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why was Cloverfield named cloverfield?
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I thought it was great. *shrug*
I walked into the theater having an idea of what to expect though and my expectations were exceeded. That helped a lot.
Just to be clear, my original expectations were not low. I just didn't go in there expecting traditional Hollywood or a traditional monster movie. I expected something different with a shakey camera effect.
I walked into the theater having an idea of what to expect though and my expectations were exceeded. That helped a lot.
Just to be clear, my original expectations were not low. I just didn't go in there expecting traditional Hollywood or a traditional monster movie. I expected something different with a shakey camera effect.
Sureshot324
Diamond Member
I liked it. The first person cam makes you feel like you're part of the group of people experiencing it with them. I hated the Blair Witch Project though, so go figure.
Same here. I have heard a sequel is already in the works. I think a neat idea would be to keep the handheld camera POV, but show it from a totally different character's viewpoint. Maybe a military cam or something?
EDIT: one reason why I really like movies like this, including the BWP, is that you don't know anything more than the characters do, which forces you to use your imagination to fill in the details. The imagination is a powerful tool, IMO. It worked particularly well in BWP because anything I would have imagined would have been far scarier to me than any lame creature/kid with black hair/serial killer that is used in every other horror movie.
Most horror movies show way too much, way too soon. I think Cloverfield would have been better without that near-perfect shot of the monster in the park at the end of the movie.
A military perspective sequel would rule. I really enjoyed this movie. Never saw it in the theaters but grabbed the DVD rental a week ago. It gave my new subwoofer a serious work over 😀
I enjoyed it so much I'll be grabbing the Blu Ray version for pure DTS-MA home wrecking bass levels.
I enjoyed it so much I'll be grabbing the Blu Ray version for pure DTS-MA home wrecking bass levels.
That's the current plan anyways is to have it be about the same events but from a different person(s) perspective. Which could definitely work, since another group obviously could have stayed in the area longer to see what the ultimate conclusion to the battle was, whether that be the military, someone in the media, or whoever.
I just watched a few scenes of this movie again simply because the bass is reference quality. The scene at the beginning when they flee to the store as the monster moves through the street, and the whole section where the army makes a fire volley and they flee for the subway are just insane LFE tracks.
One question I had about the movie was - what was the deal with the "bite" victims? They wheeled the one soldier in on the cart with his chest exploded and then you see Marlena burst behind the curtain.
Has anyone heard any explanation/speculation on that?
One question I had about the movie was - what was the deal with the "bite" victims? They wheeled the one soldier in on the cart with his chest exploded and then you see Marlena burst behind the curtain.
Has anyone heard any explanation/speculation on that?
legoman666
Diamond Member
imdb forums make me wish the internet didn't exist.
