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Saturday, January 26, 2008

CloverField

Just went to watch cloverfield today, w00t it rawks, its like Godzilla 2 0-o! THe film was made by the producers of Godzilla, i think..

Since the monster doesnt have a name, we shall call it "monster thingy".
Here are some words from the producers..:

CS: Any possibilities for a "Cloverfield" sequel?

Reeves: This was so fun 'cause we'd never done anything like it, and I think we'd want to find a similar challenge, to find a way to have its roots in this but be fresh and new, otherwise you're just repeating yourself. There's a moment on the Brooklyn Bridge, and there was a guy filming something on the side of the bridge, and Hud sees him filming and he turns over and he sees the ship that's been capsized and sees the headless Statue of Liberty, and then he turns back and this guy's briefly filming him. In my mind that was two movies intersecting for a brief moment.

Reeves: Did you see the thing in the last shot? In the final shot there's a little something, and I don't wanna say what it is. The final shot before the titles. The stuff at Coney Island, there's a little something there and I don't want to give it away 'cause the fun is sort of to find it, but I will say this: there's a funny thing, you look at the shot and until you see it you don't see it and you really don't see it and obviously you don't 'cause none of you have seen it, but once you see it you'll never stop seeing it.

CS: It's the thing dropping in the water, right?

Reeves: Ahh, you saw it.

AND I CANNOT BELIEVE I MISSED THAT..... the thing dropping in the water, i was looking at the couple, cause they were like the main point.. my eyes.. are not sharp enough...

The key to it is that the monster was a baby. The monster was suffering from separation anxiety and was absolutely disoriented and pissed, "where's mommy?", and terrified. That was the most important aspect of the creature. Not only was he furious and in a rage but he was scared, because to me there's nothing scarier than something huge that's spooked. If you're at the circus and the elephants are going nuts you don't want to be near them..

MY ratings:
Overall: 7.5/10
Green screen effects: 8/10
Some words from me:
i heard that some people got dizzy from this movie. Actually, this movie is made to be like that, the FPV(first person view) brings you directly into the movie itself and experience it. The movie made me felt like you want the characters to survive so the movie could go on.
Nice show anyway, but 85 minutes of show for 9.50$ isnt really worth the shot.
My advice, watch it if you have the time and $ for a 85 minute show.

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