', and then started getting up and milling about.
Not sure it would hold up to multiple viewings, but I'd definitely hedge it a strong 4 cookies.
Ok a little word to the people yet to see it or want to see it again. In the last minute of the movie (well couple seconds actually... and yes you'll know when it is) look in the background on the right side of the screen you'll see a little something something.
It was OK. Slightly disappointed that the monster waited until the end to be seen. Even then, ... EH.... well.... ok. Ending was too sudden. I wanted more details. Too jumpy. I got a headache halfway through.
Best part of the movie: STAR TREK TRAILER TOTALLY OUT OF THE BLUE!!!!!!!!!!
It sort of left me feeling like i wanted more and 20-somethings, never leave your crowbar behind if you just happen to have one.
As a huge fan of the Godzilla flicks, this was my kind of thing, the shaky camera was not as bad as I had expected. Oh yeah, John paid for the movie this time, guess he knew I'd keep my eyes open the whole time. I did!
i dont care what anybody says.. i think the cloverfield monster is my new favorite, even more badass than the Alien. which was for the longest time my favorite.
I'm probably late to the game on this, but ummm, I just discovered that you can totally download Divx, put the file on a flashdrive, plug the flashdrive into an Xbox360 and play these files on the real tv, pretty much a notch below HD quality.
So unrealistic that it was realisticallllly unrealistic.
1. No one was overally panicky even when random crazed monsters attacked them in the subway.
2. After the attack everyone was perfectly happy to continue merrily on their way to certain doom.
3. Beth seemed to be fine a short while after having a pole lodged through her upper torso. WITH minimal blood loss apparently :D
4. Exploding people after getting bitten with no explanation.
I think that the point is that Cloverfield was trying to divorce itself from being a "movie" in the normal sense - that is, insisting on the X-Files stylie opening cues, the whole thing being shot "fly-on-a-wall" style with "amateur" DVC handling, and it's very tone (particularly its rather pessimistic ending). The problem the OP is pointing out is that the film's adherence to the cliches of what are, in fact, good movies, but which claim to be nothing more, gets in the way of the "realism" premise of the film in a big way. I tend to agree with the OP. What could have been something quite chilling turns into a big cliche with another cliche tacked on. I really don't get what all the hype's about.
