Cloverfield

    Anyone else see it? I liked it despite a few people in the theater getting up and leaving due to the camera work. Audeince as a whole seemed to like it where I saw it. Has it's flaws but I must say I definitely enjoyed.

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    sissys

    haha..I'm not sure yet if I will watch it. Is there more sustance to it than a mysterious monster destroying New York? I've seen sketches of the monster by people who have been in the test screenings and wheras I love JJ Abrams' work, to me it seems to be a trick to lure people into the theaters. Might be wrong though, maybe it even has a cool story

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    I'm scared to go out and watch this because of the reports I've read people getting motion sickness.

    I felt sick watching the trailer before Sweeney Todd and I don't get motion sickness

    I initially gave it a B-, but after thinking about it that might be a little low. Sure, I almost fell asleep at times and the characters are so unbelievably one-dimensional that there is nothing progressing you through the story because you sure as hell don't care what happens to these characters, but the style and concept are pulled off quite well. I would have easily given it an A, but the complete lack of character development makes you not care at all about what happens. Also, the CGI effects of the monster are pretty bad, except for the some shots near the end (but all of the non-monster cgi was excellent).

    Twenty bucks says when I see it again in the comfort of my own home, I'll raise it up to an A-. Or maybe it's a thing where after I watch it a few times and get the feel of the characters, I start to care more. It's still worth seeing in theaters, because there's not going to be anything quite like it for awhile. I'm sure a bunch of people will try, but it's going to be mighty hard to pull off.

    I liked the fact that they went with a high budget risk film. I think it must of taken a ton of convincing to studios, producers and banks in order to film this film. Especially when you have the creature kicking the US military's ass and defacing new york to a super high extent, even worse than the day after tomorrow. Bold choice to be honest and i liked it because it was original. Not the best movie but definitely broke monster genre.

    Original?! How come a monster invading New York is orignal?... mmm, I guess I really must go watch this movie! I'll post my feedback as soon as I come out of the cinema, prolly this sunday.

    honestly, the estimated budget of the movie is only 25 million, which compared to modern day apocalyptic/monster/doomsday movies is pretty tame. It was just shot to make it look like it was a 125 million dollar movie.

    I didn't like it at all. There was zero suspension of disbelief, mainly because of the stupid decisions the characters made, but also because of how amazingly unlikable the characters were. The diologue was crap, and I felt that none of the film reflected human beings under high-stress situations. That, and things like three people taking a half-mile fall in a helicopter and making it out with one broken leg amongst all of them? Come on.

    If only they had applied this same cinematography to 28 Days Later... dear lord, that would have been awesome. Here's hoping for 28 Months.

    Also, it sucked for a supreme lack of

    I got the motion sickness which prevented me from really enjoying the film. It got a 7.9 on IMDB, but it's not really that good. The story is pretty lame and generic and the handheld camera stuff was also done long ago. Overall it's not a bad movie, but just more like 7/10.

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