Cloverfield seems to be getting a somewhat mixed reception, I believe that people having been making unfair parallels with The Blair Witch Project.
Overall I would have to say that I found Cloverfield to be a very immersive film, and was enjoyable to watch. There are a few genuinely tense moments and you really do want the protagonists to come through in one piece. I liked how the cameraman for most of the movie 'Hud' (a nice gamer allusion I thought) was accidentally recording over a home movie about the lead dude being so in love and now ultimately heartbroken.
I'm trying not to spoil anything because a movie of this nature really needs to be appreciated with a blank slate, just so that the illusion is maintained.
Particular note should be paid to the the end credit sequence, it works well with the tone of the movie.
Rating: B
Oh, not an alien.
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- S - Special, a rare gem. Do not miss.
- A - Like eating Haagen Dazs whilst naked in a hot tub
- B - Inspired, but needs a little polishing
- C - Tries hard but can't seem to remember which way to run
- D - Saw that dare to be great situation and thought it too much effort
- E - If it were a horse you would take it out back and shoot it
- F - Phail. Doesn't deserve correct spelling.
- U - Means probably made by Uwe Boll, also means so terrible that I actually want to hurt myself
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- 3:10 To Yuma (1)
- A Knights Tale (1)
- Alien Versus Predator (1)
- Alien Versus Predator Requiem (1)
- Alone in the Dark (1)
- Amadeus (1)
- American Gangster (1)
- Avatar (1)
- Babylon AD (1)
- BloodRayne (1)
- Boondock Saints (The) (1)
- Bottle Shock (1)
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- Cliffhanger (1)
- Cloverfield (1)
- Die Hard 4.0 (1)
- Doom (1)
- Far Cry (1)
- Gamer (1)
- Get Smart (1)
- Gone Baby Gone (1)
- Hancock (1)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (1)
- Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (1)
- Hitman (1)
- House Of The Dead (1)
- I Am Legend (1)
- In Bruges (2)
- Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (1)
- Interview With The Vampire (1)
- Iron Man (1)
- Jarhead (1)
- Kingdom of Heaven Directors Cut (1)
- Max Payne (1)
- Napoleon Dynamite (1)
- No Country For Old Men (1)
- Orgazmo (1)
- Postal (1)
- Quantum Of Solace (1)
- Rain Man (1)
- Smokin' Aces (1)
- Snakes On A Plane (1)
- Southland Tales (1)
- Spiderman 3 (1)
- Stardust (1)
- Superbad (1)
- Taking of Pelham 123 (1)
- Terminator Salvation (1)
- The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (1)
- The Constant Gardener (1)
- The Dark Knight (1)
- The Last Kiss (1)
- The Nines (1)
- The Transporter (1)
- The X Files: I Want To Believe (1)
- There Will Be Blood (1)
- Top Gun (1)
- Transformers (2007) (1)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (1)
- Transformers: The Movie 2007 Remastered (1)
- Tropic Thunder (1)
- You Don't Mess With The Zohan (1)
Vastian
Vastian boasts a DVD library larger than most rental stores and probably has less of a life than most mayflies. He is an author of short stories and hopes to make it into the big leagues some day. He enjoys the catharsis of Team Fortress 2 and has fond memories of Planetside. He also hopes in vain to have sex again one day.
Aven
Aven spawned and so does not have the time that he once had for the world of ones and zeroes, though he does enjoy watching his scantily clad fantasy avatar frolic in fields of daisies in Age of Conan, before that he spent his nights dodging bullets with Vastian on Auraxis. He likes big butts and can't tell a lie.
Cheshire Puss
Another Planetside stalwart, Cheshire Puss was once a God of all gaming everywhere, then he got a job and things all started to go wrong. He still finds time to fit in World of Warcraft and Batman. Do not ever engage in comic conversation unless you can at least tell the difference between the Ultimate Universe and the Marvel normal. Also likes wrestling and still kids himself that he is heterosexual.
Vastian's Top Rated (In no particular order)
- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
- Stardust
- The Last Samurai
- Transformers 1986
- Aliens: The Directors Cut
Aven's Top Rated (In no particular order)
- The Departed
- Saving Private Ryan
- Platoon
- Serenity
- Memphis Belle
Cheshire Puss's Top Rated (in no particular order)
- The Crow
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Donnie Darko
- Leon
- Fight Club
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2 comments:
Finally watched this film! I have to say i thoroughly enjoyed it, and thought it was very engrossing. I believe mostly because of it's quick pace and continuous action. I didn't really have any connections with the characters but i definitely did want to see how it panned out for them.
There's probably hundreds of possibilities for sequels etc.. telling it from any other person in the areas eyes offers so many possibilites, the military perspective, the media perspective etc...etc... I thought the whole thing was a pretty inspired and inventive take on how to handle a "monster movie".
Well done to the writer, producers and director!
Actually i read up on the viral stuff after having watched the film.
There's a hell of lot of websites, and info that was put out virally that draws you into the characters prior to watching the film.
looking back i think had i watched even some of them prior to the film it would have been much easier to "feel" for the characters, and would have been far more simple knowing who they were and how they related to each other!
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