Cloverfield Tonight!

[Money]

so dling a cam rip of this is out of the question? lawl A CAM OF A CAM= SHITTY

[UrMaMaIsFuNnY2K]

so dling a cam rip of this is out of the question? lawl A CAM OF A CAM= SHITTY

That might add to the realism.

[Nickname]

I'm not a big monster movie guy but I quite liked it. Surprisingly, it had some pretty funny moments, as the camera man was more than a bit of an idiot. Theres a few plot holes in my opinion that could have been covered with just like two more lines of dialogue but never do. Highlight the white text below if you want to know what I mean.

After the brother dies, and Rob goes after Beth, Lilly, Hud ?) and the other chick go after her. Now, I can see why Rob would, and even why Lilly would, because all they needed to say 'This has alreayd killed Jason, I won't let it kill beth too / I won't let him die without a reason' or something along those lines. Hud follows because he's an idiot, but there really is no reason as to why the girl follows, unless she's just a coward to go off alone. That seems unlikely considering she saves Hud later.

Hey, back to black text! Ok, the Monster was cool looking because he was different looking. Without going into it too much his legs were sort of Crab like, which was a cool twist. It's hard to explain in text, but they shoot outwards before going down. Even spider like if you will. It seems to me to be setting up for a sequel for sure, as it leaves you with a lot of questions. Worth seeing. Here comes more white text on my theory on the monster.

So my theory on the monster is that it's obvious some deep sea lifeform/crab thing that breathes water (as is seen by it's breathing sack thing when it looks at Hud). Assuming it has a lifespan of several thousand years that would easily explain why no record exsists of it, because 2k years ago 'Monsters' were all over the place, right? Anyways, the little ones are it's babys, the entire reason for it attacking New York is for feeding. If you're going to hatch a shitload of babies than are carnivores and can fend for themselves from birth, then why not give birth to them over a plentiful food supply? That's why it attacked a major city, to better insure that it's young would be sufficiently Fed. Now, the only part this doesn't explain is what the hell was up with the chick that exploded? Now that could be some sort of 'Alien' style birthing of inserting a young into a human, because we did see a marine with it's stomache gone, but clearly she exploded, and the marine didn't. More likely the marine was half eaten, and I just can't explain the explosion. I don't think it gave birth to a new little one, as the guys that took her didn't have any guns. More than likely it's some way of disabling prey that somehow escapes, so you can eat it later. My theory also covers why there were very little of the little guys anywhere near beth, as the food supply had been used up and was running away, so they followed it. Just my thoughts.


EDIT: btw, I sat near the back of the theatre, and saw nobody complaing about getting sick or anything of the like. When in doubt, you knew it was a hand held camera, so you should have sat in the back.

[Squeezer]

I couldn't stand the blair witch project either, but I was advised to sit near the back of the movie theater for this movie specifically. We did, and it was surprisingly comfortable.

We sat near the back as well and I never felt queasy. No one left early in our theater, though that could be because the place was packed with fanboys. When the action picked up, the handy cam seemed like the necessary way to tell the story. It's hard to explain, but it begins to feel right after a while.

Are you serious about the thing above? I might have to go see it again today.

edit: I just remembered a spoiler I wanted to talk about.

One thing I found kind of lame was how quickly Beth recovered from having re-bar removed from her shoulder, and that she was still able to run to the evacuation site. Then again, it is a movie.

My favorite bit you see of the monster is definitely when Rob and the others are trying to get into the Subway. I jumped a foot when the monster's head popped out of flames.

Just called a few friends, I guess we're going to go see it again tonight.

[Nickname]

for squeezer

She suffered a complete puncture through her shoulder area, enough so that she lost consciousness. Would she have been running anywhere? Probbaly not, but with her addrenaline pumping she may have come around, and it would have been with a monster chasing her. For the first while after they pick her up she's always right beside rob as he's helping her move, it's only later she starts to run. It's a tad unrealistic but nothing brutal.

[Twerp]

Nah, I didn't see that, phata. I got there early, but not early enough and I had to sit near the front and to the left a bit. Still a good view, but could have been better. So I probably missed it.

[Nickname]

it's just a piece of rebar twerp. Say 3 feet long.

[Galleleo]

I am so tempted to do control A and read all the spoilers.. but it doesn't come out here until the 24th.

[paradise!]

so dling a cam rip of this is out of the question? lawl A CAM OF A CAM= SHITTY

lmao. do you just enjoy posting random shit?

[DoTheFandango]

The beginning was too long.

That's my only complaint.
Don't see this with High Schoolers in the same theater as you, it ruins it completely. When the film ended, some kid just said "FUCK THIS MOVIE. FUCK THEIR SORRY ASSES." And I shouted back, "GET YOUR G.E.D. ASSHAT."

[megaman89]

can't decide if I like it or not yet.

[CrvenBan]

13 Tzameti

[Liquid Blue]

EDIT- Meant to say Marlena instead of Beth.

Went to the 10:30 showing on opening night. The theater was packed so I had to sit in the second (yes second) row from the screen. It was probably one of the worst places to sit to watch this type of movie, but I had just gotten back from Maryland doing some drunk bowling with some people so it didn't bother me.

Like I said above, I had a few before I saw this movie and the camera motion didn't bother me, but the people I saw it weren't with me at the bowling, so they were sober and it did fuck with their heads.

I liked the movie, well most of it. It was pretty good, the cameraman (Hud) carried the movie with the funny comments. Anyone else realize his name stands for "heads up display"? Pretty ironic since he has the camera for most of the time. The tension and action were good, but I just didn't like the ending. I think it was balls, and not a good setup for the sequel. I waited through those 5 minute long credits for some sneak peek at the end or something else, and all we got was that shitty 2 second audio clip. Pretty fucking weak if you ask me. If there is no sequel, then the ending was even worse than I'm thinking. White text ahoy-

Seriously, wtf? Why did they have to kill HUD? He was fucking awesome.

Those pulsating sacs weren't the monster's eyes, they were weird brain sacs above the eyes. You can tell the monster has beady black eyes when HUD finally stares up at the beast. I didn't catch the thing falling into the water at Cony island, but one of my buddies sitting next to me did.

I don't know what the whole "bitten" thing was about either, but Marlena sure did get fucked up by that baby alien. I'm surprised they didn't bite HUD either. Anyone else wonder how Lily (indian chick, Jason's girlfriend) was walking throughout the movie with heels on? Like she followed Rob throughout New York in high heels, wtf. That's some crazy shit, son.

Also is it's named Cloverfield because that's where it first hit in New York?

[PaulOakenfold]

I'm finding the people that didn't like the ending grew up on Disney movies.

[Nickname]

it was called Cloverfield because that was the addresse of the company when they made it -- or something like that. Not a big deal LB, don't know why you whited it