1-18-08

[Jackster]

Did anyone here think......

....that the small parasite creatures had the strangest yet laughable cry noise at the subway tunnel scene? They sound like they have the munchies.

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!!

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Question: Did anyone else find the theme music over the end credits very similar to the original Godzilla theme (minus the annoying opera/choral howling that seems in vogue for all SF the last few years)?

Yes. That was intentional. It was a beautiful piece and I've been trying all day long to find a download link. I'll let you know if I find anything.

As for the "Nom nom nom", I thought it was goofy at first, but it was actually quite scary during the scene in which they were trying to close the door on those things.

Also, in response to getting a good look at the creature, I was never satisfied with that. I'm curious as to how it moves, how its joints function, and stuff like that. I want to see the whole creature in more than just a 2 second pan.

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

Bloody-Disgusting got the chance to attend the premiere of "Cloverfield," and while there, they chatted with director Matt Reeves and writer Drew Goodard. The two spoke about some of their ideas for a possible sequel and some of their original plans for the first film.

Apparently, the goal was to make "Cloverfield" much more violent and bloody, which would have resulted in an 'R' rating. "The original draft was much more brutal," said Goodard. "I wanted a hard R and we didn't get a hard R, they read it and said this is way to brutal. I will say that I think we pushed the limits on a PG-13 rating, we certainly shot a harder version than what is on the screen. We originally wanted it to be more bloody and disgusting."

While Goodard didn't confirm, it is possible that an unrated version of the film could become available when the movie appears on DVD.

Regarding a sequel to "Cloverfield," Reeves said that "only time will tell. While we were on set making the film we talked about the possibilities and directions of how a sequel can go. The fun of this movie was that it might not have been the only movie being made that night, there might be another movie! In today's day and age of people filming their lives on their iphones and handy cams, uploading it to youtube... That was kind of exciting thinking about that."

In other words, instead of continuing the story or having the monster return for round two, the sequel could simply be a different take on the original story, as seen from another point of view.

well, that answers my question 

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

I get motion sickness... when I'm actually in motion. I don't get how film can upset people like that.

It depends on your inner ear....and that seems to be chance.

For example, I'm the only one in my family who can't read in a moving vehicle without starting to feel like I'm going to barf (which made for lousy road trips when I was a kid - and they would load me up with comics to keep me entertained).

They named this movie after the street their offices are on?  I might not see it just because of how ridiculous that is.

[Scrivener]

Saw it last night.  The audience was primarily loud and rambunctious teenagers, who talked all through the trailers but managed to finally quiet down several minutes into the movie.  Dang whippersnappers, get off my lawn!

That was a pretty intense ride.  I read up-thread that the creators were pushing the PG-13 envelope, and that is fairly evident.  Fortunately for my delicate sensibilities (and I think fortunately for the quality of the film), the home-video concept let them elide a couple of the nastiest instances, such as

Marlena bursting and Beth being un-impaled.

You don't need to see everything to get a good shock.  Sometimes, less is more.

While the movie provides spectacle, excitement, and scares, it also does reasonably well connecting you with the characters caught up in the attack -- a necessity, since you're spending every moment of the film with them.  Without spoiling, I'll say that the scene where Rob gets the call from his mother ends up being affecting, at least partly because it hits you from an unexpected angle.

There are plausibility problems (yes, I mean aside from a huge freaking creature attacking Manhattan), but the momentum of the movie generally carries you over them.  If you can stand the shaky-cam effects, and have any kind of appreciation for monster movies, I can recommend Cloverfield.

Just try to go to a matinee.  You may be too wound up after a night screening to sleep well.

[Cthulhu Bob]

On another note about the theme music (haha I made a funny ), it was titled ROAR! How cool is that?

[RoninFox]

On another note about the theme music (haha I made a funny ), it was titled ROAR! How cool is that?

Depends.

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[Junkyard]

Saw it. Liked it okay, but I have two questions:
1: Is shakeycam worth the basic absurdity of having one character refuse to drop the damn camera? It's the first and last thing you need for one of these films, and it tends to be the hardest thing to accept.

2:
How did the camera's memory chip survive an atomic explosion?

[GregMcduck]

1) I don't know, in today's Youtube fueled society, it made sense.

2) It wasn't an atomic explosion, it was just a shitload of heavy bombs.

[Junkyard]

Ah. That at least keeps Clovey from coming back with atomic breath.

[bratpop]

Does anyone think this will probably not work very well on DVD? Granted that's how you ought to be viewing a shakycam video, but it doesn't seem like it would be much of an experience.

[Junkyard]

I don't think it will lose much on DVD, but then I can absorb myself into any format, generally.

[Zardoz!]

Instead of a nuke they could have used a fuel air explosive. Very powerful and can sometimes be mistaken for a nuke by the ignorant.

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Does anyone think this will probably not work very well on DVD? Granted that's how you ought to be viewing a shakycam video, but it doesn't seem like it would be much of an experience.

It's netting ungodly amounts in theatres. I think it'll be a major success on DVD. I know I'll be buying it.

[Rude]

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* POSSIBLE SPOILERS *

Alright, finally saw this thing in the theater. Unfortunately my friends who worked on the movie had their private showing on the same night as the Rifftrax Live show. So i couldn't make it to that obviously, and had to double-time it to the theater this weekend before they spoiled it for me! I did get a poster and a cool crew T-Shirt with the monster on it though, so that was cool of 'em.

Anyway, the whole thing felt a little long to me. Could have been a really cool Outer Limits episode or something. But it really felt like they took a single concept and stretched it to the breaking point. Although it was really only about an hour and a half, so maybe it's just me.

Otherwise, it was a pretty fun film. I had thought way early on that this was going to be something like a compilation of many people's video tapes from that night. But i suppose that sticking with one group of people helps develop characters... even if constantly holding the camera gets a little ridiculous at times.

By the way, did the size of the monster in the scene towards the very end of the movie feel a little out of scale to anyone else?

-Rude