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Mr. Gainsborough
posted 01-18-2008 03:08:50 AM
AWESOME

YES

GREAT SUCCESS

Janus.
I am not a woman
posted 01-18-2008 03:29:52 AM
this movie.

THIS MOVIE.

Steven Steve
posted 01-18-2008 10:25:02 AM
John Stalvern says:
I will go see Torahfield today
Karl says:
Tora Tora Tora
Karl says:
Torahfield?
John Stalvern says:
jew jew gaybram's new movie
Karl says:
never heard of it
John Stalvern says:
featuring a monster that 10 million people somehow fail to see
John Stalvern says:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IvNkGm8mxiM
John Stalvern says:
I will masturbate, in the theater, to this movie
John Stalvern says:
while talking about how shit it is
Karl says:
ha ha
John Stalvern says:
and giggling endlessly
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
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Blackened
posted 01-18-2008 11:13:18 AM
Sean and I had the chance to see it last night, but I was just too tired to get a 12 AM Friday showing. Hopefully we'll see it today, and now I've got my hopes up for it.

So it'd better deliver, Gains. Else you're dead. You're fucking dead.


Although my distaste for you as a human being is brobdingnagian,
what I'm about to do isn't personal.
Tegadil
Queen of the Smoofs
posted 01-18-2008 11:27:52 AM
I thought the Shakycam style was going to be really obnoxious, but it actually didn't make the movie intolerable.

Hud's my favorite.

Janus.
I am not a woman
posted 01-18-2008 11:35:28 AM
I wanted to punch Hud.
Mr. Gainsborough
posted 01-18-2008 12:24:46 PM
admittedly i was pretty stoned when i saw the movie, but everyone else liked it a lot

it was really a good movie imo, albeit kinda plotless (completely)

Ares
posted 01-18-2008 12:59:25 PM
I want to see it, badly. I can't wait till my aunt sends me the free movie passes that she forgot to give my BF for xmas.
Bricktop
Old and Gay
posted 01-18-2008 02:48:32 PM
quote:
Ares had this to say about Knight Rider:
I want to see it, badly. I can't wait till my aunt sends me the free movie passes that she forgot to give my BF for xmas.

She forgot to give me free passes?

A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent.
Peter
Pancake
posted 01-18-2008 03:06:50 PM
Just Got back from seeing this, thought it was.. Okay :

1. IMHO, filming it with a handicam worked very well for telling a story from a 1st person point.

2. Hud, for a guy that get lets than 1 min of face time, was still a great character, And the only memorable lines.(Flaming Hobo comes to mind)

3. Anyone that is upset/surprised at the end wasn't paying attention for the opening. Dunno if this really needs tagging, but if you didn't remember the text in the beginning about the footage being recovered in Central Park, and then surprised that they bought it at the end, need to pay attention more.

4. I Went to see this because reading up on the movie It was stated to be an giant monster movie. But it Ain't. Inspiration for this Was supposed to be something like Godzilla, but for Americans. Makes me wonder if Abrams had ever seen Godzilla, or any Giant Monster movie, Because he would know the star of a giant monster movie, is the Giant goddanm Monster. However in Cloverfield the Giant Monster is almost never seen, never explained, And for the most part a Giant MacGuffin.

Outside of this peeve of mine, the movie was OK. And hell with this danmed strike, even an ok movie is a lot better than boring reruns.

Peter fucked around with this message on 01-18-2008 at 03:22 PM.

Lechium
With no one to ever know
posted 01-18-2008 05:57:17 PM
quote:
Peter wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Makes me wonder if Abrams had ever seen Godzilla, or any Giant Monster movie, Because he would know the star of a giant monster movie, is the Giant goddanm Monster. However in Cloverfield the Giant Monster is almost never seen, never explained, And for the most part a Giant MacGuffin.

If LOST is any indication, he'll need a fucking movie just to explain this movie. I thought it was okay at best, though I was a tard and kept making parallels between this movie and LOST. By the end I wasn't upset or happy I was more annoyed if anything, it didn't really satisfy my expectations.

"The MP checkpoint is not an Imperial Stormtrooper roadblock, so I should not tell them "You don't need to see my identification, these are not the droids you are looking for."
Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 01-18-2008 06:15:54 PM
quote:
Peter had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
4. I Went to see this because reading up on the movie It was stated to be an giant monster movie. But it Ain't. Inspiration for this Was supposed to be something like Godzilla, but for Americans. Makes me wonder if Abrams had ever seen Godzilla, or any Giant Monster movie, Because he would know the star of a giant monster movie, is the Giant goddanm Monster. However in Cloverfield the Giant Monster is almost never seen, never explained, And for the most part a Giant MacGuffin.

Outside of this peeve of mine, the movie was OK. And hell with this danmed strike, even an ok movie is a lot better than boring reruns.


I think he had, though I'm guessing that a lot of CG work and a non-human view of the monster would have made it a lot less impactful.

I think the direction he chose (Introduce characters, give 9/11-like shock and awe, slowly reveal more of the creature, near the end have a close-up, etc.) gave it a more real feeling. We've all seen movies from the point of view of the helicopter circling overhead, safe, as the military fires missiles and whatever else at it, but we haven't seen it from the point of view of the average person who was actually IN the city at the time, trying to escape, figure out what the fuck is going on, who's alive, who's dead, how to stay alive, etc.

It was great.

Greenlit
posted 01-18-2008 07:52:28 PM
I don't know why you guys are talking about this movie like Abrams wrote and directed it, because he did neither. While a producer does have quite a lot of say in a film, he still isn't the writer, director, or cinematographer.

Referring to the monster itself as a McGuffin is similarily flawed. The movie may be a film about a handful of people trying to survive in a New York gone apocalypse, the monster is still a major driving force in the film that directly impacts every moment, from beginning to end, minus the 'original' tape Rob filmed of himself and Beth. It's not nearly as meaningless as other McGuffins; notably the Maltese Falcon or the Briefcase in Pulp Fiction.

Greenlit
posted 01-18-2008 07:54:27 PM
And this just landed in my inbox, which is certainly relevant:

quote:
[BAD SIGNAL] Cloverfield

I think itÂ’s nice that everyone now has permission once more
to blow up and crush major American landmarks and generous
swathes of real estate.

Maybe they can bring The Authority back now.

-- W
Lechium
With no one to ever know
posted 01-19-2008 03:39:57 PM
I just saw it a second time, and it made me appreciate it a lot more. Especially the monster. I saw it this time with a lot of teenagers, and when the movie ended they all started whining what a piece of shit movie it was because of the ending. Also, the little monsters are like spider zerglings
"The MP checkpoint is not an Imperial Stormtrooper roadblock, so I should not tell them "You don't need to see my identification, these are not the droids you are looking for."
Manticore
Not Much Fun Anymore
posted 01-19-2008 03:46:47 PM
worth the 10 dollars?
"France tried to turtle, but Hitler did a tank rush before they were ready. Just shows how horribly unbalanced real life is. They should release a patch."
Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 01-19-2008 05:52:52 PM
quote:
Manticore had this to say about Tron:
worth the 10 dollars?

Yes.

Blindy.
Suicide (Also: Gay.)
posted 01-22-2008 11:23:25 AM
I came. I saw. I came.
Steven Steve
posted 01-23-2008 02:36:18 PM
It had a typical super monster storyline shrouded by "mystery" (not bothering to show any of the story).
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nem-x
posted 01-23-2008 02:45:40 PM
the commercials for that movie look stupid so the movie is stupid
Blindy.
Suicide (Also: Gay.)
posted 01-23-2008 02:51:47 PM
quote:
I bet you never expected Stalwart Steve to say:
It had a typical super monster storyline shrouded by "mystery" (not bothering to show any of the story).

haha because I can't enjoy big explosions and cool effects unless I know what the origin is of the thing that is causing the big explosions, and what its motivation is.

just like porn.

Blindy. fucked around with this message on 01-23-2008 at 02:52 PM.

Steven Steve
posted 01-23-2008 03:11:01 PM
Porn with no money shot and brief glimpses at the guy's ass crack maybe
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
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"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Steven Steve
posted 01-23-2008 03:11:21 PM
That means you're a homosexual.
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
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"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Steven Steve
posted 01-23-2008 03:12:24 PM
Also I already stated I knew what the story was, just that the movie failed to deliver it because it would rather lampshade it.
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Blindy.
Suicide (Also: Gay.)
posted 01-23-2008 03:14:35 PM
to be exact, the movie had a story.

it's just that the story of the movie just wasn't the story of the monster.

which is fine, because who gives a fuck where it came from, honestly.

Blindy. fucked around with this message on 01-23-2008 at 03:15 PM.

Steven Steve
posted 01-23-2008 03:22:09 PM
Probably at least as many people as those that care about whether Rob and Beth will hook up.
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Blindy.
Suicide (Also: Gay.)
posted 01-23-2008 03:24:15 PM
Well then 50% of the audience is satisfied, so the movie is more successful than George W Bush.
Steven Steve
posted 01-23-2008 04:00:34 PM
But what about the people who didn't want to see either?
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
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"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Blindy.
Suicide (Also: Gay.)
posted 01-23-2008 04:15:16 PM
quote:
While you read this, I'm gonna go make out with Stalwart Steve's mom:
But what about the people who didn't want to see either?

perhaps they should have seen 27 dresses with the other women.

Mr. Gainsborough
posted 01-23-2008 04:31:51 PM
quote:
Blindy. had this to say about John Romero:
perhaps they should have seen 27 dresses with the other women.

that might've touched the emotional pillow that steve really is :B

Steven Steve
posted 01-23-2008 07:04:19 PM
Suddenly I have no idea what's going on
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Steven Steve
posted 01-23-2008 07:05:26 PM
It takes big old balls to watch this manly movie
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 01-28-2008 02:16:20 PM
quote:
Stalwart Steve still thinks SARS jokes are topical, as evidenced by:
It takes big old balls to watch this manly movie

Do they have to be yours, or can you get them from someone?

Also, I enjoyed Cloverfield quite a bit. But Jesus Christ, it's ten fucking dollars to see a show now.

That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



Beer.

Razor
posted 01-28-2008 03:14:10 PM
quote:
Karnaj had this to say about Optimus Prime:
Do they have to be yours, or can you get them from someone?

Also, I enjoyed Cloverfield quite a bit. But Jesus Christ, it's ten fucking dollars to see a show now.


$8.50 for a Saturday evening showing with student ID

Astronomy is a passion...
Engineering is a love...
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Oreowned
My friends call me 'Wiggles'
posted 01-28-2008 04:36:32 PM
4 bucks for me with a student id where I am...I get so used to living in a cheap college town that I feel like I drop down a class when I go home. :x
Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 01-30-2008 03:01:26 AM
Booked to see it at 7pm when it opens in the UK this Friday.

This better be good.

IT BETTER.

Lazzay
omg mack attack :(
posted 01-30-2008 08:24:41 AM
It was aight but it made me feel motion sick.

As we were leaving I said that we should have seen 27 Dresses. D:

one two three fo let me see that tootsie roll
Blindy.
Suicide (Also: Gay.)
posted 01-30-2008 09:09:49 AM
quote:
Lazzay's complete misunderstanding of life manifested itself when they said:
It was aight but it made me feel motion sick.

As we were leaving I said that we should have seen 27 Dresses. D:


Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 02-01-2008 05:19:06 PM
Holy shit.

Cloverfield.

Just got back.

9.5/10

Tarquinn
Personally responsible for the decline of the American Dollar
posted 02-05-2008 01:05:02 PM
Good movie.

I wonder how they will do the sequel. Probably the same story from a different PoV.

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