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Re: Cloverfield Discussion
I watched it last night. It didn't live up to the hype, although I didn't have a huge anticipation for the film. The few scenes with the monster were the main highlights. They showed the monster(s) the perfect amount of time. Not too much which would have taken away the impact, and not too little.
The script is pretty damn weak. Shallow characters that you care nothing about, although thats par for the course in Hollywood. Its filmed like a documentary and with plenty of shaky cam footage. I think that style of film making is getting pretty damn stale.
Its not a 'deep' film. Its basically just a safe cookie cutter monster flick spewed out of the Hollywood machine. They do leave a few things to the imagination, for better or worse.
One negative is how slow this film starts out, and since its only an hour and twenty minutes, there's not enough time to fuck around like that. We know the characters are gonna be lame and we paid 10 bucks to see the action, so give it to us. I don't need any character development in a flick like this.
I give it a 5/10.
This movie is gonna kill at the box office. The theater was PACKED. Will be interesting to see how word of mouth spreads and how it affects its box office numbers its second week.
I'll say one thing- they picked the perfect time to release this movie. This film might start a trend where Hollywood starts unleashing some of its big movies during what has always been considered a dead part of the year.
Re: Cloverfield Discussion
are there any movies that dont leave the end open for a sequel any more?
Ever seen the end of "Beneath The Planet Of The Apes"....?
Re: Cloverfield Discussion
^ wasnt it from like the 60's or 70's? im talking about current movies...i bet 80-90% of them now leave an opening for a sequel in case its a blockbuster and hollywood thinks more money can be made off the franchise
It was a joke...
for those that didn't see it. The world blows up, everyone dies, yet their were another 3 sequels/prequels.
