Cloverfield (2008)

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So anyone caught the teaser yet?
Apple - Trailers - 01-18-08 - Large

I doubt it's Godzilla like how some people on the 'net have been speculating, but it would be fun to see huge monsters stomping about Tokyo-style.:D

(oh and first post! yay me.)
 
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Wow is all I can say. It looks really interesting. Shot like a home movie. Kind of scary actually.
 
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If it's all shaky-cam style and looks like a bad home movie the whole way through then count me out.

Oh, and if we have to suffer through months of teases and internet puzzles a la Lost then I'm out doubly so.

Ok, so I'm a bit cranky this morning....
 
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TK-421 said:
It actually might be about H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu...
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That would be the one thing that would make me ignore both shaky-cam and internet tease. Although I'd still feel really ill if it were shaky-cam throughout.
 
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Well, it's not C'thuluh. Here's something I dug up:

"Loose lips sink ships. So they say! According to reports from AICN, FilmStalker and The NYPOST we have the lowdown on the film. First off JJ Abrams was reportedly shooting scenes of the film at Coney Island and the owners of Coney Island leaked the following about the plot:
"It's about an alien that wipes out all of New York City…The footage is taken the day before everyone dies. A bunch of kids come to Coney Island with a video camera. The movie is a flashback to that day."
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On top of that then AICN hits us with another interesting plot point on how the story will be told. According to them the movie will begin with a rescue team finding a camcorder with a tape in it. They hit play and the movie starts using the footage on the camcorder. Sounds ... umm... odd. "
 
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I saw a trailer for it when I went to see transformers

now I'm definitely a sucker for the world under attack movies (either by aliens or natural disaster) but I'm worried that the camera style will put me off a bit.

Saying that it seemed that Abrams discovered that the whole - don't show thebig monster thing - worked quite well with Lost and is making a movie out of it it now :p
 
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I won't mind the homevideo feel as long as it's not a total disappointment like The Blair Witch Project.
 
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A new trailer is coming out in a couple weeks and will play before Beowulf.

A sneak peek apparently confirms the premise that it's a Godzilla-type attack on NY and the movie is mostly from the home video of someone who witnessed the attack and is played after the fact by someone who finds it. Apparently, there will be one huge monster and several smaller ones.

Stay tuned for more.

Oh, and still no confirmation on the actual title but it seems Cloverfield may actually be it.
 
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Seems interesting although I agree the shaky-camera thing will put some people off.
It does get a bit nauseous if you're trying to watch a movie in an earthquake simulator :)
 
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Would be funny if it were his version of I am Legend.
 
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The shaky camera thing might be a bit of a nusiance, but I'm liking the recent disaster scenario movies put out by Hollywood (I am Legend, the Mist, and this one)
 
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This is being released on 1st February 2008, but still little is known of the plot other than what the trailers show.
 
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If its overhyped like the Golden Compass then it will most likely be bad. I think JJ Abrams should stick to tv because MI:3 wasn't that great, reminded me too much of Alias but with Ethan Bristow/Sydney Hunt, you get my drift.
 
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I saw the trailer for this and it looked interesting, but I won't be able to stand that shaky camera-work for the whole film.
 
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TK-421 said:
Not a bad review:
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Yeah they make some fair points - It really depends on your expectations. You want high quality science fiction with a monster - you are not going to get it. If you love a good monster romp, because it is there - then you will have a smile

Be warned though, the film breaks a lot of Hollywood film conventions - again some will enjoy this - others not. Ignore most of what you see on the net regarding the monster - so far I have not seen anyone get close, and a lot of the speculation is downright wrong.

Finally, if you are running late for the cinema session keep going - the first 10 to 15 minutes really add nothing to the film
 
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Well it's certainly tense, gritty and edge of the seat stuff. It's what Godzilla should've been like (although I still liked Godzilla). The characters are believable - they start off as a bunch of fairly irritating socialites, but as they are literally thrown from one terrifying scene to another you quickly begin to feel for them. The really good thing about the film is that it is what is not shown that makes everything more scary. You catch glimpses mostly - there's only two scenes where you really get a good look at the monster.

The special effects are second to none and the use of the hand held camera works brilliantly to make you believe you're actually in the thick of the action (although at times you can almost start to feel ill with it all!)

Overall a damn good film.
 
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