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Harry knows what CLOVERFIELD is!!!
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Utterly Brilliant.
What is CLOVERFIELD?
For the past year or so, that’s been the question that everyone has been asking. Well… they also wanted to know: What was that trailer? What’s the name of this movie? Who are those actors? What is a SLUSHO? What does any of this mean?
Having seen the film, I can tell you – I have completely forgotten the marketing. I no longer care why the film is titled CLOVERFIELD, I don’t think it has a secret meaning – other than the fact that the movie that the marketing would lead you to, if it will… will knock your cinema-going mind into the floor of the theater.
CLOVERFIELD is a bold genre-reinvention unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.
The basic premise that we know is there. The film is found footage, not an assembled film. The footage is recovered in Central Park. From trailers and ads you know that it probably starts at a party, something happens, and we think there is a giant monster. You’re pretty sure there’s a giant monster attacking New York City… specifically Manhattan.
Well, I’ve just come home from watching CLOVERFIELD. The security on me and my wife for seeing this movie was un-frickin-believable. I suppose some would have the temptation to snap a pic of the monster and send it out online to end, forever, the “mystery” – but folks… there’s no mystery.
The movie is fucking brilliant. It’s what we were told it was going to be. An intimate perspective on an impossibly grand scale human disaster beyond most human levels of comprehension.
What is the monster? How do you describe something that doesn’t look like anything you’ve ever seen before? It’s not a fucking upright walking whale. It doesn’t look like any iteration of GODZILLA that we’ve ever seen. It is enormous. And even though I’ve seen it… I am hard-pressed to come up with a comparative creation. You know that big fucking thing in THE MIST? It isn’t that. Is the creature a biped? I’m not sure, I think it might’ve been a four-legged beastie… it has a tail, it has teeth and freaky eyes like that horse that died in ANIMAL HOUSE. It’s kinda of a grayish-yellowish-off-white looking thing. But more important than the creature is what this fucker does. He basically goes bug-nuts.
The creature isn’t the groundbreaking thing about the film. It is, but it isn’t.
You see, what has me so excited about this film is that this is the giant monster movie that isn’t at all like any giant monster movie we’ve seen before… but is exactly that movie.
I guarantee you that as this movie takes place… all the shit that you’ve seen in Giant monster movies is happening. Somewhere a general is screaming about nuking New York…. Somewhere is a politician screaming that you can’t nuke New York. Another General wants to know why our weapons are not affecting this thing. A PRESIDENT wants to know where it came from – and several thousand journalist are trying to figure all that out too.
But this film isn’t about the scientist, the generals, the Presidents, the mayors or any of the big people. This time, the film is from the perspective of those people that live in those buildings that the monster is breaking through. This is about the people running in the street that scream, “GODZILLA!!!” and run. This is about trying to survive that insanity. Not just that, but to try and save one life.
Like SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, but instead of Nazis it’s a giant monster.
This is a handheld camera movie – knowing this and knowing not to sit too close is probably a good thing… but having said that… you can’t sit far enough from the screen to feel safe. As many of you people know, I am in a wheelchair – and while watching movies, I have my brakes on. There was one moment, so unexpected and so intense that I went 3 ft back.
What about the characters?
You learn everything you need about them in the first 20 minutes. Rob is going to Japan to a new job. He has a brother Jason and a best friend Hud who gets strapped with filming testimonials at his surprise party – but Hud has the hots for Marlena and got talked into it by Jason – who was told to do it by Lily, who loves him. Oh – and they’re taping over a tape that Rob shot of the morning after he and Beth finally did it – after being friends forever. But now he has to go to Japan for his career and Beth shows up with some dick at his party because he didn’t know how to talk with her after they had sex.
It’s a fairly real situation that could happen to anyone. These are just regular good people in the rat race – and trying to have a good time. When the shit goes down.
I wasn’t expecting to like any of the characters. That changes… a lot.
My favorite character? Probably Hud… our cameraman. He’s not a professional photographer, though this “tape” tells an incredibly focused and direct story of epic sweep and filled with intimate reveals. But HUD is “the best friend”. But if I could compare him to any character actor, I’d say he’s like a reigned in Bill Paxton. He’s not going around screaming obscenities… but the shit that comes out of his mouth cracks me up.
The story of this film is actually beautiful though. When the world goes to fuck, you instantly think about the person you love that you don’t know is OK or not. That’s this story. Beth left Rob’s party before the shit went down. They had a fight. When it all goes to hell – Rob and his friends are just trying to get off the island, when a call comes… Beth is somewhere… she can’t move, she’s bleeding and she needs help. And oddly… 911 is busy.
This group of friends sets off through the biggest sort of hell you can imagine to save Beth. Characters die. Shit goes horribly horribly wrong – and it rules!
There’s no score, there’s no rules, there feels like there’s no script and no movie. It feels found, but it is so huge that you can’t ever really believe that… but handheld film just has never had a story of something this fantastical or huge happen. The movie is a landmark genre film. A true milestone in film.
It is all at once art, commercial and grotesquely gleefully gargantuan.
This frankly launches two giant film careers at once. As of this second, I will see and eagerly anticipate every film that J.J. Abrams produces. This sort of stepping back from a genre convention and reinvention is EXACTLY what needs to be done. It isn’t simply going, “Oh, I can make a better Godzilla movie,” but the audacity of saying I’m going to tell that story from one of the most loathed film approaches – the found footage – and simply make the most fucking amazing found tape ever. It won’t just be what it is, but the characters and the story and the emotion and the scope and the journey that the tape takes us on. I can’t wait to see what’s next.
Then there’s Matt Reeves, I don’t know this guy. But I’ll tell you what. You’re gonna mark his name after this. He just came out with a film about as SUNDANCE as you could imagine. This is like an INDIE film – that you’d dream Spielberg would make. Remember the beard’s WAR OF THE WORLDS? Now just imagine that, but with the disarming nature of handheld photography. Where if the camera got dropped and suddenly you’re looking the other way… you don’t see the seams. There’s no backlot, this isn’t two blocks at a time… it’s fucking Manhattan being torn to fuck and they’re just smack dab in midtown and midtown has giant lice monsters and some monstrously huge creature… and then there’s the fucking military… and they are on target, and buildings get hit, shit is going everywhere – and the man directing this apocalypse is Matt Reeves and the planning to just deliver what this spectacle is – is daunting. But sir, BRAVO!
Folks – CLOVERFIELD is worth the obsession, worth the months I’ve had to put up with fans wondering what the hell it was – worth having to deal with reporters asking me what it was – and I didn’t know either. This is a towering movie. A complete reinvention of the disaster movie, the giant monster movie and even the love story. I absolutely love this film and the only thought I had when it was over was how I wanted to watch it 5 more times today.
I want to see the details, I want to watch this film once I’m so familiar with it that I can appreciate the complexity of the frames and the shots. To try to pull the film apart – but I don’t think you’ll be able to. It is just that fucking good! And the flaming hobos... holy fuck man... flaming hobos, but not with shotguns!
Good Bad Robot, Good Bad Robot!!!
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Sounds good!
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...surely?
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...surely not?
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Herc watch.
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Can't wait.
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Have to wait and see the film for myself... but lately the descriptions and reviews should come with a warning to pull up on the boot-straps.
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Jan 10, 2008 5:44:57 PM CST
For anyone else not living in the United States of America...
by conqueror worm
...surely this film will be truly spoilt, as its not being released globally simultaneously....that is a crime!
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can it really be that good? Sorry to hear harry is in a wheelchair too.
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by this damn internet beastie the Uk will not get this film for a while and by that time....
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Wait, does Harry count as a plant?
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but i want to believe this review, and it just got me more excited.
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But then again, it's Harry. STILL, I am really,REALLLLLY curious about this. Don't want to be dissapointed. Oh and uh....first?
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nuff said
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Still funny. And I can't wait for this. For KINO, though, I can wait.
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I'm not planning on hearing from you anytime soon.
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I've resisted the hype, but was to going to see it out of mere curiosity. Now I'm actually anticipating something worthwhile. Sounds good, Harry. I'll be there next Friday.
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but I've been disappointed by so many films recently, all of which had great potential. One example, I Am Legend. Shame.
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I'd see it just for that.
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I love his passion for movies but everyone gets it wrong sometimes. I just hope that this aint one of them
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UK, you see!!
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This film s fucking Brilliant? ....mighty strong words
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Harry's in a wheelchair? Whaaaat?!
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I hope they didn't explain where it came from or how it came to be... :)
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by genre films. Hopefully this will change that trend.
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i'm gonna go buy my tickets now. we can see this in a week! hooray for early australian release!
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...sounds like we might not get a good look at the thing.
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Legend was pretty good and it had a similar premise.
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The Phantom Menace. Harry, you always spurt jizz all over the place for some movie, which inevitably ends up being a big, steaming pile of shit. I've been eagerly looking forward to Cloverfield, until I read this completely over-the-top review. Now please remove Abrams dick from your mouth and back away slowly.
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You get lots of looks... but the way the beast moves and the fact it is constantly attacking and being attacked... it's just hard to get a grip on what exactly it is. It's a pretty flexible beastie
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well - thanks for the pep rally Harry - i am more excited about this movie after reading this - the marketing is making everyone crazy with curiosity - now it seems worth the wait - I can't wait "again"
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Hmmmmm...I'd rather not. I'm going to see it opening weekend but the shakey cam still makes me nervous.
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see what they did.....genius
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Yay! Given that we're ALREADY on the future side of the international dateline it looks like WE will be spoiling things for YOU, for a change. Heh. Can't wait.
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just sayin'
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Is it 90 minutes or 120 minutes? - I want to prepare my ass for the numb.
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Sounds like you're having a total fit over this film and after the complete and utter shit that raped the title "I am Legend", I am curious to see if JJ pulled this off.I hope it lives up to the hype and from the sound of your review Harry it might.
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There Will Be Blood and Cloverfield come out on the same day in my city. TWBB for sure opening weekend, but maybe Cloverfield also if it really is brilliant.
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so...what is it? and why is it?
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Trying to stay way from anything about this movie. But its been a damn slow news week on AICN. Been waiting for the weekly DVD????
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Or the whole fucking salt shaker?
We'll see.
Still...I don't see how the bastard offspring of Godzilla, Aliens, and Blair Witch is going to redefine cinema.
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How am I going to expect to have my balls blown off now?
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I think I read that somewhere - if not I just made it up and sounds good so i'm going to stick with it
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Jan 10, 2008 6:11:27 PM CST
YEAH YEAH... I WANT TO SEE THE NEW FREAKIN' ENTERPRISE DAMMIT...
by greigy just wanted to say
Does any film grow organically by word of mouth these days..? Cloverfield or whatever has been so hyped by stealth that I'm bored to death before I've even seen the damnable thing... OH BY THE WAY.. LET'S BE MATURE ABOUT THIS WHOLE HD-DVD THING...NA NA NA NA NAH..! WELL DONE BETA-MAX BOY...!!!
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From what I know, 90% of the time they had the camera strapped to the actor playing the cameraman, so he was actually doing the shooting to give it that raw feel.Looking forward to this though...
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Jan 10, 2008 6:12:07 PM CST
Can someone who didn't like very awful movie ever comment on the
by esbern
Just want someone who can say "yeah the romance sucked balls, but the monster was well done."
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Well this might be worth seeing i guess... when it's available, *hint*hint*
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so it is a time travel movie the original crew of the Nostromos first mission back in time to the present day hudson always said it would be another bug hunt!
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Here is my guess...
The original "Little Whale" who went looking for the worlds tastiest ingredient and went missing at sea was actually infected by the "ingredient" and transformed into this thing...now the son, following in his parents footsteps as owner of "Slusho", went mining for the "Ingredient" used in the drink and woke up mom.
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Blair Witch, Diary of the Dead, that piece of shit that played BNAT. How can you call something a bold genre reinvention when it employs the most overused trick in the horror movie book?
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Emperor's New Clothes.... just pushing those completely uniformed opinions.
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That has thrown me off.Sorry to hear that man!
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And there's a combo Pizza Hut and Taco Bell near there. That's what the monster is. It's what you get when you mix Pizza Hut with Taco Bell.
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that this movie will make a big chunk of change - people will like it because its something they havent seen before and yet something they have - im still dying to see some very detailed pics of the monster - it wouldnt spoil it for me - not having seen it. my olny reservation is in that its another movie about young 20 something hipsters - id like to see a movie like starring people my age for a change
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...who wrote the dang movie! btw, is Matthew Broderick in it? Cause, remember, Matthew Broderick killed Godzilla...
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this movie is simply clever marketing for abrams new tasty frozen beverage called SLUSHO!!!!
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"CLOVERFIELD is a bold genre-reinvention unlike anything we’ve ever seen before."
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"Like SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, but instead of Nazis it’s a giant monster!" Also, most predictable review of the year. Meh. I'll see it.
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But it won't make it anywhere near your top 20 list of the best films U saw in 2008, right? The same old pattern will continue. It's pure reactionary emotion to seeing something that's been built up far longer than the creature's relevance to film's historical value and as soon as everyone else knows what U know it'll fade into just another hype film.
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Jan 10, 2008 6:23:11 PM CST
"Like SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, but instead of Nazis it’s a giant mon
by tom whitaker
Ahahahahahahahhahahahaah. I want to see *that* movie.
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I will be taking one of these so that I may clear the screen of my man milk when I leave. I must see this NOW.
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"Like Saving Private Ryan, but instead of Nazi's it's a giant monster" Harry you win because of that I'll see this movie twice.
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I guess you couldn't describe it because it was constantly forming into humanoid shape, splitting up into lions, and reforming. Makes sense to me...
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Still waiting for some specifics...
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that I might have to see this now just to figure out what the hell you're talking about.
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someone call sharpton
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...and that it comes through loud and clear in the review. And with hardly any cusswords! But seriously, this film may prove that there's still a lot of life in the ol' giant monster movie genre...And unlike a few numbskulls here, at least Harry SAW this film before commenting on it (usually, it's the other way around...yelling and screaming about how X film will suck balls even though the screamer hasn't even seen the damned thing yet. But that doesn't stop them from claiming that it will blow chunks....).
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It's also borrows from "Sean of the Dead" from Harry's description. Take a genre film (giant monster movie)and turn it on its ear by making it a 'romance'. That, mixed with the 'found footage' concept and 'shaky cam' style that has been going around seems to make this movie less than new and maybe not the milestone that Harry portends it to be. I haven't seen it though, so my mind's still open that it IS a good movie, and I'll probably see it after opening weekend. Hope it's worth the $12 bucks I've gotta shell out.
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feel bad that Harry is in a wheelchair? It's no doubt due to the fact that he's morbidly obese and has no desire to change that he's morbidly obese. The body wasn't built to carry around 450 pounds of Cheetos and JJ Abrams semen. Throw in a little Stallone semen and some bones are sure to snap. I have no doubt that Cloverfield will be a good movie, and could even turn out to be great. Drew Goddard has written too many good TV episodes for it to be bad. It just saddens me that anyone looks at Harry's reviews as anything more than payback for allowing a film to be showed (or in this case almost showed) at BNAT or some other favor that Harry recieved.
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A big disaster/attack/invasion/whatever from the point of view of the little people? Sounds like Spielberg's War Of The Worlds. And War Of The Worlds sucked!
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...and has been used in almost all of JJ Abrams' produced works. It has been seen in Alias, LOST and even in the convenience store scene in the first half-hour of MI:3. 'Nuff said.
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Harry, how many bags of money did they throw at you to love this movie?
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. . . you can probably count me out for watching it until it comes on HBO later in the year. Ever since Harry said that Fantastic Four 2 was good and Transformers was not good I have lost all faith in Harry as a reviewer.
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I remember first seeing the preview for this and thinking, "Who the fuck wants a Laguna Beach movie?" But I must admit I am getting pretty excited. It's a novel concept to deal with such an epic event from such a limited perspective and I can't wait to see it. Hopefully there will be some good gore moments too! Sorry to hear of your incapacitation Harry!
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...actually, this sounds like the original 1953 film adaptation of War of the Worlds (you know, where you find the protaganist going from Church to Church looking for his girl). It sounds VERY INTERESTING! Can't wait until Friday, 01-18-08!
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I like the idea of seeing all this chaos through the perspective of regular folk and not in some government war room where the military is trying to figure out what the monster is and how to destroy it. The best example of that kind of movie would probably be SIGNS, which had some major flaws but successfully told a story through the eyes of regular people. Everything we would know about the danger outside would be whatever we witnessed with our own eyes or what we saw on television. It's even scarier when the danger is right outside your window. Looking forward to this one.
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I think the point Harry is making is that it's a bold reinvention of the monster movie genre, as opposed to the apparent "handheld cam" genre. Which is kinda stupid when you think about it, as it's much like saying "films shot digitally" or "color movies" are genres themselves. Or maybe we just stopped at that sentence and didn't read the rest of his review?Also, while I would love to see this movie, just because it sounds cool and not because I liked the marketing (and not watching a movie because of marketing? Really? The marketers and movie makers are oftentimes two sets of people, you know that, right?) but I agree with many who said that imagining War of the Worlds (which must be a movie in the "shot on film" genre) shot with a handheld cam doesn't sound all that appealing, in that I didn't particularly care for War of the Worlds.That is all.
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Does anybody happen to know the reason Harry is in a wheelchair?Actually looking for the real reason, not some mildly-amusing one-liners (though some of those might be funny too.)
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...you heard it here first.
I knew Harry was in a wheelchair, but I had totally forgotten when I read this review; made me kinda depressed to be honest, but also optimistic that any of us can achieve something great! (Wait, did I just say that!?!?)
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...then perhaps we will have more faith in his take on STAR TREK? I'm extremely anxious to see how this turns out (even if the film is actually directed by another guy). Abrams did a superb job with Mission Impossible 3 (the best in the trilogy), and LOST/ALIAS are both some of the best sci-fi dramas ever! I've got a little faith that Abrams can pull this off!
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Wonder what a bootleg 'filmed off screen' version of this handheld movie will be like, might actually add to the mood, like those Grindhouse bootlegs on the net, you know the only ones available where you can see the extra trailers.
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...who happens to have written some of the best episodes of LOST. He wrote the Desmond time-travel episodes "Flashes Before Your Eyes," and the Locke's dad dies episodes "The Man from Tallahasee." Good stuff!
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Thanks for dropping this review - you make it sound like I felt when I walked out of the theater after the Matrix! I'd sort of wondered if I was going to see this... and I didn't know you were in a wheelchair! Raw foods, Harry!
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I agree; I really want the new Star Trek to be good, but I'm kinda afraid that it might suck some serious shit; if this is good I'll be a lot more optimistic...
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by the "found footage" style. Most big budget FX extravaganzas focus squarely on the CGI during big shots, but with the FX appearing in the background, or just before the camera can fully focus on it, it would help to lose yourself in the experience, as if it's legit footage rather than a meticulously staged computer image. The shaky cam, though, could be a liability. And if I'm a little wary about it, I KNOW the queasy people who despised the camera work in the Greengrass Bourne movies will have a problem with it.
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"holy fucking hell-fuck, what a fucking awesome skull-fuck of a fucking movie" piece. But well done Harry. You didn't blow the big reveal, and you got me pumped for this. I'm going.
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Now that he has lost the HD DVD battle, Harry is pimping for JJ Abrams
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hasnt he been in a weelchair for years? its even on fucking wikipedia. Glad ya liked the film, i usually agree with the gist of your tangents.
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...but what exactly is a "flaming hobo."
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go to your nearest interstate with some gasoline, a can of axe body spray and a lighter. apply directly to whatever you find underneath the crevises of the bridge.
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Harry, when are you getting the Lapband or did this happen already (hence the wheelchair)? And hopefully the wedding/projector/receiver didn't eat into the budget(?)
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fuck you shivv. You think it's that easy to lose that much weight? If it was then we wouldn't have a obesity epidemic in the US, Australia, UK, and other parts of the world.
Typical dumb fuck feeling superior because you were blessed with a body and upbringing that allowed you to control your weight.
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What the Hell?Good night folks!
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One of the best genre writers out there!
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Which isn't exactly original. It's just grabbing from this and that and throwing it together like Frankenstein's monster. Blair Witch's stylistic conceit, the giant monster movie/War of the Worlds scenario, etc. Looks like a good time at the movies, but calling it original is hardly accurate.
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cause this is some major bullshit!
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As someone whose been visiting the site for about the 10 years it's been up, I'm curious to hear more about this whole wheelchair thing. How long and why in particular.
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so I'll just wait for someone who doesn't stand to profit from kissing J.J. Abrams ass to tell it like it really is.
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Harry, you just made me even more anxious to go see it this Monday. (Special Screening)
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http://tinyurl.com/2k8uof
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..the he's an ancient Seqouia or the tree from "The Fountain"
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Finally! The sort of AICN review I know and love. The kind that gets my fucking blood boiling to see this thing. AICN saves the day again! Seriously. Keep it up. Great fucking review.
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HATCHET? C'mon Harry you know you raved about that one too....
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Well that's certainly a relief. I'm just so glad someone has finally seen it and given it their two cents. It beats all you douchebags (you know who you are) just slamming this film when all you've seen is the fucking trailer! I hope when/if you sit down to this you grit your fucking teeth in reluctance. Thanks again Harry and big-ups to all the pedantic bastards who haven't given this movie a chance from day one! Ha!
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did you make that? that's friggin awesome!
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As much as I want to see this, shaky cam movies make me vomit. Though you'd think people who can afford living in NYC can afford a video camera with optical image stabilization.
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Old people, thats who.Anyone under 30 that is used to playing 3rd-person shooters and the like, won't have a problem with "car-sickness".
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I'll pass.
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There's always one...
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I have never heard this either. Poor Harry now I feel bad for being a dick......kinda, not really.
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"It's a lion! It's huge!"
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Jan 10, 2008 7:53:29 PM CST
"Like SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, but instead of Nazis it’s a giant mon
by chaplinatemyshoe
That is officially my new favorite Harry Knowles quote. This line and this line alone has convinced me to see the movie now...
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...but even with Harry's over-the-top review, I'm still wary of all the Rob/Beth bullshit strewn thoughout.
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but instead of nazi's its a giant monster!" is what they'll use in the commercials when they talk about the reviews!
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but instead of nazi's its a giant monster!" is what they'll use in the commercials when they talk about the reviews!
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This is exactly the sort of review that sucked 7 bucks out of my wallet to see that ridiculous Blair Witch crapfest. I'll pass, thanks.
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"Like Saving Private Ryan, but instead of nazis, it's a giant monster
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hitting the enter key...
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"Like Saving Private Ryan but instead of nazis, it's a giant monster." I'll give you $1 if you do it.
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I'll bet I won't think cinema was reinvented. Still, his excitement is infectious (and so is his sweat, so don't touch him), and it makes me want to see this film a lot more than I did. More marketing genius!
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See my above comment?
Right at ya!
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And here's why. Hey, somebody had to say it.
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ARRRRRRG!!!
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ROB. HEY ROB. ROB. IT'S A LION. AND IT'S HUGE. ROB. IT'S VOLTRON.
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In the latest TV spot for Cloverfield at the end of the trailer you can see the monster and his foot/hand/tentacles. Go here to see it: http://www.cloverfieldnews.com /2008/01/10/new-tv-spot-breath e/
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I've always wondered why he said "It's alive!". Like he's implying that it was previously inanimate or dead...
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If they did he wouldnt have such a hard time explaining the design. He's not sure if it was biped or if it had four legs. It has wild eyes and a pale yellow grey color. Wild eyes liek that off the horse in Animal house. What the hell does that mean? Like Seeing lots of the white of the eye and the shape is very buldgy??? At anyrate. The monster is glimpsed at each time it's show. So you never really see enough of it to grasp what it was that you saw. I kno whow some people love this, but I do not. They have to show it at somepoint if only for one second woth of film.
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They know they'll be hung if they screw us out of seeing a good shot of the monster
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thought monster was chasing u
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-I can understand if Harry doesn't want to give it away, but I'm worried about the reports of the "little" monsters. Does the movie stop cold turkey to deal with them like the American Godzilla did? Does it become a "monsters chasing people through tunnels" movie like I was afraid it would? Regardless, great review and it has me genuninely excited to see it now.
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You people amaze me. Although I don't always agree with Harry's POV (I'm looking at you HATCHET), and I don't necessarily need to know what kind of breakfast he had the morning of the screening or the number of dead armadillos they passed on the way, I really dig the way the man thinks about movies. He brings things forward that would never cross my mind (see: the brotosaurus pile in King Kong or the thought of the president's reaction [not show but happening] in Cloverfield. Also, he seems to be the only one here who can go into a movie with an open heart and mind and have an absolute blast with it. How is it that the man whose undoubtedly seen more movies than many of us (combined) is the least cynical man in the room.
That being said, I can't freakin' wait for this flick!
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anything for attetion
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yadda yadda yadda...what we really want to know is were you strip searched or what??
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Or is he his own plant to be included in ad campaign with nice quotes to showcase. No comments like "it is better than chocolate covered ****y juice."
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if it fails then we will get more unoriginal shite released by studios
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What exactly did that mean (what he said, not you)?
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It seems like he loves just about every movie this site over hypes...
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the mist was (in my opinion, as a die-hard stephen king fan with a very succint vision of his universe in mind) a complete failure, not only because of the cartoonish CGI appendages where there should have been makeup (come on if you're going to do a homage to the thing in the first few minutes of the film at least hold true to the spirit), but they did manage to capture, if not alternately, a few of the moments of pure Lovecraftian genius of that passage near the end of the novella. I am FULLY CONFIDENT that this will succeed where the Mist failed me personally.
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What he said in the title.
"Did you roll with your...."
Not as tasteless as SHIVV, maybe, but still out of order.
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After all, didn't Harry like The Phantom Menace????
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Not sure I like the fact that Harry can't describe this thing...almost as though he didn't actually see it/see enough of it...I hope this thing doesn't cop out. I WANT TO SEE IT!!!
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Don't take the fact that the reviews you see me write indicate that I love every movie I see - but rather I love the movies I write about. I write about the movies I'm passionate about... positive or negative, but I see tons of shit that I just don't waste my time writing about. As I have a very busy schedule behind the scenes here at AICN. Feel free to think this movie must be shit, but I guarantee you Moriarty will lose his mind for this thing, as will Capone, Quint, Massawyrm and the others. And most critics will go gaga as well. This is an astonishing experience to watch.
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Please don't open old wounds man.
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............but it wasn't.....but it was.
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Is this creature cool enough to sit along side my dinosaur statues???
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It IS a lion isn't it?
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Harry;s overweight cause everytime he fu%ked your mum she gave him a cookie !!!!
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It's exactly what 911, and many other man made and natural disasters incidents are in today's world- Captured as it happens. -----People are always on vacation or making a video to document something, and every so often they record a really bad disaster when doing so.
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The Only difference is this that this film involves a group of friends and the disaster doesn't quell immediately after it occurs, like 911 did. Stop sucking the cock. Blair Witch proved that viewers are willing to accept this style of story telling, but Blair did it first, and if you have to compare something to something else. Then theres no way the something else is better. When the add says it's just like Alien's- Guess what! It's not Alien's. Or they say it's todays E.T.- Guess what! It ain't E.T.----------------------------
Thats all this is. It's one man seeing 911 and shit like that, and saying "What if what happened was a monster attack like Godzilla- Surely people would whip out the camera's and try too capture the event on film."
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Where he fucked it is making it about a group. It should have been about every one in the city who was brave and foolish enough to tape it. Jumping from camera to camera too tell some what of a story, or they could have had all of those cameras up on the screen at once. But no we are stuck with these preppy teenaged 20 something fuckers for an hour an something. I rather something else. ----So tired of people saying this movie reinvents. It doesn't!!! It borrows a shit load of other peoples concepts and and ideas and hits puree. It's a big gob of shit and other peoples greater original ideas, all Rolled into one. Even you Harry are making comparison to characters. Thats not skill thats plagiary. Well it's exactly what most films and music do today. Borrow, lift, and alter other peoples work, and then call it their own -
No Country for Old Men: Exceeded expectations Zodiac: Exceeded expectations There Will Be Blood: Achieved expectations Into the Wild: Achieved expectations Cloverfield: Has no fucking chance to even remotely come close to meet expectations after reading this review I will join Herzog and eat my shoe if it does next Friday.
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lol silly bastard
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Hell yeah- thanks Harry great review!
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...to anything he's ever seen before. I took that to mean it isn't a lion.
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...is that they stood on the shoulder of geniuses...and now they're selling it!!! They're selling it!!! And what have you...
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Come on harry, you're hardly the most credible reviewer these days. Ten years ago? Maybe. These days, it just hurts to see you the way you are, and to have that clownshoes herc around you all the time as well just plain pisses me off.
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"Abrams did a superb job with Mission Impossible 3 (the best in the trilogy)"
Where the Hell do you come up with that? Saying that MI:3 is the best of the trilogy is like saying that eating a small turd is better than eating several larger ones...it might be the best but you're still eating shit, dude.
MI:1 was an over-rated actor making a crappy movie because he thought it made him look cool. MI:2 was the over-rated actor cranking out a lame sequel in order to grub for more money. And MI:3 was the over-rated actor frantically trying to salvage what's left of his so-called career. -
Yeah, it's probably just a throwaway comment. I doubt if it's a BIG HUGE clue or anything. It just stood out a little bit.
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Why couldn't one of the main characters be some fat mexican? He just happens to be fat and mexican. No instead its GQ models running from a monster. Fuck you Cloverfield!
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Only 1 thing could have made it better for Harry: watching it on HD-DVD.
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especially on the 20 something cast - a news camera man's perspective mightve been interesting - maybe some news chopper footage too - or a tourist's (non english speaking) first trip to nyc - but i still want to see this - sure its not original - but hey - its a giant-monster movie - not many of those made these days
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So you would rather eat several large turds over a small one. Not the steeliest of debaters, are you? And MI:3 was good. No Brian De Palma, but much better than John Woo definitely.
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that you'll be seeing banner ads soon. There couldn't be a connection, could there?
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The hype machine is in full effect and like countless of times before, critics will proclaim, this times it's different, this time it delivers, my friends...this movie will change your lives. Then you go see it and you're like, its ok, pretty good. What the hell movie did they see?
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...this review reminded of the good ol' days of honest film reviews by sincere fanboys. It also demonstrates why we find 182,000 websites after googling the name "Harry Knowles." Good review! I can't wait for next Friday (plus, the STAR TREK teaser sounds like fun)!
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I don't know Harry lost me when he liked Daredevil...so i don't know
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and that is not the monster.....oh and it is as every bit as good as harry says. it is fucking amazing.
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now i'm not 100% sure if it was harry that gave DD the positive review but it was definitely from this site. If i'm wrong i'm sure someone will correct me.
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just be honest...Please
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Personally I'm really excited about it but I'm not expecting it to break down and rebuild my world in 90 minutes.
It's a monster movie! We all know the press take it too far and brown-nose projects to ridiculous proportions. I'm just going off the trailer. That's it. Everything else is speculation. I don't normally read reviews because the guy writing it could have a completely different mindset to me. I trust Harry though. He has a hell of a lot more knowledge of movies than I do. Again it's a monster movie! If it goes apeshite and kills people then I'm happy! -
And I like you too, Harry, you big lug. You got me excited now, so all is forgiven for swaying me to HDDVD. ; )
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So what movie didn't you like Harry?
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"Your stewed, buttwad"
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I had no idea. Where you hit by a car or some shit? Whatever. This movie is going to rock nads. Yeah, rock nads. I said it.
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Wondering if you can report on the Star Trek Teaser that was supposed to be shown with Cloverfield??
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Dude, just Wikipedia "Harry Knowles" to get a brief synopsis on him, or buy his book to get more detail.
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I thought you were out of the wheelchair for some reason. Shitty deals man.
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This review reaffirms that.
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Jan 10, 2008 9:17:44 PM CST
The line in the review that continues to amuse me...
by chaplinatemyshoe
"Like SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, but instead of Nazis it’s a giant monster." The $1 offer's still on the table, Harry. Change the link title...Change the link title....
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I love how all the naysayers (and there's a few of them here tonight) have started scathing away at Harry and taking cheap, pathetic shots at him, just because he had a few nice words about the movie. To all the Xiphos', the Greekloveropas' and the Shivvs you are the most cynical, presumptious sheep I have ever encountered. I get energy from reading your crap. I really do!
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Jan 10, 2008 9:19:04 PM CST
Okay folks - seriously - when has Harry steered you wrong...
by johnny law
other than Armageddon, Matrix Reloaded, Attack of the Clones, MI:3, but, seriously, otherwise, Harry is spot on. I'm so excited to see this - movie - Harry - I appreciate two things: 1)That you found it in your heart to do a review for us, and 2) That you showed us all that this website still holds clout - because seriously, who else do we get to turn to when noone else has the answers.... Harry still gets dibs...Bless him and his magnificant family!!!!!
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If you guys hate/distrust him so much, why are you still fucking here?
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The Bandwagon of Death is a terrific title for a movie. Copyright that shit asap.
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Jan 10, 2008 9:24:51 PM CST
I don't distrust him - I miss him reviewing all important movies
by johnny law
Harry and Moriarty are fabulous writers, unfortunately for us (but fortunately for them) their movie careers are more important than satisfying our movie fetishes.
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as long as Harry compared it to Empire of the Sun, except instead of the Japanese, it's vampires.
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...I like Armageddon, Clones and MI:3. And the Matrix: Reloaded had a lot of potential! Yeah, Harry has missed it from time to time, but I think that he brought out the fanboy in me tonight! This sounds like what could have been if Godzilla had been made by people who actually knew what a serious monster film was about! Sensitive bonding (like Saving Private Ryan) would have been so much better than the junk acting of Matthew Broderick! GREAT REVIEW!
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Too bad this film opens in my country Venezuela like in february 2nd... I can't fucking wait!!! Love me some J.J new project...
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This site gets news and information early. I dislike the guys that run it, but I love the shit they show off before other sites get them. The system sucks them and they suck the system. Most of us hang around for the sneaky peakies. Not for the Chocolate Covered Pussy Juice, and Cock When Titainum Bullshit. Evil Geek you nose is brown, and it smells real bad.
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titanium- my bad
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If I was to break down my argument any more for you, it would be in binary.
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The majority of people that are obease is because of laziness. That might not be Harry's case, but in most people's it is. That doesn't mean everybody should be ripped. But if you weigh 400lbs, eat chips all day and your idea of exercise is walking to the fridge for ice cream, I think the writing's on the wall. Try drinking some water, eating some carrots and walking a mile a few times a week. Anybody and everybody can do that.
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Oh I don't know! How about the very first comment!???!
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that's the monster everyone's curious about
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I've seen your posts here before! You're a cynical fucker. Plain and simple. I'll say at least you didn't make a wheelchair crack. I'll give you that much. That trophy belongs to Shivv. I'm not taking this too seriously (although the wheelchair shit pissed me off) and I'm not calling people cocksuckers either.
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They need to take this pseudo-quasi-mockumentarograpy style of film story-telling and go balls out with it for a movie adaptation of the book World War Z. There should be more of these kinds of monster/invasion/act of god type movies that AREN'T told from the perspective of a select group, but rather from a global perspective with fake montage news footage and talking head interviews with certain survivors/experts. The only really good example I can think of is the original War of the Worlds broadcast. That's the best part of all these zombie/monster/invasion movies anyway, give us a movie full of that without all the cardboard character plot tripe.
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Hey dude, if you really had a brain, you would realize that some people are in wheelchairs for reasons OTHER THAN weight. And some people are heavy, not because they eat too much, but because they have bad backs and cannot exercise. Lay off the "Harry is just lazy" sort of comments. Read his story BEFORE you make yourself look like a dick.
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Thanks for reading my post...OH you didn't! Because if you did, you would have read, "The majority of people that are obease is because of laziness. That might not be Harry's case, but in most people's it is". Come back when you have a point.
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Jan 10, 2008 9:46:33 PM CST
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by the dum guy
I wonder if the fact one is in a wheelchair would cause one to gain weight?Naw, I'm sure lack of metabolic increase isn't to blame, just junk food.
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When I read the line about "putting the breaks on" your wheelchair, I first thought that maybe you invented some radical new kind of wheelchair breakdancing. THAT I wanna see.
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Could we please get off the whole weight issue? I don't think any of this shit is relevant in a place where text is the only way to express yourself. If anyone wants to discuss rascism/fatness/stupidity then I suggest EbaumsWorld (my handle isn't the same as here).
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Or is it too soon?
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Halle-fuckin'-lujah!!!!! I was hopinng this was gonna be the worth the wait
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thinking of the fucking alien/sigourney blasphemy when i try and imagine the monster.
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All I'm saying is people are sitting down pissing and moaning about every little thing they can think about as regards this movie. It's sad. As much of a hypocrite as I am for being here, the internet has killed the way we watch and interpret movies. You can call me a brown-noser all you like. I don't care. If a monster movie with seemingly good effects and a pretty innovative style of cinematography doesn't do it for you, then what does? Are your imaginations so stagnant that you look for a flaw to feel some sense of accomplishment. What happened to the days when people could just switch off and watch a movie. jesus christ! We're really fucking doomed!
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...my bad. I thought that you were dissing Harry. He has had health problems for years -- which was part of the rationale for starting AintItCoolNews.com over a decade ago! I've been hooked ever since!
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Unfortunately, I've exhausted my supply of midget anecdotes. And I think I've gone through every Stallone film worthy of re-imagining with Bridget the Midget. JUGGS DREDD is surely the most promising of them. I smell big box office.
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No Big Deal :)
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so watch out or i'll flame you with my OWN drippy cunt! ok, sorry, that came out kinda grosser than i thought it would. as usual - harry, i always appreciate the enthusiasm you have for films like this - but, again, as usual, i'll reserve judgement until i see it for myself. but you know what? if that's how your review makes me approach the film, that's even better than a review that's caustic or reserved, because you've made it possible for me to form my own opinion. so, cheers.
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AND it’s a January release. It sounds like J.J. Abrams has hit the mark. I shudder to think what 2009 will bring the writer’s strike. Now? Now is good. Summer will be good. 2009? Not so much.
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Oh wait.
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it's 'gojeeera' whether you're actually pronouncing it correctly or making fun of it. ;)
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I stand corrected - great phonetics.
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Smokey, but there.
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talkback is about films but everyone attacks each other ... loves it
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So Harry writes a really positive review for Cloverfield. Great! The movie obviously moved him to do so. Why bash him so friggin hard for it? Oh, of course, I forgot, Phantom Menace... FFS that shit was 9 years ago, get over it and your cry-yourself-to-sleep selves. You shit on Harry when if it weren't for him you wouldn't be able to come on here and shit on ANYONE (no, not even Paul WS Anderson!!). Just lighten up, for the love of the Christ-child on a crutch petting a rabbit in a hutch! Everyone's entitled to their own opinions. e.g. my opinion is that TPM is far and away the best of the prequels (if only for the saber fight and the podrace sequence, and the fact that at least some people could act, including Ian McDiarmid who seemed to forget how to in the other two prequels). This is Harry's review. I respect it. So should you.
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If I ran to the theater to see every movie Harry creamed over, I'd have stopped watching film long ago. Its like the Peter Gammons kiss of death; any rumored trade he reports on doesn't get done. Any movie Harry loves turns to crap.
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My apologies to Xiphos.
I read that post again and it wasn't a smart-ass remark. This isn't the first time I've made an idiot of myself here and sure as my arse is round it won't be the last. I'm just really looking forward to this movie. I'm probably just peeved coz Ireland doesn't get it till Feb 1st.
EvilGreek1, eh? Not bad.
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...entitled MISSIONARY: IMPOSSIBLE. Bridget the Midget will star as Lanky Nibs, a diminutive secret agent thrust head-first into danger and intrigue. Featuring Jerry Springer as the Prime Minister of Canada.
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Jan 10, 2008 10:14:02 PM CST
The reason why this movie probably loses credibility on a format
by psalmolive
...because why would anybody other than a field cameraman for the news keep rolling instead of focusing on their own self preservation?
You can't expect me to believe one of those GAP ad guys at the OLD NAVY party at the beginning of this movie has the balls to keep rolling and start running like an emo-metrosexual coward.
If anyone mentions the WTC collapsing as an example of the general public keeping their cameras rolling- no- even the camera-men ran. Real war photographers know how to shoot this type of film- there is no reason any member of the general public would be running with a rolling camera the entire time.
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Jan 10, 2008 10:15:26 PM CST
...formative level... that's the last two words in my subject
by psalmolive
That's what the rest of my subject said, didn't realize it was cut off.
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...for the peace treaty. we are now at defcon 5. or whatever you're at when everybody loves everybody, sorry, it's obvious that i'm a girl.
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Lower back injury suffered about 11 1/2 years ago left my legs paralyzed for 6 months. Came back from that, but 2 years ago, when I shattered my left leg - I was stuck in a cast for too long, gained too much weight, which reapplied pressure to the lower back, causing a numbness and a lack of balance. With the Lapband surgery later this year, I'll be afforded a way to deal with the weight issue, which will allow for the pressure to be relieved and allow me back in weight training and the gym. And to say I'm quite excited about this year and getting this weight off, and recapturing my life. I cannot wait!
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Just to defend myself, I drew that partly in jest in under two hours. Hoping it would be more of an old school Kaiju (sp?) flick. Y'know, man in suit. Anyway, glad to hear that the film is good. I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for the review!
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Careful now!
I'm former IRA.
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how can you be former? don't they dig a hole in the desert for former members? or, wait, that's the mafia.
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Instead it's emo-metrosexual-orlando bloom-kids you couldn't possibly care about any less. There are no real men or women in cinema anymore- just a bunch of kids posing as adults. This hunk of junk probably makes AVP2 (which suffered from the same Hannah Montana kid syndrome) look like Citizen Kane.
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i dunno...i could see it, the filming. don't you think today's wretched young abercrombie iphone types would RELISH something like buildings being knocked over by a monster? or am i just cynical beyond belief? i hate young people on general principle, so...
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I've lost my place in the world.
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Jan 10, 2008 10:24:32 PM CST
Once New York is destroyed, it's renamed CLOVERFIELD
by darthmrbelvedere
tru dat
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Trust me, an Aussie living in Japan for 18 months , and if you are a single guy and want to meet the best looking ladies in the world head this way. Not sure if Rob lives or die, but doubt he will get to Japan, thats why this movie is a Tragedy.
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i wanted to add: i almost think it's BECAUSE of the 9/11 footage (and similar footage of other atrocities) that would spur a character like the cameraman to shoot something like this, you know? like, 'oh shit, yeah, this is awful, but LOOK WHAT I GOT!'
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could it happen. Monster destroys the entire US of A ... wait thats already happened .. GEORGE W BUSH ... that mutha kanucka screwing up america has costed my mortgage here is Australia to increase $80 a month. bloody bitch
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.. that would explain why he would have absolutely no desire for self-preservation. "Can you operate a camera?" "Operate a camera? I AM A CAMERA!!"
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Now let's all go out for frosty chocolate milkshakes!
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Not a huge fan of some of the language used in your reviews but they are colorful nonetheless. Here's to hoping that Cloverfield is as good as you say it is. I've read your story on Wiki (as reliable as it can be) and you've definitely had your fair share of hard times. Hope all goes well with the surgery later this year. I'll keep you in my prayers.
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No offence Harry, well actually f@#k it, take offence,whatever, but your movie reviews are about as reliable as the "pull-out" method when your drunk.
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I STILL want to know if that headline was a typo?
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Now that you've resolved your issues I can finally go to bed. Just wanted to see how the saga ended. Thanks for the entertainment! ;)
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...because otherwise there's no movie. I know the game in here is to nitpick these movies as much as possible in order to score credibility points with fellow internet addicts, but really, suspend your disbelief just a TINY bit, have it stand on one leg maybe, you might actually find yourself enjoying a movie. And Harry, good luck with the surgery and all that, sounds like you have a good plan to get to where you want to be, and I imagine one minor benefit to that will be watching these sniping talkback motherfuckers eat crow. Harry Knowles is next year's Little Miss John Popper.
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Since Jim Henson's Creature Shop made that Space Worm from ESB... Wait, that looks very WhaleClamish...
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Australia gets this on the 17th
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But for the most passable ones, you should go to Thailand.
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Do you have some interesting stories to tell?
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I've been wanting to see this flick for quite some time - Lost and Alias are amazing, MI:III was pretty decent, and it seems JJ Abrams can't lose. I read the production notes pretty closely today and I read something about Hud vs. the Monster.
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I forgot about that fact .. Im so watching it at Epping Plaza am 17th then coming on here and messing with peoples mind....
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Just stating the facts.
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Jan 10, 2008 10:48:28 PM CST
Harry, did you see the Star Trek teaser???***********
by allpowerfulwizardofoz
If so what comments do you have about that?
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that the best looking women are on AICN, but it wouldn't be a joke, it would be...uh...a lie.
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Jan 10, 2008 10:51:07 PM CST
I bet their are plenty of hot chicks cruising this site
by caruso_stalker217
Surely the fanboys believe that Kristen Bell is among them?
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giant points to xi for goin' there. actually i used to be hot but then i stopped caring, and then i got married. zing!
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It's obviously the fuckin' Go-Bots.
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It's a ripoff of the Blair Witch Project. For the love of god. Put down the magazine and zip up, people. It's the Blair Witch Project. *Yawn*.
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That was one of the best TB smackdowns I've seen in a while. It's hard to fire back when you're looking in a mirror with egg on you're face. Good job sir.
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...from coast to coast.
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I've been reading this site for the better half of 6 or so years and I am hard pressed to find such an overly-recommended movie than this. This is the "go see this fucking movie" review equivalent to the "dont' go see this fucking movie" review that accompanied The Cell - and we all remember that. Color me unconvinced. Harry, you have a history of pimping movies that have no business being called "great" and we all know that but we will all take this review to heart and love the shit out of it when it comes out. That being said, I am looking forward to this movie in a capacity that cannot be mathced and I eagerly anticipate its release. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go see the brilliance that is There Will Be Blood on Saturday. PTA RULES!
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Just trying to get the TB count for this topic to be #1. JJ/Paramount paid me...so keep flaming...fucks...
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is the film supposed to be "found footage" re-broadcast? Why are the faces of those soldiers blurred?
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More of a paraphrase, I'd say. RDJ's delivery is difficult to duplicate.
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I'm going to see this film, instead of going to my homecoming. It's only my freshman so they'll be more, but this movie looks great!
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ocula and xiphos did u 2 connect on myspace and are planning to smoke each others lightsabers later on?
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I can't tell if Harry is a paid shill for Cloverfield (and has been for months) or all this is genuine. I guess it is a new gigantic monster movie, which is tailor made for this site..maybe I'm just too jaded and cynical in my old age..i dunno.
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Jan 10, 2008 11:10:22 PM CST
SO HARRY, WHAT IF I TRY TO TAKE A PIC AT THAT PARTY/SCREENING?
by bringingsexyback
What kind of security are we talking about here? I wanna give Mori a scoop to post on TB, but no way am I letting someone abscond with my phone, man.
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NUFF SAID
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Jan 10, 2008 11:12:26 PM CST
HEY XI, I GOTTA CATCH UP BUT ARE U AND EVILGEEK FIGHTING?
by bringingsexyback
Over a ManateeWhalePig? Not worth it!
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Step up, bitch.
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He seems like a cool guy.
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I appreciate it. I do admit it brings quite the smile to my face when projecting anal rapage on Anchorite. I'm glad others get enjoyment from it too!
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Hey Harry, I hope it's every bit as good as you say it is. Ever since I've first read about this film on here and saw the teaser before Transformers, I was waiting for a kick ass monster movie. Can't wait to see it in the city next week!
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Since when? Is this a weight issue with him, or just some crippling event I managed to miss in a random talkback?
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on this site. That's why I read the TB's...to laugh my ass off. And also to shit talk the AVP movies, but mostly to laugh!
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dude i'm not gay - but my boyfriend is ....
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Human interest stories are great and all, but shit, I wanna see a big fucking monster. Godzilla was missing for half the movie, War of the Worlds was great only when shit was getting vaporized. It's about time we got a full-on monster smash-em crash-em extravaganza but this seems like another step back.
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Just do what I do. Say ok dear will see that if you want, but later we're gonna do something that I want to do.
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cannot wait for this movie. this is my fav genre, and i admit at first i was turned off by the hand-held thing, but this could bring the genre back in full force like the late 50's/ early 60's. abrams was right in saying that america needs there own godzilla, because america's track record with the genre is very very bad as we all know ha
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make it seem like he died early and the movie was about how he left instructions for Swank to go on ... definitely not something that I found appealing. The commercials make it appear to be something totally different. Needless to say I'm not investing time nor money to find out the truth ... but if your gal makes you go, yeah, bring a portable media player. I watched Goodfellas during The Golden Compass.
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Didn't mean to pull an Anchorite on you. But that was in the trailers ...
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Harry, great review! But do you think this monster will become iconic (ala Godzilla, the Sarlacc, etc...) or is it a bit too complex/blurry for that? I'm sorry to hear about your current health situation, but glad to hear that things are looking up in the New Year!
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Like you could ever find me at my residence in La Grande, Oregon. I'm too well hidden. On the corner of Washington Avenue and 10th St. So I'd like to see you try. And how can you like that fat orange fuck?
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even wears, like, girl clothing. Icky
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know your role and be occulas bitch already
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Goddamn it!!! I have a Hiatal Hernia. Do you have any clue how much that fucker hurts!!!! And how easy it is to reaggrevate or stress it out.--------- Let's just say women never ride on top, and I cant lift things over 50 pounds. You think this Lapband might not cause a possible risk for this.---- Dude eat nothing but bran and fruits and vegetables and a bag of nuts everyday. You will lose the weight.-----------------
No more soda, no more meat, booze, junk food.
Oatmeal, water, real juice with no corn syrup, vegetables, and fruits as much as you want! And soy based foods and a very small daily serving of nuts for protein with a multivitamin.-------- Stay the fucking course, and you will win the war. I don't let my pain control me, lose some of this weight and soon you'll feel much better and be capable of a more active life style. You can hate me for giving a shit about your well being.---------- The lapband is bullshit. A lazy man's out. You are your own Will. You just have to fight real hard. PJ did it. If you really want it, you will get it!!! Just keep thinking blood clots, and massive heart attack, and stroke!----The sad thing is you go lap band but you still eat shitty food that has to much cholesterol and sodium and all that ungood for you shit and you still get the big HA or Stroke 10 years later. -
Jan 10, 2008 11:43:15 PM CST
HEY CARUSO - I GOT A FRIEND WHO LIVES ON SPRING AVE
by bringingsexyback
near Washington Avenue in La Grande ... are you anywhere near there?
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make her yours forever. Lucky dog.
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what's next? a superhero movie with handheld camera told from the onlookers' pov? already done in the comics by alex ross.
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Until Rambo comes out. NOT! (Did I just say NOT?)
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There IS no La Grande, Oregon! A-ha! Ahahaha! Okay, I can't lie. It exists. Spring Avenue sounds like a much nicer part of town, where I am not welcome.
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I Google-mapped Washington and 10th, and picked a street up the block. Hehe
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It ain't too hard to figure out. That intersection is by Blockbuster, actually. I'm within walking distance of the movie theater and the soul-less corporate movie chain.
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Even now, sitting in my small house in the undisclosed northwestern state of Oregon, I'm laughing at your feeble attempts to threaten me.
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No - what is GREAT about the monster isn't necessarily the design... but the way it moves, its ferocity, the way you can't really pin it down. Even though you get a full on face shot in the sun... It's hard to pin down.
An ICONIC monster is one that the second you saw it, you know it for the rest of your life. Off a single viewing, I can't say that about the Cloverfield Monster... Instead - I can only say I Love the way it fights, the way it moves, the way it sounds and even the way it looked... it looked freaky and abnormal and batshit crazy. I just can't use the word ICONIC. -
I don't live at the corner of Washington and 10th. I'm on the corner of Washington and Island. Jesus, I'm dense.
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anyone read miller's 'big guy and rusty'? from the reviews here seems like the monster's 'abilities' is similar to miller's comics.
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I am extremely happy you will be losing weight and regaining your mobility at the same time! Ok, enough of the sappy stuff, where in the hell is your Rocky Balboa review? I never saw it and I can't find it anywhere!!!
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You called down the thunder, well now you've got it! So run, you cur... RUN! Tell all the other curs the law's comin'! You tell 'em I'M coming... and hell's coming with me, you hear? Hell's comin' with me!
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Jan 11, 2008 12:18:54 AM CST
It's from one of the few good westerns in the last 20 years
by caruso_stalker217
And a film that I'm actually not that big a fan of, but enjoy quoting. I'm talking, of course, about GHOSTS OF MARS.
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Actually - it's because I woke up, went to the theater and saw the movie.... didn't do anything first - I didn't even drop a couple you in the bowl.
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After watching that horrendous trailer from two years back. "I am your KING!!!"
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I lie a lot, so you'll have to be specific.
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a monster flick that takes place generations after the initial monster attack; society has crumbled, resources are slim, and we get to watch how the surviving humans live under the constant attack of very naughty monsters. Is Cloverfoot anything like that? Because it should be. I will see this movie five weeks after it opens, dominates, and is nearing DVD release date. Nice review, Harry.
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It was from TOMBSTONE. And as cheesy as GHOSTS OF MARS is, I actually like it more than I should.
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But I'm afraid I can't do that. I have my new ZODIAC DVD that I've been meaning to watch.
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And kill old lady.
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It's a Lion and it's huge!!!
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Although I'm not down with the slang the kids are using these days. "Man, that shit was FUCKLE!"
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Jan 11, 2008 12:45:51 AM CST
"Like SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, but instead of Nazis it’s a giant mon
by santiagoatez
Seriously, did he just write that? How many years has this site been up? And it's still written like an 8-year-old on a sugar high.
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Catch you on the flippity-flop.
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Who wins?
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not the monster
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That is as good a monster as I have ever seen.
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Also, wheres the DVD column, Mr. Yoko? We have ways of making you type! And lasers; we have lots of fucking lasers, too.
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almost had a bunch of people fooled on some Cloverfield talkback a few weeks ago. But that's what krack does. Messes with yo mind.
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Jan 11, 2008 1:05:49 AM CST
Harry...so did you see the Star Trek teaser??????
by allpowerfulwizardofoz
If so will you comment on it?
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yeah, somebody had to do it. sorry guys. hey bsb my man how you doin? thanks for telling that guy i'm a girl, we have to spread the gospel. i love litesabers!
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and therefore by the time i come back to this TB, it will probably be about scientology and mike huckabee. such is the river of life. nite nite
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Godzilla but done like blair witch. Sounds like a pretty straight to video kind of pitch actually. Nice to know that all the hype was for shit, and those following it are every bit as dumb as the nay sayers called them. I mean, the very first story alluded to Godzilla meets Blair Witch, and the first review from AICN is...Godzilla meets Blair Witch. But its kicks ass because Harry lacks the abillity and vocabulary to construct a sentence to describe how the re-invnted godzilla looks. Looks pretty damn yawn worthy.
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It'll be interesting to read what both Moriarty and Massa say about Cloverfield in their reviews, as Harry seems to have overhyped it a little too much, since the movie only had a low $US 30 mill budget.
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....with a really awesome insane brilliant monster that is uber pissed off and crayzay!!!!!!
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Giant monster smashes shit. Some guy chases girl, Miracle Mile style across city. She probally doesn't die. Awkwardly forced to be made to appear as found footage. Sort of like Rendition and Diary Of The Dead or Blair Witch. But Godzilla. There you go. Ruined. I hope this film is as good as the the shelf life of HD-DVD is long.
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*Pushes Occula towards the exit with a long stick*
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It's this crazy whale with crab legs and has all kinds of parasites on it's body, as it "rubs" off on a building, the parasites fly off and attack the people -- yay...
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and....
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Just to clear up a longstanding issue of contentious Cloverfield debate, is there, or is there not, reasonable grounds to describe the creature in terms of what one would consider to be mane-sporting, gold-furred, or predatory-cat-like?
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Was the first movie to use the whole, recovered footage, first person account idea, not Blair Witch. Not that I'm a fan of the flick, but let's give credit where credit is due. Also proof that innovation doesn't mean good.
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pissed off
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often do.
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That was truly disgusting. Why, Talkback? Why must you continuously corrupt the innocent with your foul debauchery? WHY??? So anyway the main reasons I've heard from the naysayers to not see this are: 1. "It uses the handheld camera like (jangling suspense music) BLAIR WITCH DID! Oh noes!", 2. "It has a monster in it!" and 3. "The camera moves around!" To which I say, pshhh.
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Twas an albino that maimed my pa.
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...I mean, I rent and enjoy sci-fi channel monster flicks. But Harry's been pimping this flick for so long and so shamelessly that it gets my ire up to watch him whore out like this. I would ask what price you could put on your dignity, but the dudes grooming habits attest to that already.
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When he directed the pilot episode of LOST, which is one of the top 5 greatest TV pilots EVER.
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You have to agree that the score to Cannibal holocaust is mucho exellento even if you don't like the rest of the film.
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that i didn't read any of the above because i am trying SO FUCKING HARD to remain unspoiled for this film, but damn harry you are one lucky fuck for getting to see it a week early. envious, me? HELL YES!
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Here's hoping.
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I'm still trying to find out how I can get into that shit. I'm in Brooklyn, and I just wanna wish him luck out in Japan. Plus I know he just fucked that cute chick I always see him with, so I'm hoping he'll turn her on to me. And Rob's weak, so I know he didn't put it down so she's probably still real horny. Help me out here people.
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you know anything bout this party?
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This is an excerpt from an online review. It's from a screening at Michigan State (the guy has the ticket stub to prove it).
Here ya' go: Ok, so, what does the monster look like? Well, it's really hard to explain. You never really get a clear shot of it... it's always surrounded by a dust cloud and pops out only for a second (plus it was a HUGE lecture hall and by the time I got in, I was sitting pretty far back :( ). But from what I saw:
It walks on four legs. Has an alien like face (with red sacs on the side of the head that inflate as it breathes). Super long whip like tail. The arms/legs it walks on are very long and some what human like.. maybe ape like. Long fingers that grip on to buildings and such. Hairless. Grey. Some what long face but HUGE jaw (that snaps out like an alligator).
4. Ok, big monsters aren't that scary. But what is? TINY HUMAN SIZED monsters!! (DUNDUNDUUUUN!) Parasites (or babies, who knows) drop off of the monster and turn into spider/crocodile things. They are FAST and MEAN.
They're kind of hard to see in the movie since they move/attack so fast, but they have really long snouts and move with multiple arms like a spider. They can hang from the ceiling and their bite as poisionous. They are what made the movie scary for me.
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that the monster is the mutated form of, or was incubated in, Noriko Yoshida, the woman who disappeared whilst looking for the tastiest ingredient on the ocean floor?
Is the ingredient in fact the "seed" of the parasites, and like in Alien, once implanted the human becomes an incubator?
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because it's in the viewpoint of the people on the ground. Well, I thought that the movie SIGNS did that already. That they did the alien invasion from the viewpoint of the people not directly involved in the attack.
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The monsters sound pretty cliche IMHO. I really liked the idea of the whale. Oh well, maybe next time.
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actually HARRY!!!!
The truth is finally revealed... harry is a plant!
oh and the cloverfield monster is a lion...
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big ups on the surgery and stuff... hope it goes well!
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this movie looks insane and im pumped to hear it is. can't wait and good review harry
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WHHaaAT is up with these huge, alive sea monsters attacking our City? I mean, come on people!
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Jan 11, 2008 3:06:10 AM CST
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN...with a giant monster - in CHUNKORAMA Visio
by harryblackpotter
Ha ha. Brilliant. Should be a fun movie, but beware people with motion sickness! Do you want to be covered in puke? 90 minutes of up close, hand held, jerky, vomit inducing video footage is gonna make for queazy viewing. Blair Witch was bad enough but this puke-fest will take it to a new level.
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Remember when every new piece of info on the 1-18-08 and Slusho sites, no matter how small, resulted in tons of speculation and deciphering? Were there actually ANY hidden messages and clues on those sites? I mean people were deconstructing the photos as if the number of pixels on someones nose yielded secret hidden information. Will we be able to see any such hidden messages on those sites in retrospect?
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and hype build-up this sounds like there may be a decent pay-off in an inovative creature feature. I had reservations about the characters, knowing that it was pretty much focussed on their perception of events that the film impinges upon, it would either succeed or fail on this and of course the Cloverfield monster. Sounds promising now, going to give it a punt.
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The monster goes ape/batshit. Thanks for clearing that up.
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Just remember Monkeybone. Can't he be enthusiastic about a film without people accusing him of being corrupt? The guys LIFE is movies. Don't you think it follows that he would get this worked up over one he's enjoyed? Damn cynics.
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However it will be tough convincing my wife to see it since I took her to see Alien vs Predator last week...So the next movie has to be a girlie movie...
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What a bunch of bullshit.
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..of the Star Trek Trailer.
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The present tense "don't" apply? I'm not sure you should be handing down linguistic decrees of any nature. Awful sentence structure as well. Typical castrato showing bravado holding the mighty shield of online anonymity.
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..i demand at least one word...
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Jan 11, 2008 6:01:49 AM CST
"Typical castrato showing bravado holding the mighty shield of o
by iammrmonkey!
Don't know why but I really like that line. I may save it and use it on someone in the future.
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It's Heads Up Display.
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I overheard the monster was definitely a big alien, with many parasite like little aliens that fall off him. When one of the smaller aliens bite you, you get sick, like Outbreak sick and then...YOU BLOW UP!!! take it to the bank
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I can't help wishing it was less about people and more about the monster. Personally, I wanted to know where it came from, why it's pissed and how they try to destroy it. I wanted to see the boffins in labcoats (and the obligatory sexy female scientist that's always in giant monster flicks) figuring this shit out, and the army blazing away innefectually at the monster as it stomps things flat.
Ok, it sounds like there's some of that, but the whole human-cost thing is making me think the monster may as well be an asteroid, a nuclear strike, a terrorist plot or anything else that can destroy without compunction - so why bother with the critter in the first place? That and the inflate-o-virus/venom/whatever the hell it is (and if she pops and more parasites pop out I'm gonna laugh the house down and demand the Alien calls its lawyers) thing is just plain silly.
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Greetings to my old Bridget crew caruso_stalker217&MrSaxon!
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"I wanted to see the boffins in labcoats (and the obligatory sexy female scientist that's always in giant monster flicks) figuring this shit out, and the army blazing away innefectually at the monster as it stomps things flat."Isn't the point of CLOVERFIELD, that it isn't like all the other monster movies ever made? Perhaps you should just rent out Godzilla?
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Aparently Nestle and some of the other major food companies have started a advertising campaign in Europe to promote Cloverfield, where they change around their packaging and the product name. It's to run for a few weeks. They didn't give a lot of details but said the first product to hit the shelves will be I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT VOLTRON!!!
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thanks for the review, harry. can't wait to see this!
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Yeah, I'll definitely have to check it out. (How about launching this flick on Xbox LIVE download, too? ...heh,heh. But hey, the odds of me seeing it would increase dramatically!)
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Who gets sick at shaky-cam?
by The Dum Guy Jan 10th, 2008
07:43:59 PM
Old people, thats who.
Anyone under 30 that is used to playing 3rd-person shooters and the like, won't have a problem with "car-sickness".
Umm yeah, it's 1st person shooter. If retards like yourself would spend more time paying attention in school than on your videogames, you'd know things like this. -
You've become a corporate whore, fella, and you're no longer relevant.
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Makes me dizzy.
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Maybe the Monster is Harry after all the studios feed him to get him to hype their films.
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Didn't know about the wheel chair thing so I did some surfing. Wow. I always believed we should take Harry's reviews for a grain of salt, but I guess the stories I read confirmed it. Obviously you shouldn't believe everything you read, but I have to admit that it has changed my view of this site a bit.
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Nothing J.J. has up his sleeve can trump the AWESOME that is Rambormers: Quadruple Midget Amputee Robots from Space! This summer, the largest battle on earth will be fought...by little people.
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I've been excited about this movie since I first saw the trailer. I had hoped that this would be a new Godzilla movie. It better be as good as you say it is, Harry...
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I'm sure I'll go see this, but I can't help thinking of the fraud that was the Blair Witch Project.
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...It's a lime!"
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I rarely pay attention to what reviewers write, but I like the way you write, Harry. Even if I didn't, I LOVE the talkbackers. Since last year when the Cloverfield BS started and I joined the talkbacks, I've learned so much from you guys: how to insult someone else's mom in new and ever crueler ways; even more digusting ways to refer to female genitalia; and, yes, just a little about the strength of the human spirit. Just wanted to say, I love you all!
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of shaky cam? Sorry, but even if it's a great plot and story I won't sit through that. It's all i see in the commercials, and I'm not spending ten bucks on it if it's that way throughout.
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Okay, what's with all the midget references on all these talkbacks? I want in on the joke!
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That's where Harry's head is and I won't believe this review until I see the movie myself. Sounds good, but I'll reserve judgment.
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I want Ralph Fiennes to play me. He's older but I don't care.TB: THE TRUE STORIES - "A tale of mother insults, female genitalia and the strength of the human spirit."
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Then at no time should we see this kid's camera, unless someone else had a camera and was filming HIM. In the trailer, I recall a girl asking a guy on a passing horse-and-carriage if he was filming this. He says that stupid line about, "yeah...people will want to know how it all went down." Okay, but if THAT guy is the cameraman, who's filming THEM? I guess maybe there's something I don't know, having not seen it yet.
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Experiment gone wrong, has he awoken etc???
Great review, Harry. That review has got me revved up even more. What suck though is that we here in England don't get until two weeks after America!!!! FUCKERS -
Uma Thurman, though she's older, in TB: BEHIND THE SCREENS.
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Check out the Stallone TB entries from yesterday. I forget how midgets came up, but at one point someone made fun of me, and I tried making them feel badly about it by announcing that I'm an incontinent quadruple amputee blind deafmute minority ethnic midget with a colostomy bag. I think that's how it started.
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has no true origin. Perhaps it was simply dispatched by God to punish us for our sins. To cleanse the world of evil. And perhaps that is why it looks like giant walking labia with warts and tent-estacles and a pachyderm-trunklike clitoris for a nose. I can't wait for the childrens illustrated books to read to my kids at night. "Why yes, son, that is the monster's labia majoris, and it's holding that bus driver with a tent-estacle because it's going to consume him. But first it might dip him in chocolate."
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some dude will sure come up and try to kill you(anal shit,your mother jokes...)for being nice around here.
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How good could it be?
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And I'm not a bud :-). But thanks for the warning! And times are changing--didn't you know that "i love you" is the new "fuck off"?
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and I did not mean you sad it,I meant THEY will go Anal on you for being nice.
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that's not so much better!
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First movie I'm excited to see of 2008. Next after that, Rambo. After that, Vantage Point. Now to ban myself from any movie sites so that this isn't spoiled anymore than it is for me...
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Starring Darth Rambo as Wallace Fett
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Remember the monster in Hellboy? The one that Rasputin was trying to release? Big old horse eye, shapeless body, lots of tentacles, big beyond belief. Yep, I think that covers it.
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Short AND sweeeet
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you finished your midget double penetration?
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...the Japanese would all instantly run outside their buildings, look up, point at the beastie... and instantly give it a name. OH! LOOK! Abramsadon! We must flee!
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Then why the January release date?
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..i mean...wasnt the trailer supposed to be attached to cloverfield ? I STILL DEMAND AT LEAST A WORD...
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... Well... it IS set in New York, I guess...
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Rampage?
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Jan 11, 2008 8:47:00 AM CST
Whew , just made it in time for the midget jokes.
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
Whats the best thing about rooting a midget? Hearing the spleen snap....... The worst bit? pulling the splinters out of your johnson.
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Jan 11, 2008 8:53:14 AM CST
"The movie is a landmark genre film. A true milestone in film."
by kayleefan
You gotta be F'ing kidding me...
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The producers will talking about a shot that shows the inside of the monster's mouth.
That's been the kiss of death for some awful films. Like Jaws 3D, Dragonheart, the Gamera movie were they kids take the little submarine and go in his stomach..etc..
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The special effects dudes said the monster acts like a scared animal, who is frightened and confused.
Fuck that noise. if JJ really want to make an American Godzilla, the monster should be a pissed off, world hating force of nature that can't be stopped.
That was the formula from the best Godzilla films, like the original, Godzilla vs. The Thing, and GMK.
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At least that's the aspect ratio I saw from the trailer.Where can I get that camera?
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Gotta get in on the Short Round talk.
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From what I understand, the name "Cloverfield" was the title given to the monster project by the U.S. military. I'm wondering, why bother with a secret name for a project that frankly isn't so secret? This monster is as tall as a building, right? And kills half the city? Why bother opening a special secret government section for it? 'Sno secret.
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...but I have no doubt it will make a shitload of money because there's absolutely nothing else on the radar this month.
On the plus side, employees at my friendly neighborhood movie theater will have one less pile of regurgitated popcorn and nachos to clean up from the motion sickness.
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marketing has made me hate this film. also, i was kind of hoping for a giant whale man (ala Blowhole from the tick) so the fact that its some other big monster has me depressed. i couldn't get through harry's review because its TOO glowing. the movie better blow me to live up to harry's ass-kissingly over-the-top positive review. also, the film should cure cancer and hand out million dollar gold bricks. suck it.
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... since Superman Returns!!!
Actually, I expect this one could be good.
Mr Saxon, I love it when you pontificate about midget double-penetration. You really are quite the genius.
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Instead, Im sorry for people who find themselves confined to a wheelchair, and thus, give up on themselves and waste away like a potted plant being fed and changed like a giant infant. On the other hand, Harry found something that excited him, and he poured his effort and his energy and his heart into it, and the payoff is that wheelchair or no, he's living more of a life than most people you see walking the sidewalks.
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Jan 11, 2008 9:31:47 AM CST
In what way is this film different from "The Blair Witch Project
by uss cygnus
Please, Agent Starling. Enthrall me with your acumen. Like "Under Siege" started the "Die Hard" on/in a __________." This is "The Blair Witch Project" in A Godzilla Movie. As I said, some people need to just put down the magazine and zip up here. I can't believe people are bowing at the altar of this film as anything even approaching original thought.
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I will watch it, for the same reason a person stops to watch a car wreck. If you are going to dog on something, it is always good to be informed about it. The best we can hope for that it won't be as bad as Dean Devlins' Godzilla, It is a low bar, I know.
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He slip on the lice costume, and then they just mutiple the shot, like Michael Fox in Back to the Future 2.
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Jan 11, 2008 9:36:05 AM CST
the monster is the clit, and jj is like the tongue, worjing the
by ironic_name
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and I'm aware jj is not directing.
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midget sex action.In Usbekistan they dont know nothing about Cloverfield,much like anybody in this TB.
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...Re: The mouth shot - Have you read MEG? If not, at the end that's how the Megalodon dies, so if it's made into a film (eventually), I'm sure you will be spitting feathers by what you will see.
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I fucking HATE the 20-something douchebags in the recent trailers. I want them to die horrible, horrible, graphically spectacular deaths - each and every one of them. Who parented this generation of prissy, body-fearing narcissists?
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You need to teach the German nation about proper midget hummers.
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Jan 11, 2008 9:42:51 AM CST
in my-a countriiii, iz two midget forrr price of one human!
by ironic_name
yachzemash!
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Your reaction to my post is both strange and disturbing, much like the thought of seeing you in your pajamas typing away on your computor in your parents' basement.
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I THOUGHT I TOLD NEVER'DCOMEINHERE!THINK MCFLY, THINK! *dnk dnk dnk*
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I'm glad to hear that this is a potentially reversible condition and that you plan to make every effort to do so. I'm not a doctor but I'd venture that you probably have 10 years left, and making some important changes now could easily triple and quintuple that prognosis.
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You're a lot funnier and better looking that Mr Saxon, that's for sure!
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to have my lovechild with Mr Saxon!Keep on humming Baby.
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Wasn't that supposed to be out by now?
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Wasn't that supposed to be out by now?
I know we had Shark Attack 3: Megaladon. It is hard to top that. But with the director of "the haunting" remake attached to direct MEG, how it it suck? "It's about family!"...shudder at that line. -
Jan 11, 2008 9:57:45 AM CST
travis, I don't care what anyone says about you...
by mcfly in the ointment
You are too good for Mr Saxon. Can't you see he's just using you to get out of his parents' basement?
But, more importantly, what the hell are you doing in Usbekistan? Are you just touring the world's most difficult-to-pronounce locations???
I look forward to touching base when you reach uherg39u5^%@#(@istan!
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The ansewr is Best Buy or Sony store. Just letterbox any HD camcorder footage which is 1:1.78. Crop off a bit of the top and bottom and voila 1:2.35!
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Would prefer to see MEG movie, massive fuck off shark- bring it on. Cannot seem to get excited about Cloverfield for some reason, despite Harry's review. I am not sure whether it is the handheld thing or because of the 1998 version of Godzilla, maybe a combination of both. Has anyone seen the Asian film The Host, I have heard great things and they are making a sequel called...er The Host 2.
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This quite puts Harry in league with Joel Siegel. Lets get this straight.. this camcorder piece of shit is now up there with:
Birth of a Nation
The Wizard of Oz
Casablanca
The Godfather(s)
Pulp Fiction ...
yikes
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I'm sure this has been posted here before. It's a psycho whale, and it's huge. http://tinyurl.com/2kxeyu
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i don't mind being wrong, i figured it was either a)fake or b)old news. i'll still share.
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let me guess, you have four mouths?
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For days I was thinking, "Wow, it's a...big...whale. K."
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...or is this new? I mean, I kinda feel bad talking about it, but I've been dropping by AICN for almost a decade now, so Harry's kind of like that snarky comic book store owner that you have no choice but to talk to every week when you pick up your file. He's not a friend, not really even an acquaintance, sometimes his views are spot on, most of the time they're wack... but dammit, he's a fixture. So if one day he's suddenly in a wheelchair, you wanna know...WTF?
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I also have four cocks for your four assholes.
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fucking mandalorian sage, i thought his ass was out of here. and i was right...the TB DID mention tom cruise while i was asleep! awesome.
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Harry - I had no clue you were in a wheelchair. Is it the weight thing, an injury or both?
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that everyone else commenting here is a guy? I was just fucking with you, trying out the mom-bashing skills i was thanking everyone for earlier. Thanks for the offer, but I'm up to my holes in cocks as it is.
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Then this movie could be complete trash and one of the worst movies of the year. That is the problem with Harry giving 5 boners to every movies based on nothing more than some geeky notion of cool. Might as well just read the Maxim review because they do the exact same thing without even watching their movies. IN the end we are all confused of WHAT to think because Harry humps practically every "geek" movie and is bound to be right at some point, but more often than not he's wrong.
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You're like the guys who get into fights on the interstate and pull over to discover the other driver is in a wheelchair, and then you wet yourself. Maybe instead of being idiots who point at people and say "HAHA FATTY" you might take this opportunity to point at yourself and say "HAHA JACKASS" and maybe learn something in the process.
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most of the TBers ARE guys. you have to ease in slow, pal.
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thats just to much man!
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i'm sure we appreciate the 411, but it's kinda hard to read that much text in that format without your eyes crossing and your brain misfiring.
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but, I do plan on being there for opening weekend, albeit sitting at a comfortable distance.
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I was just irritated by the constant male-on-male suggestions at me. Ease in slow? Uhm, ok, ahem, hello everyone, I may or may not have a penis.
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if this movie had a screenwriter. So I did a little homework and it turns out it does! Drew Goddard.
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spread the pink and let me ease in slow!I hope thats enough male on female for ya:-)
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Did he shoot this as one continueous take, or are there cuts like in Blair Witch? Do we get black screen, then scene? I actually think that adds to the tension. Also, is the shakey cam really bad enough that you need to sit away from the screen? I appologize if this has been talked about already. Thanks.
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EASE IN SLOW!woo woo!sorry.
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I was watching dead mans chest today and that bit at the end when they are going up river surrounded by moaning natives, well all I could think was if those natives wanted to eat the midget. Then I heard the voice of Calypso in my head " Too eet a midjett is verrry lucky."
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removethespaces
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way to follow through, man!
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Wow, how you can have time to be on here with all the P you must get with that smooth talk, I'll never guess! :-P Yeah, I only resurface when there's cloverfield news, since I joined TB last year after the trailer came out. I thoroughly enjoy the manlove/hate that goes on here.
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Jan 11, 2008 11:17:19 AM CST
I hear "Too eet a midjett is verrry lucky" in my head often..
by ironic_name
Melis, marry me.
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Thanks for the review, Harry! Great to hear Cloverfield some ass. I wasn't sure...
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SMOOOOTH!
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can you explain one more time how you do the paragraphing thing? thx. sorry everybody, i cut class when this was taught.
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HYPNOTOAD!
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their starting to circle
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getting my back. I'm in no danger. No one can hold a candle to my boyfriend. So seriously, what have a missed in the last few months about Cloverfield? Is it coming out soon? ha
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Do they really show emotion as I've heard, like the whiteness that is shown when someone is really pissed off or suprised?
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for realsies, occula?if so:see this picture http://tinyurl.com/27khj2
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I found this online today and thought it might be related to the movie. Check it out
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I KNow that he had an accident, several years ago and tripped on some ice and was in hospital and then a wheel chair later on . but I thought he was over that. So what happened. He did hint he was on a diet or something for his wedding. How is Harry in a wheel chair. I know that harry is tubby due to his accident.
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and cookies.same here, although not as magnificently jabba-esque as the massive fat ginger haired sellout.
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hiIamtravis
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..cats in the cradle..
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you're a pal.sorry to be a girl about it.ps, way to shake shit up with your upside-down typing!
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http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=457099#457099
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Sounds uber-intense, even more so than what's shown on the trailers. My question is, Harry, did you take your nephew to see it? My 13-year-old wants to see it. Is it going to give him nightmares? He doesn't scare easily. For what it's worth, he didn't freak out too much watching I Am Legend.
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occula: anything, for a lady..travis: my work here, IS DONE.*flies off with the karate kid song in his head*..(you're the best. YET! nuthinsevergonnabreakyoudown!)..
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"Sorry to be a girl about it"? No wonder it's a dickfest in here :) Oh, sorry Proofer, for the language.
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yep, you got it. i've been flying under the radar for a long time but now it's out of the closet. aaaaand once the metaphor-mixing starts, it's time for more coffee.
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A street in Santa Monica?
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I just watched the five minute clip of Cloverfield on a site and the same oil rig collapse happens in the party on a TV set telling about an oil rig collapsing. The same type disaster happens in this clip as well, Could it be more marketing mysteries from JJ?
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I thought you were being a misogynist or something. But now I've blown your cover? Shit, I feel like Scooter Libby. My sincerest apologies.
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You're apologizing to me? No need! There does seem to be a lot of testosterone on these talkbacks. We'd better leave now, or soon we'll be burping out loud, farting out loud and adjusting ourselves in public.
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i read some fake articles about it, but it was fun to watch the video, with the huge piece of shrapnel owning the people on the lifeboat. bwaha suckers!
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Jan 11, 2008 12:02:19 PM CST
Melis & Occula, now everyone here is a dick...
by mcfly in the ointment
... in fact, I have proof Mr Saxon doesn't even have one.
Superman Returns rules!!! Superman Returns rules!!! Superman Returns rules!!!
Superman Returns rules!!!
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watch over you!No Retreat,NoSurrender!
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xiphos, saxon, bsg, gaius and the whole gang of miscreants can tell you: takes a great deal to faze me. no need to apologize for anything, unless you're apologizing for shopping at wal-mart or being a scientologist (they'll also tell you i'm obsessed with operation clambake). zing!
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Strange to see you here. Like Frodo in Mordor...Welcome to AICN Talkback = The Outback of the Internet. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
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I was thinking of see NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN again. Did you still want to make out?
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...this is the guy who said HD DVD would win and here's why. When Harry gets excitable now, we all go 'oh really'?
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i got my altoids right here and i'm ready for sexy-times. i gotta see that again too, but i'm wondering if my hard-earned dollars should check out 'TWBB' first, though. or should i not believe the hype? i'm trusting your judgment, don't let me down, man.
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And is it just me, or is this site veeeeerrrrry slow right now? Next thing I know, the WHITE SCREEN OF DOOM will rear its ugly head.
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Jan 11, 2008 12:20:46 PM CST
Harry needs make wheelchair themed gifs e.g.
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
Jimmy Stewart inRear Window, Ron Kovic in Born on the 4th July, Corey Haim in Silver Bullet, Paul Sheldon in Misery(I'd love to see Annie bash Harry's legs in), Professor X, Lt Dan,The real Lebowski, Steve Martins Veteran from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, ummmmmm Viggo Mortenson in Carlitos way. That is all......for now
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something's dragging the site down. perhaps it's baltar's giant posts. I'M KIDDING, PAL! you know i just like to jerk your chain. ;)
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midget love is gone!Shame on you Gents!
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I'm outta here till Baltar Fucks off. No wonder your posts were deleted cunt-rash.
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The movies Harry loves never are.
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here, i'll help you out. uh, i'm a midget. a sexy midget. i like to - uh - do it with other midgets. while you watch. does that help matters any?
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Maybe it is not your fault but 3(three) monster POSTS!Man thats to much!Some dudes are getting really pissed!What is your point anyway?Please let me know in a SHORT and easy to read POST(no offense)what is up with YOU and Cloverfield?
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based on these http://tinyurl.com/2spa9pi did these, really quick, not arty.
http://tinyurl.com/2vhg9o
http://tinyurl.com/2j8lb6we will find out on the 17th! actually i might see it on the 16th, at a myspace exclusive. -
Gents around here who loose track when a BABE shows up.But your midget thing was kinda HOT!Can I call you Bridget?:-)
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it was cylons.
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she ain't interested. And, besides, you're never gonna make it with Bridget from wherever-istan.
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somewhere in my closet i have that hot skanky outfit the dwarf prostitute wore in 'total recall.' remember when she shot all those guys with the machine gun? that was awesome. sorry, a bit off-topic there.
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so was she 1/2 price?
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Dude, she was a fucking Ewok in Return of the Jedi! I'd tap it. This is bordering on Wookie-arousal from the Stallone TB now. Best to stop now before ensuing post removal.
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Welcome Back! When did they release you from the inter-webs limbo? If you get the chance today, give us a little of the "you know who" dance.
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140559/
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in my midget business is great!I will consider your proposition,but then again maybe not!In the mean time,since nobody gives a fuck about what you say,I say I love you(which nowadays means:FUCK off,like somebody else told me)!:) And I thought the powers to be banned you?
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What causes people to run in fear? What causes damage wherever it goes? What makes people scream and wish they had never heard of it? ………………. It’s ‘Cloverfield’!!! What is ‘Cloverfield’??? ………… ‘Cloverfield’ is the follow-up to ‘Leopard’ OS!!!! Cower in fear Mac-Users! -Stark
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C'mon gents, never let a woman come between us and our love of the short ones. Machine gun toting Ewoks wearing fishnets, 'nuff said.
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Jan 11, 2008 1:20:24 PM CST
"THIS MIDGET IS NOW THE ULTIMATE POWER IN THE UNIVERSE!"
by stuntcock mike
"I SUGGEST WE USE IT"
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2 more drawings, crap coz I couldn't be bothered.
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tinyurl.com/38vbwe
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iz nice!
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nuts
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And kill old lady.
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One of the characters on "LOST" looks like Harry for fuck sakes.
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You little midget lover you!
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I would have preferred it if it been from the viewpoint from different people filming at different times with their own cameras. This would have meant they could cut to different viewpoints and avoid the "why is he still filming?" problem. A monster movie with almost no formal narrative? Now *that* would have been groundbreaking.
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White screens abound.
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Stay on the ball AICN.
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And Dexter is now playing Young Stryker. Stay on the ball AICN.
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could the cloverfield monster beat the true king of giant monsters, godzilla? it appears from the trailers that like godzilla, cloverfield monster can take some hits from the military. so what say you?
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But Cloverfield is an anagram of
Devil Orc Elf
Velcro Field
Vice Lord Elf
perhaps its a lotr themed monster lol!
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Bad Robot have successfully kept the monster under wraps. Baltar has either seen the movie or he works for either Double negative or phil tippet studio. How can you hate something you havent seen yet. I think its a good thing that this movie has been kept under wraps. the audience will decide if it succeedes or fail in the long run. Personally I hate when studios give the game in the first trailer. Bad trailers are cannot save an atrocious movie, failure to launch and imagine me and you are two recent examples. Alien had one poster with nothing on it except The title of the film, the Egg and that tag line in space no one can hear you scream. Yes ridley has had his battles But scott is a great film maker. JJ may annoy people. but sometimes the less you know the better. People hate cruise, But mission impossible 3 had some great action scenes and it had flair, Maggie q in that red dress, she was a weapon. Cruise and abrams closed the mission impossible series by brigning it back to its tv roots.
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Seriously, Harry, I send prayers and well-wishes. You've got a great spirit for someone dealing with such things. I look forward to your recovery. Be well.
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And for the lazy assholes, here's from wikipedia about Harry: "In 1994, Knowles fell while pushing a cart up a ramp at a convention, and was subsequently run over by the cart with its 1200 pound load of memorabilia. The accident injured his back and left him virtually bedridden."
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An internet hype bomb...........So many people have been mislead.
The monster is crap....the film is crap...........Internet hype is the new 3-d.
In years to come we laugh at movies like this......like we laugh at movies with the Tingler on our seats.....
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An internet hype bomb...........So many people have been mislead.
The monster is crap....the film is crap...........Internet hype is the new 3-d.
In years to come we laugh at movies like this......like we laugh at movies with the Tingler on our seats.....
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Thanks man, I appreciate it. My flight status was reinstated on Wednesday and it's good to be out of the darkness of log-in limbo.Hope all has been well on your end. Let me know if you have any sasquatch sightings...Cheers!
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...you mean it's not the shit demon from Dogma? Guess I'll skip this one.... just kidding lol.
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Altoids, huh? Sounds like you're ready to bust a move. :^)I hear you on TWBB. One of my local area theaters just started showing it. So, I'm hoping to catch it this weekend. I'll definitely let you know if it's worthy of the praise and/or scorn.
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thx, lemme know about the DDL. after all the jibber jabber about it, i become leery of false hope. but then i'd watch DDL clip his toenails, so maybe it's just my thing. ok - back to regularly scheduled TB.
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Have to wait until 1st Feb for this. Britain sucks.
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Aww yeah! Looks like PRESIDENT BALTAR's long-ass post might have mentioned the big guy! And what's a CLOVERFIELD thread without a little dancing on the ceiling? Nothin'! So, let me KICK OUT THE JAMS, MUTHAFUCKA!C, c, c, cT, t, t, tH, h, h, hU, u, u, uL, l, l, lH, h, h, hU, u, u, uCTHULHU!!!We can dance like CthulhuWe can answer to his callWatch him kick Lady Liberty's headdown the road like a soccer ballSay, we can dance like CthulhuLive it up while the livin's goodCause once he awakens, the world starts shakin'and there goes the neighborhoodSay, we can dance, we can danceGreat Old Ones are in controlWe can dance, we can danceHear them callin' the callWe can dance, we can danceTerror makes you go in a tranceWe can dance, we can danceEverybody's shitting their p-a-a-ntsThe Cthulhu DanceThe Cthulhu DanceThe CthulhuYeah!It's the CTHULHU DANCE!!!
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what in hell is the board doing? it's gone aggro. i will go see it, dewd - i am so pwned with work right now that i have to pick and choose my movie-going time very carefully. it's like, do i go see the lobster monster movie or the DDL movie? decisions, decisions!
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Strange but cool or cool but strange?Maybe awesome?Mr Nice Gaius,it was worth fighting for freedom!
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That's shit's just hilarious. Thanks for another rendition of the dance. My day is complete. Trust me, if I see ol' Sassy in the woods, you'll be one of the first I tell about it. Early views of the movie sound excellent. This is the first one in a long time that I am actually going to get tickets for opening night.
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I am severely disappointed with you. You said the following: "There are more important things in life [than making love with beautiful hunnies]." Now perhaps there are more "important" things like global warming or poverty or God or something. But if you think going on this site and reading about movies is more FUN than having an orgasm with a smoking hot woman I don't think we can be friends. I'm not mad at you. I'm just...disappointed. Say it ain't so.
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I'll be attending Rob's surprise party on Thursday. Just got off the phone with paramount. Hope it doesnt suck.
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How the hell is Abrams getting credit for this movie? I think we're all well versed enough in film to know that the producer is the least involved creatively of all the big players. MI:3 was passable as a action flick, but far from great. Lost is excellent... but is he even involved in that anymore? Sounds to me like Lindelof and Cuse are the show-runners. And Alias was absolutely great... for 2 seasons. Then I wanted to poke my eye out every time anyone mentioned a fucking Rambaldi artifact (and let's not forget how that ended - big red ball that creates zombies). IF this turns out to be even half as good as Harry claims, let's give the credit to those who deserve it - Matt Reeves and Drew Goddard. And EvilGreek... I can understand why people are hesitant to believe Harry; he does have a knack for over-excitement about some seriously shitty movies. For now, I'll remain cautiously optimistic, and hope Harry's right. I love me some monster movies. Last great one I saw was The Host... fucking fantastic.
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How the hell is Abrams getting credit for this movie? I think we're all well versed enough in film to know that the producer is the least involved creatively of all the big players. MI:3 was passable as an action flick, but far from great. Lost is excellent... but is he even involved in that anymore? Sounds to me like Lindelof and Cuse are the show-runners. And Alias was absolutely great... for 2 seasons. Then I wanted to poke my eye out every time anyone mentioned a fucking Rambaldi artifact (and let's not forget how that ended - big red ball that creates zombies). IF this turns out to be even half as good as Harry claims, let's give the credit to those who deserve it - Matt Reeves and Drew Goddard. And EvilGreek... I can understand why people are hesitant to believe Harry; he does have a knack for over-excitement about some seriously shitty movies. For now, I'll remain cautiously optimistic, and hope Harry's right. I love me some monster movies. Last great one I saw was The Host... fucking fantastic.
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You're in my thoughts and prayers.
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sorry about the doublepost... stupid computer.
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It could be good. The only thing that concerns me is the acting. Acting is the only aspect of films I am hypercritical of. I was not impressed with any of the snippets from the trailer. But there will be blood. That's for sure. And me likes the blood.
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Sorry about the doublepost... stupid computer. And apologies to EvilGeek for the greek thing... I accidentally stole that from above.
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I found this review today and the kid tries to hand draw the monster from memory. Harry, is this close to how the monster looks?
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that drawing of the monster having what looks like a bit of a lie-down, yawning, on top of manhattan, is frakking awesome.
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...just to be sure...great review - thanks!!
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when this movie is released in japan and dubbed, will the japanese people laugh when the screaming americans mouths do not match up with the dialouge? just a thought.
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it's 5:11. time for a drink. a large one.
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My favorite time on Fridays. And Saturdays. And sometimes Sundays. And most Thursdays. Also, depending on how work went, Tuesdays or Wednesdays.To think that there's only one more week until Giant Lion Spectacular! (or perhaps, Limon--there's nothing scarier than chimeric fruit gone bad, you should have seen my fridge a few weeks ago)
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Knowles blow-off of the monster to talk about the characters, when he knows no one gives a rats ass about the characters but are more interested in monster backstory, was the sign. Massive blowback coming in the form of every review saying "a monster movie without the monster". Hence, Harry's "reinvention".The problem is not the approach, it's that Abrams has become more sizzle than steak. This movie should have opened at Sundance, then most of us would respect it because that would be acknowledgment it was going for something different. Now, the A&M has turned it into a massive cocktease, which will allow every reviewer to compare Abram's failure to deliver on Lost and Cloverfield.
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with bundaberg and gosling's rum. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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Japanese company that makes SLUSHO uses a secret ingredient that means "seabed nectar" (or something like that). It's newest drilling platform is leveled, (as seen in the international news bits on youtube), and the chairman blames it on ecoterrorism. As Slusho is brought to America, the monster follows.So, either the platform "drilled too deep" and awoke something, was taking away the food supply of the monster, or taking away its eggs. In the news spots, a Slusho exec is clutching a briefcase as they bolt from the collapsing platform. The briefcase holds the backstory.The movie is about 75 minutes so the backstory is all being built for the DVD release...and you don't get a clear look at the monster. I can't tell if it has normal tentacles or those protruding bioluminescent thingees some deep sea fish have to see where they are going.
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I'm very glad to hear that Harry liked the film quite a bit, but this is quite a bit different then everything I've been hearing here in town. I have some very credible sources who have seen this film multiple times (read- friends who work in post) - and they all have very different views on what they like filmwise - and yet they all agree that "Cloverfield" is down right awful. That doesn't bode well to have this many people all say the same thing. I really am sad to say that because I would like nothing more that to see a kickass "Godzilla" type film of a creature trashing a city...Alas they all say they that this is going to be the biggest disappointment of 2008. And these are from guys who all loved the first teaser trailer like we all did. I hope they are wrong and Harry is right...but just want to pass it along and maybe we should lower our expectations.
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I am officially pumped about this flick. I've been on the fence...but you finally won me over. Hope you're happy...
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ummm, i dunno if i'm the first to post this, but on 1-18-08.com, if you look at the pics, click one, and while clicked, drag it in a circle like you're trying to flip it over, IT FLIPS OVER!!!!! There's text on at least one pic!!!!
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there's text on the back of three pics. the first is the one of him taking a shot. the second is on the pic of the guy and girl, who i think is the jamie from jamieand teddy.com or whatever. the third is on the back of the picture of the japanese guy with the tray of food. that text is all japanese, and I can't make it out. SOMEONE PLEASE TRANSLATE IT!!!
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if i was the first person to post about this, cuz that would make this the first time i found some hot shit on the internet and got to tell about it.
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i can't tell what it says, but it looks like a recipe for whatever that guy is holding.
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Why oh Why must it always be Fucking New York?! Fuck New York!
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Jan 11, 2008 11:12:17 PM CST
i saw a maquette of the cloverfield monster a few months ago
by troutpencil
I'm 100% certain now that it was the real thing. What was that from?
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Of a moderator. 90% of the times folks just ramble about insignificant things that are downright childish. Stick to the thread folk,remember the real reasons this site is here for. PLEASE!
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Good luck with the recovery, surgery, etc. I may not always agree with you, but I love your site, even if it's just starting a flame war about Del Toro, AICN is the bomb. Rest, and get better! BTW, awhile back a did a music video for an Austin native, Wayne "The Train" Hancock, if you've never heard him, check him out, brilliant!
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and I can't think of any new, stoopid pseudo smart ass remark to apply to Cloverfield other than "It's a Lion!", Vultron, and some reference to CTHulu. I fucking hate family guy.
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I'd delay the movie 6 months--and re-shoot the whole thing...this time with an actual fucking Lion as the monster. Just to piss you people off. But...that's why I'm not JJ...
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"As many of you people know, I am in a wheelchair – and while watching movies, I have my brakes on. There was one moment, so unexpected and so intense that I went 3 ft back."
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troutpencil and Phoenity either you are morons, viral plants..
by ironic_name
or have lives..search the interwebz for clues and don't come back till you know the picture isn't the monster, the photos flip and slusho is connected but not important.
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I don't react like that to movies, but man, I wish I did...
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who are bored dudes typing disinformation.and I'm gonna post this three times.
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1: we were talking about cloverfield.
2: we were talking about the little person in total recall.4: the cloverfield thing has 3: the mutant who looks like jake busey in total recall has weird orbs in its head that are red.osmosis, like the way i post "more chabert!" amd photos of Lacey chabert appear. -
Jan 12, 2008 12:52:44 AM CST
tb + total recall + cloverfield: my post: director's cut
by ironic_name
1: we were talking about cloverfield.
2: we were talking about the little person in total recall.
3: the cloverfield thing has weird orbs in its head that are red.
4: the mutant who looks like jake busey in total recall has weird orbs in its head that are red.
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1: we were talking about cloverfield.
2: we were talking about the little person in total recall.
3: the cloverfield thing has weird orbs in its head that are red.
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You DID discover that website. You're like Columbus man (stupid jack-off that "discovered" a land full of people). Hey great job, now GO FUCK YOURSELF.
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The only monsters I'm concerned about are the pair flopping about in the shirt of the "dancing chick at the party". Any chance one of those bad boys happen to slip out during the ruckus??
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Why is "found footage" important to something that happens in New York in front of millions of people and (presumably) dozens of news cameras? Made sense with Blair Witch since it was only a few people and the disappeared and the video (supposedly) shed light on what happened... albeit in a shitty movie.
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"a bold genre-reinvention unlike anything we’ve ever seen before."
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thats the strangest part
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That's a good find. That fits some of the descriptions I've read about it to a tee.
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Looks like a monster Godzilla would fight.
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Looks like a giant So-What.
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He's just being mysterious on purpose. He's having a nerdgasm. You can tell he really enjoyed the movie. So in his mind. He's built it up to mammoth proportions. He says he can't describe the monster. That's just to make it seem cooler in his mind and to add some mystery and validity to the hype. He's also excited to be one of the few to have seen it before anyone. Like I said, basically he makes it seem more impressive than it really is, to add this lore of mystery around it. So we're left with our jaws on the ground. Way to hype it up Harry. We'll see it though and will put your words to the test Harry.
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99% of talkbackers will not only be able to describe the monster, but compare it to other famous monsters. Just watch when the 'Who watched Cloverfield thread' appears. Will be left scratching our heads. What was Knowles talking about?
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Since learning of Cloverdud's PG-13 rating, I have become even more dissapointed with this movie. How the hell do you pull off a good monster movie with a PG-13 rating.
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Is this some cheap Blair Witch crap where we only see the monster in snip-its? Seems like this movie is bound to dissapoint.
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Seriously. We have a decent skyline. NY's skyline is so abused. We have a pyramid for petes sake. Won't some monster come and pull it out of the ground and shove it up another monster's tookus? I'd pay money to see that. Seriously, NY is not all that any more. I was in Bangkok two days ago...ads for Cloverfield all over the place. Yeah it has a nice skyline...but SF...we have a pretty pimp skyline too. I'd like for a monster to stand on the MArin Headlands and lanuch a few monster spitballs onto fisherman's wharf. The Hulk was the last monster to do anything in good ol sf, and he just toppled a few trolleys in north beach. Big frikkin deal.What we need is a TIGER MOVIE!!! A giant monster tiger! That wanders around turning housecats into demons who randomly assault little old chinese ladies! That would be a good SF movie. I shall call it...Thunderciscocats! Call JJ Abrams. And hand me that bottle of vodka while you are at it. Or Absinthe.
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I know you said in your review that the movie isn't from the perspective of the scientists, government, etc., but is any info at all given on the monster's origins? I like when they give those small, tantalizing hints that give some idea but don't overexplain and still preserve the mystery. Like, say, in The Mist or the Iraq War.
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You know his little Asian honey is getting it from all his friends. Poor Harry.
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and a video camera.
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Not that it wasn't funny, but wow.
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Why is Harry in a wheelchair these days?
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it is in a BLACK BOX.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Knowles
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offended YOU,by asking for the well being of some other person?Maybe some people are not such pro`s at the use of the Internet.So SIR,please be nice to other TB`s who just ask a question.Thank you.
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hope, but if that image link posted earlier is the monster it doesn't look like anything special. No Mr. Blue special quotes please
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I get the hate for Harry. I get it, this is the Internet and it's easy to pour the hate on. Shit, I hate Michael Bay, but I don't post on his board about it. But I understand why people come here to do it. If you love this site as most of us do, you cut Harry a lot of slack, because this is the most awesomest site on the Net. I don't care if Harry shills bad movies and HD formats, he's gotta make a living. But he provides us with a forum to openly oppose or debunk his opinion, and he doesn't even censor you. So while I can understand some for hating Harry, I disagree with it. Try hating on Michael Bay on his site, and see how long your post stays up. Nuff said.
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"Some thing attacked the city" "Some thing dragged Prophet into the jungle" "We're not alone, there's something out there" CALL IT MONSTERS, ALIENS, STALAGMEN, WHATEVER, FUCKSTICKS!! JUST CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE THAN SOMETHING ALL THE TIME!
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Read my post on the Conan TB for more info.
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Was not the whale thing, it looked more like a rancor, and it was squat down on two front legs, and it had a tail/arm thing, a tail with big monster fingers, sticking out of the middle of its ass and bent in and serving as a leg. It was like a tail/leg/arm. It was sort of like an MC Escher monster with its legs because you couldn't tell how they worked together but it looked organic. I didn't think it was the real thing because I thought it would've been a bigger deal, it was just some photobucketlink I saw somewhere, but it looks exactly like the outline of the monster in the teaser, and Harry's description is really close. I really think that that's what the monster is going to be, and I'm curious how the picture leaked onto the internet and how all you obsessive nerds missed it.
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That was just some unrelated mcfarlene toy or something, but at this point I believe it's real.
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that should be someone's talkback user name. "dwarfprostitutefromtotalrecall".
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All these (possibe) designs floating about and no positive remarks? What do you want it to look like, what would it take not to disappoint. It's gotta look a little fishy (No pun intended) if it comes from the sea, right?
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Now I know what it was.
http://tinyurl.com/3bfd9g
http://tinyurl.com/37ygtb
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I liked the review and find that it addresses the points that I am interested in without giving up to much of the film.
I guess if you want a centerfold of monster in the middle of the film you will be disappointed. I find that, like lingerie, seeing only bits of what you want tends to pump up the excitement.
I also think that everyone is focusing on one aspect, the one aspect that the commentor has issues with, and ignoring everything else: shaken camera, 20-somethings, etc.
Like good food, a good movie is the sum of its parts. If you told someone you had the best cinnamon dessert ever and when you explained to your friend, he said 'oh, I don't like Big Red gum, so that dessert must suck', you would think 'gee, I have a stupid friend' (the people that this appies to probably won't get it). It's the director's/chef's ability to combine the right elements that brings a movie/food to the forefront.
I am looking forward to the movie (before and after reading the review).
This is likely the only post I will make at this website, as I have found that reading these posts have diminished my enjoyment of these pages. The amount of negativity shows that there are a lot of sour people out there with nothing to do but complain. Get a life: If you do not like the reviews by this reviewer, why are you here reading/posting still...move on (please) -
Never in the same room...coincidence?
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Jan 12, 2008 3:49:16 PM CST
Lack of Military Response to Cloverfield Monster is likely Bush'
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But wow, this movie is only 1 hour and 24 minutes? That's short.
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is "Duh".
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Wow the bar indeed is set quite high for this...the trailers make the movie look like the sci-fi channel movie of the week.. how much was in the envelope that they slipped under your door for writing this?
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having basically gotten a glimpse of the monster.
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I hope the noise and movements it makes remedy some of it's design flaws.
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Looking forward to seeing this when it hits scotland
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You're such a tool.
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Mmmmmmmmmm
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...that Harry's lost ALL credibility -- and he had heaps -- in regards to his absolute obstinance regarding the HD-DVD / Blu-Ray thing. I really don't take any of his recommnedations to heart anymore.
Seriously...how can anyone?
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Harry, Why don't you start signing your Name with -est on the end? Your reviews are always this comical edit of a normal review with every phrase shifted to be superlative.
We all like movies, they're great! Oh YEA! ( cue Koolade man ) but please ...redefining a genre!? What genre would that be?
So it's like The Blair Witch Project meets Godzilla meets War of the Worlds.
I know!! Why not have a scene at the end where an old drunk pilot finally redeems himself and flies into the center of a mothership which is about to blow up... something... for some reason. Yeah, and lets have a president that kicks ass.
Yeah.. that's Hollywood GOLD!
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Diamond Cutter Time! http://tinyurl.com/35zqey
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Listeners may tune in live, converse with other Cloverfield fans in the chat room, or call into the show with their own questions. The show can slo be accessed anytime on relay.
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I didn't even bother to see Halloween. To be frank I'm sick of Halloween. They drove it into the ground many many years ago. But I liked Devil's Rejects. Especially the Free Bird ending...Yeah!
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1. The Spiderman
2. The Xenomorph
3. The Species
4. The Dirty Doorstep
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To screw a chick. I name off at least a half-dozen involving my appendages, bananas, junior league baseball bats and/or avacados.You trully need to expand your' horizons.
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She sucks you off. When you're done cumming in her mouth, you shove your hand down her throat and fist-explosion out her stomach!
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Joe's right. There's a lot of "dumbing down" going on in Hollywood. They make movies fit for idiots. That's why the independent and foreign sector of film is prospering.
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George Lucas' speech a few years ago. He made it a few years ago at some awards ceremony. He said the future was in independent cinema and in the kids with camcorders. Now, even though I'm a Star Wars fan until the end, I still think Lucas is a big douche. However that was one of the big shining moments when he actually talked sense. You only have to look at the constant stream of remakes and sequels to see they're out of ideas.
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They're remaking Death Race 2000!
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But then again, Harry fucking loved the shit fest that was Matrix Revolutions.
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whoever said mission impossible 3 was the best of the series, are u fucking nuts ? 3 was an embarassing mess, even by tom cruise standards. 2 was quite unbearable as well....the first was the best... when i think of jj abrahms quality i think of LOST, ill wait for cloverfield to see if he really is excellent as i think he is.....as for star trek,i wont see it in the theatres, just wait for it to come online for free, whichll prob be a day or so later
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You HOPE we never meet your' (possible) daughter(s).And, EvilGeek, I hope your' best friend doesn't end up cock punching you, 'cause sometimes friends get weird when you stick things into their sisters.
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The new film will be entitled FIELD OF REAMS. No news on who will be writing or directing. All I can say is this: If they film it, I will cum.
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I was busy fucking around with some musical instruments.
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Thnks for the Old Boy reference. Just what I needed to wake me up.
And Mrx67: long time no see! I started to hear music ("why do birds suddenly appeearr...?") when I saw your comment. It was just yesterday (8 months ago) that we were discussing this movie. Did you really think this day would ever arrive?
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It's got two penises! Our would they be peni?
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Too bad Godzilla isn't in this movie to kick Cloverfield's ass...
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This quote is from a think piece about Cloverfield, written by a Canadian newspaper movie critic today:
"Even now, with Cloverfield opening Friday, the skyscraper-sized creature who bashes the Big Apple remains a mystery sealed in zipper-lock secrecy. That's no small feat. Just think: Here is Hollywood's latest movie monster, carrying a $30-million production on its presumably scaly shoulders, and he's less identifiable than Britney Spears' vagina."
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We gotta make this the most hyped TB ever...or JJ will cry. Yay peanut gallery.
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Fuck it 'til it cries like the filthy bitch it is.
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Hope you get better dude. Bad health care, fucking sucks. When you can fuck without the chair...that will be a day long remembered, before the dark times; before the EMPIRE. Sex without wheels is just like sex without wheels... Sometimes it's just better to go down on her. Yeah, go down. Pink is good.
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in other news, the Falklands have been invaded!
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I never knew.
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I want to be excited but I have too many reservations. The trailer shows some dodgy acting too which doesn't help, but it does look amazing and it's a neat idea I just can't help feeling that I'll be frustrated and bored more than riveted or entertained.
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He actually doesn't care. And she's randy as the day is long so cock-punching and/or blocking should not be a problem. But I'm being very strategic with this one. I wanna make sure I'm holding all the right cards in this round...hehehehe
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Did anyone else have some issues with the site the last couple of days? I kept having problems with the site loading,almost like the servers were cutting in and out.
Anyway, Harry is such a "man in suit" guy that a monster movie would have to be very good for him to not only like it, but love it the way he described this movie. I'm in. On a personal note, to my knowledge Harry isn't a murderer, rapist or pedo, so to laugh at his disability (not all of it was self induced, even if he did, perhaps, make it worse) just again shows how pathetic people can be on the internet to try to make themselves be far more obnoxious than they truly are. I'd love to see some of you people run into Harry or someone else in his condition and laugh at them. Best of luck, Harry, on getting help, getting your life back, and getting out of that chair. ~ÐL -
Did anyone else have some issues with the site the last couple of days? I kept having problems with the site loading,almost like the servers were cutting in and out.
Anyway, Harry is such a "man in suit" guy that a monster movie would have to be very good for him to not only like it, but love it the way he described this movie. I'm in. On a personal note, to my knowledge Harry isn't a murderer, rapist or pedo, so to laugh at his disability (not all of it was self induced, even if he did, perhaps, make it worse) just again shows how pathetic people can be on the internet to try to make themselves be far more obnoxious than they truly are. I'd love to see some of you people run into Harry or someone else in his condition and laugh at them. Best of luck, Harry, on getting help, getting your life back, and getting out of that chair. ~ÐL -
I even checked to see if it went through the first time. Still some issues with the site, apparently. And this is the only site that I've had problems with.
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A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prison's worst killer, a martial-arts fighting midget called Thud!!!!
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But he has said in that past that he knows nothing about the technical side of the net. he leaves that to others.
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an overrated piece of ass...let's see, seems like there was no script..wow sounds like the kind of "MOVIE" I wanna see and you can't describe the monster...wow that speaks to the awesome art direction and design of this heaping piece of shit.
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Jan 13, 2008 12:52:30 PM CST
At the end, the U.S.S. Enterprise blows up the monster...
by mrmysteryguest
...with its photon torpedoes while Hud looks on!
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Neither is the fact that they use a "found footage" storytelling approach. The "genre reinvention" Harry talks about is the POV. You're not with the scientists or the military or the President; you're just with some dumbass kids at a party. It's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" for Godzilla movies. Like "Pulp Fiction" was for gangster movies. At least, that's what I think Harry is saying. And I always assumed the monster was hard to describe because it was some kind of Cthulu thing.
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But the perspective is. This is the approach the first AvP movie should have taken. Same with Underworld.
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A movie does not need to be R to be scary, suspenseful and entertaining. Ever heard of Poltergeist? But maybe you don't like it. I dunno.
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You fat bastard!
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Jan 13, 2008 3:16:31 PM CST
Mr Saxon and travis-dane stop me if you've heard this one..
by otm shank
A wife walks in on her husband in bed with a midget. She screams "Walter, you said you would never cheat on me again! The husband says "Well honey, you have to admit I'm at least tapering down. Thank you! Thank you! I'll be here all week. Try the veal.
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Including the content. That is from a web design perspective. I am talking more complex things Servers and systems analysis. I read somewhere that he knows very little about things like that, ie servers and systems analysis, ie the computer Science end of things.
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Including the content. That is from a web design perspective. I am talking more complex things Servers and systems analysis. I read somewhere that he knows very little about things like that, ie servers and systems analysis, ie the computer Science end of things.
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Including the content. That is from a web design perspective. I am talking more complex things Servers and systems analysis. I read somewhere that he knows very little about things like that, ie servers and systems analysis, ie the computer Science end of things. and database analysis.
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posts. Harry is going to bring somebody to fix this problem.
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my midget loving brother!Ever thought about moving to Usbekistan?
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Nah! The beaches in Usbekistan suck! I'm happy here in the O.C. and I'm only about 500 miles away from the Moonlite Bunny Ranch where you could get your freak on with Bridget the Midget in person. Just don't ask if you can get a half-off discount she takes offense. ;)
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then all hell is going to break lose.
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Grindhouse bombed because it cost over twice as much and there was a lot of expectation around it. Star Trek will probably bomb because some genius thought it was a good idea to greenlight it for $150 million when the last two movie combined didn't make that and the latest series got canceled. Cloverfield may or may not blow everyone's skirts up but almost any movie can make back $30, including DVD. It's not like Tom Cruise is in it, skimming off the top.
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This movie will do great on Friday, but by next week we'll wonder what all the fuss was.
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going to be like "rosencrantz meets godzilla", then why can't Gary Oldman play one of the partygoers? He'd be a fantastic drunken 20-something. Cause he's that good.
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that he's just been doing a recurring performance art role of Sid Vicious since the 80s?
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We got our wish Xiphos!
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five days and counting before cloverdud comes to your town and eats your money. How happy I will be after the first week, and folks realize what a disappointment this film will be.
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You will spend your allowance on a shitty film.....bah humbug. Damn those cowboys.
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when it comes out in 2012!
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OMG!!!!
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Harrys fat wallet
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But still won't look at one post of this thread until after I see it. :)
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no shit: he was at a coffee shop in the valley with a youngish woman. he looked fucking amazing, plus he's totally taller in person. i swooned. he can rosencranz my guildenstern any day of the week!
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it'll probably be number 1 for one week, maybe 2 but that's it. the reviews for the movie have been great. many have called it something fresh for a start instead of having to endure another remake.
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If I
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I got so excited. I hit enter, hehe. Anyway, because If I had to sit 4hrs to watch those piece of shit nominees win. Like Sweeny Todd says - "I'll have my vengeance!"
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Way to class it up, occula.
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Sorry. My mistake.
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...the classiest dame on dis site. move over, midol girl.
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and i apologize...they're really boring ones. but i CAN tell you i have big jugs. does that help?
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Are you a midget?
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Your girlfriend's. For the purely practical reason that all my stuff is in the wash, and they allow for form-fitting invisible lines yet freedom of movement. Now what does that have to do with Cloverfield?
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these are the sunday-night deviations from the TB that i know and love.caruso, your wit knows no bounds.
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Back to the midgets. One female with a sense of sexual humour shows up, and it's utter debauchery with you people. Total, carnal Debauchery. Hey caruso, I rewatched that Oingo Boingo video on youtube about a dozen times. Elfman is a genius.
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what's your shoe size?
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yeah, your palms are gettin' sweaty now.frankly, i'm proud of my potty mouf. i think women who can't go there are sissies. but, then, i said 'cunt' really loudly in a family restaurant this morning, so maybe i'm kind of a bad judge.
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and don't you forget it!you know what's weird? at the same place i saw gary oldman, i saw - no joke - a family of dwarves. and ALSO - not with the dwarf family - that dwarf actor who's in 'watchmen', the guy from seinfeld. hopefully i'm not offending anyone with my little people talk.
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In an attempt to mimic the telepathic wizardry of Orionsangels, I am going to say Gemini.
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Seriously, a few hours ago. It went like this: "So I got into a traffic accident and it ends up the driver of the other car was a dwarf. He gets out and says 'I'm not Happy', so I says 'then which one are you?'" For the record I didn't laugh. It was wrong and insensitive!
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And lady. But there are other matters requiring my attention. Oh, and, Less than a week until Cloverfield, hater muthafuckas!
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...to talk about little people today. praise him.cholera, i'm a leo, actually. i'm loud and bossy and controlling. and, as xi will remind you, a redhead. natch!
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i'm very busy and important, after all. friends, romans, countrymen: hasta manana!
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'Natch! (Oh god I didn't mean that, please don't hurt me)
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Harry got runned over by a cart he was pushing up a ramp. (Apparently the cart held over 1200 pounds of memorabilia btw. wow that Cheetos and Ring Dings diet makes u pretty strong huh? )
"It hurt him so badly that he was practically bedridden"
So apparently no permanent physical damage was sustained by this one ton cart of memorabilia that ran him over.
In fact on Father Geeks myspace page (yes I cant sleep tonight) there is a picture of Harry and FatherGeek from 1998 standing next to Bruce Willis (Or a lifesize cutout) on the set of the Michael Bay classic "Armagedon". No Wheelchair in site.
And judging by some of the pictures of young portly Harry on Fathergeeks site Harry was already well on his way to a wheelchair (Or personalized motorized scooters) The kid had to be wearing size 38 shorts at the age of 12.
Harrys in a wheelchair because his already gross body has gotten that much larger.
Dont feel too bad for Harry. Theres plenty of evidence online that shows him standing on his own 2 legs.
like this
http://tinyurl.com/2267xz
http://tinyurl.com/2fzhzt
or this one
http://tinyurl.com/yu72rx
Sorry Harry. Maybe if you didnt weigh close to 500 pounds your body would be able to support you. "Instead you blame it on a 1200 pound cart of memorabilia running you over."
classic...
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good afternoon ladies.
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...if Godzilla could catch it.
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He'd just have Jet Jaguar pin its arms and he'd drop kick that motherfucker straight to Japan.
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going first session here in Oz Harry, so you better be right or i'll be back to call your dizzy froth 'plant' bullshit way before most of the others can!
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along with about 75% of all critics. plus I hate that bullshit line of arguing.....so there are no films out there perceived as "bad" that you happen to like? bullshit. you are just another fucking ning nong.
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...that sounds familiar...
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Keira, Johnny Depp!
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the same egotistical bus driver who rolled over Jeff Garcia and Donovan McNabb is now sad the press is being mean to his teammate and family member. HAHAHA!
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Marlo? is that you?
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Jan 14, 2008 6:54:30 AM CST
So Does This Mean We'll Be Seeing An Animation of Harry
by sakedickens2006
getting eaten by the monster then watch as it pukes up his wheelchair?
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travis starts running to the far corner of his livingroom and hides behind a chair,staring in fear at his PC!she not coming here,she not coming here,she not coming here....mumbles and breaks down whispering:bridget.
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Bridget.
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Jan 14, 2008 7:56:16 AM CST
What do you get when you cross a midget with a gallon of fudge?
by caruso_stalker217
My pants filled with cum.
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..and a beer and some popcorn! Hated Godzilla but because of the humans, he should of squished all of them except the news camera man.
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Jan 14, 2008 8:25:26 AM CST
More importantly, what is a Schnappi? And should I be afraid?
by grandmufftarkin
Ich bin Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil...
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Thats cruel shit!
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Thanks for bringing that bastard-croc back. I seriously hate you! *runs away crying*
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He's
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He's a fast fucker. Like putting an iguana in a model village from a train set.
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listen, people, don't be afraid. unless you're a drunken 17-year old poking me with a stick, i won't jump the moat and rip your nads off.harry, come back to the TB, we have the most funnest one going. don't you want to talk about midgets and cunts?
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so forgive me, but i thought it was funny. i had a teacher in art school who gave me a portfolio review and we got to talking about movies we'd seen. i said 'oh i saw that godzilla movie and man did it suck.' he was like 'oh yeah that was awful!' then like 10 minutes later he says, thoughtfully, 'you know, i think i designed part of that godzilla.' he'd totally blocked it out because it was so lame! (this is the same guy who fucking designed chewbacca, he's done so much stuff he's forgotten half of it.) ok maybe that wasn't that funny of a story, but cut me some slack, it's 7 in the morning and i'm trying to stay remotely on-topic. and failing miserably.
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if you are marlo, I drew some graffiti for you on facebook!if you aren't then, um, you should be?
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*reads his review*
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...but Harry's review sounds at least more believable than David's. Especially because he wrote a review instead of just saying "It sucks, see you next week".
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http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080114p.php
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is a bell end. it's a knob. the tip of a penis. the head. the german helmet.
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Other sites have even picked up on how Harry is- - Aint it Cool's Harry Knowles has reviewed "Cloverfield" and as usual his opinion seems to be orgasmic.
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seems like occula is not around!travis looks around and starts to giggle.
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Close enough!!
I'm very impatient.
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I dunno much bout the film but i thought that the review was awsome and i will definetly be watching tht film when it comes out in the UK. Cheers harry expect to hear more of ur reviews
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TB'ers who keep talking about Harry being 'bought' to give a positive review. Remember when everyone was absolutely spunking over Grindhouse in the lead up to release?? It bombed big time. Remember the shit flung Transformers way on this site for ages up till release?? That movie sold like a fucking hot ass cake. If anything, studios should be paying Harry for bad reviews on past evidence. Perhaps the guy just really loved the movie? Remember that concept of fun you cynical fucko's?? Do you get joy out of anything you miserable cunt slime crusted pieces of shit??? If you don't like Harry's review's, then fuck off elsewhere. Simple, problem solved, go watch the latest indie buzz title about gay cowboys eating pudding....I'm sure it's more your thing.
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has the cloverdud monster.....we waited half a year for this shyt?
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fucked up creation.
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The old footage was jumping and shaking all the time - the new version stabilized it beautifully. No jumping or shaking at all. I wonder if the same technology could be used to de-shit, er, de-shakecam "Cloverfield"?
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Don't know if this is old since I don't keep up with this PG-13 movie but they have footage of a Japanese oil rig getting fucked up by the monster.
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Now they are saying it isn't the cloverfield monster but look at it's upper body. Now look at the spot where the monster makes landing between the two buildings.
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saw a brand new TV spot during terminator last nite on fox.....saw just a smidgeon more of the monster....cant wait till friday....
why people hate on the godzilla movie so much, true matthew broderick sunk the movie, but the creature was quite awesome...not scary but awesome nonetheless...think this thing will make me crap my pants in the theatre....this is one of those movies u have to go see on the big screen or at IMAX... and would u losers get over ur "pg-13" hate...and yes ur losers for thinking every movie can be rated R....ur prob still lookin for the rated R version of cinderella...go get laid, shower and repeat....'tards -
Why is it that when some
"unknown" reviewer writes a review like this he's called a plant but...when it's someone from AICN it's not?Harry's reviews are full of shit...so take the money and roll your fat ass to taco bell -
Also, I am hearing from several unreliable sources that there will be something big attached to the American Idol premier tomorrow night.
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did I get it?
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Your sketch is pretty good. Based on all the other sketches and descriptions from sneak peaks, yours I think is the closest so far. You have the "clover" toes. Thick hind legs. Humanoid face with petruding lower jaw ("like a bulldog"). The double jointed and oversized front legs. All you need is a longer, stiffer tail, according to most reports.
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http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9473/cloverfieldpd8.jpg
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I recall during the whole "same girl" debate about one of the first 1-18-08 pix that a talkbacker laughed at us claiming to be one of the girls.
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and not that shitty between the buildings bullshit!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr LwSkIRfNk
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ahhaah that was cute, zozma.the midge is back! ironic, i'm sorry, but i'm not marlo. i can't handle that facebook-myspace-shit. i don't have enough mental ram for it. bad enough i waste half my day on this site talking to you chuckleheads. ;)
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i gotta go teach that film class you guys were helping me out with the other day. only problem is nobody seems to have 2001 in-stock to rent, i shoulda bought it. i are dum! i'll catch you on the flip flop, xi!
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OK, I'll admit I'm intrigued but handheld frankly scares the bejeezub out of me because I always feel like I need a pill afterwards. I couldn't make it thru the pilot for the Friday Night Lights tv show. So my question is, how shaky is it? I realize this isn't the sexiest of questions but it's a basic thing to think about when you're talking about this kind fo work.
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No luck for ol`travis!
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if we met here, tooit'd mean we were meant for each other.oh well.
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I'm probably seeing it tomorrow, and might draw another afterward.
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...not a a word about the interview with the CEO of Paramount in the New York Times this weekend?
The interview that explains why this movie coming out now and why it's so cheap? Questions that puzzled you from the very first about Cloverfield?
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my kind of gal occula.
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Having seen the movie just hours ago, MRX67's link from ranchoweb looks like the little critters that run around. Irinics sketch is pretty close, although I don't remember seeing legs on the monster. Just huge fricking arms...
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I just saw Cloverfield and it is a great monster movie. Godzilla wishes it was this good.
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The real question is whether it has wings or not.
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This movie is going 2 b the shee-it!!!!! u know it!!!
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did anyone seriously expect it to be?
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I can't imagine who was the asshat claiming to be a girl in the movie, but it wasn't me. I'm no actress, I'm studying for the bar exam in my state. Travis, I seem to always miss Occula to, and she's the funnest person here. :-(
Btw the way, that pic ironic put up is perhaps the most adorable monster I've seen since "Cuddly Cthulu". awh! http://img.photobucket.com/ albums/ v53/cfreyja23/cuddlycthulu.jpg -
sorry i'm not a lesbonym or we could really give the gents a show. thanks for the most excellent compliment. ps nice use of the word 'asshat.'dudes, my class was lame. i showed them 2001 and got blank stares. kids today, i tell you!
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He's developed some kind of siege mentality whereby everything he doesn't agree with is an attack on his personal belief system. It's very sad. I'd like to put together a psuedo-league table for the women that post here, and rank them according to things like coolness. Obviously Occula is one of the top ones, and Anna Valerious is at the bottom for being fugly, stupid, trollish and addicted to kosplays (sp?) where she dresses as characters from the "sommersverse"
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in chocolate pudding for number 1!I will wrestle myself then on my livingroom flor and giggle!melis gets a freepass on No.3!;-)
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on New years eve on d'telly. its now up on you tube. There is mister voice saying something has found. Quite clearly at brief glimpse of the monster on path of destruction after the army has blasted the empire state building and revellers crowd into the street. one of the people says I saw it. Its alive and its huge" the audio is very clear.
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great pictures of herself and ladyfriends naked.
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travis while looking insecure to his playboy calender.
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Jarv would sincerely like to apologise for being a misogynist pig and destroying the TB. Jarv considers himself most fortunate that he only posts at work and his wife does not know his identity. If said missus knew she would beat me into a small and insignificant puddle of embarrasment. It's terrible when you get your arse kicked by a 5" 3 woman.
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Jan 15, 2008 7:33:15 AM CST
I am afraid of my girlfriend too!but she`s not here right now!
by travis-dane
mmmuuaahhahhaaahhaHHHAAAaaAaa!!Sometimes I am afraid of myself too!
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great. so, essentially, right there, we know we NEVER get one solid, gratifying shot of the monster.
fuck this. it'll be exactly the self-righteous trainwreck we thought it would be. and not just 'because i need to see a monster' but because AMERICA wants to see one, and there will be lots of pissed americans after opening night. -
Yeah I saw this last night and I have to say I was satisfied and disappointed at the same time. Based on the marketing I was expecting a giant monster killing the city battle from the bystander's perspective. What I saw was the bystanders running around with a battle in the background. Abrams accomplished what he set out to do but the general public is going to be really disappointed when the screen goes black and the credits roll. As much as I enjoyed it for what it is, I myself, and the rest of the viewing public need more than that. - Mysterious Stranger
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Why do you need to see everything? You see enough to make it worthwhile. Suspense is better than gore in most cases.
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only possible to compliment. *blushes, curtseys* shows you what kind of glutton for lunacy i am, har har. xi, i ended up doing minority report and 2001. you nailed it on the head with the 20-somethings; it's impossible to stir them unless they want to be stirred, so i jump around doing my dog-and-pony show and i get nuthin'.
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i haven't said anything up to this point because i'm essentially reserving my judgement across the board on this moobie, but i myself am a fan of the somewhat high-concept idea of never seeing the monster. except in motion, so you don't really see anything, or, rather, you don't know what it is you're seeing. i realize that prolly doesn't give the people what they want, but it's the 'signs' syndrome; once you see the guy in the alien suit, it's all downhill from there. i don't know, was everybody ok with the guy in the alien suit floating in space in 'alien', as well? that film did a great job of scaring us by hardly showing us anything, but we still saw the guy at the end.
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please don't ever use the word 'sommersverse' again. i yarked my special k out my nose and all over my pants when i read that. you must have more consideration, friend. i can't just go around changing my pants willy-nilly.
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but now i have to go do that thing i occasionally do called a 'job.' i don't really like doing it, because it takes me away from the important things in life - like chocolate pudding, TBs and midgetry - but you gotta do what you gotta do. laters!
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who needs pants. And I wasn't joking about the "delightful" Ms Valerious. If you can be bothered looking google Cosplay, Anna Valerious and Sommersverse. It's truly, truly scary.
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Jan 15, 2008 10:08:56 AM CST
Glad Harry's finally going to do something about the weight
by superdudebobby
Sad to say, he's barely even human at this point. Hope it works out.
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Well...I was not disapointed at the end of Alien.except for the fact that the alien just kind of hangs there motionless..he could have been a little more lively...Signs was CGI and not a man in a suit, which worked fine for me as you did not see much detail(except when the water falls on it and we do see some cheesy CGI)...Cloverfield worries me because again it's a movie about hip 20 somethings,The Thing worked because there were adults in it..the same for Alien,Aliens, the Mist and most classic horror/SF...the monster is not the main character so we are left with hipsters saying dumb shit and doing dumb shit...
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For real reviews go here;
http://edomaniac.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/10/1218859-cloverfield-spoilers-and-review
and here
http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/topic/23572/t/Cloverfield-Review-and-Spoiler.html
These are spoiler reviews, but the funny thing is there is realy nothing to spoil...there is no storyline..
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True, you have always been out of step, but recenty you seem to have been driven into this crazy siege mentality against liberals to the exclusion of everything else. Also, Occula was not been verbally manhandled, and she is more than capable of looking after herself. As much as I despise 1st world feminism, sometimes you chat some heinous shit- and this is one of those instances. What would you prefer- butt naked but for a collar and leash illiterate females that are forced to walk six feet behind you?
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every sneak review i read of this sounds horrible. the wierd thing is they are speaking well of it, but what they describe just sounds like nothing great....it literally sounds like JJ is giving us the 9/11 treatment with the mere hint that a monster is responsible. kinda lame, kinda cheap of him. this movie sounds like it should have been the bonus dvd documentary to a real cloverfield giant monster movie.
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that's just silly. 95% of the people in here haven't seen a vagina since they crawled out of one, and are utterly incapable of dealing with women. Messing with Occula is fun and she gives as good as she gets. She doesn't need Sir Anchorite riding to her rescue. And my last sentence was written with an ultra anti-feminist ideal in mind. It was hyperbole. I know that you'd prefer them in a burkha.
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I'm guessing the only thing the movie has going for it is the fact that this monster is a big secret. We have yet to see if it's anything more than what 1998's Godzilla was, which is to say, a turd.
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http://photobucket.com/mediadetail/?media=http%3A%2F%2Fi194.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz276%2FKingoffunny_2007%2Fsin.jpg&searchTerm=cloverfield&pageOffset=16&recentfirst=true&recentfirst=true -
TAKE A LOOK HERE http://tinyurl.com/ytg8t7 AND http://tinyurl.com/2dkn9x HERE
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so i think i realized why there aren't any leaked pics on the internet.
because you never see enough of it on screen.
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...we don't even get a clear view of the Monster? JJ best have some 'esplaining to do!
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s'okay, anchorite, you can relax. any female TBer who can't handle the sauce should begone anyhow. looks like the few of us who can are hanging in here just fine. and any slobbering that happens is all in good fun anyhow. it's not a step backwards for feminism, it IS feminism (or, should be), in my humble, women's-college-graduate opinion.xi, sometimes i have to go out into the world and do this thing called 'work.' i don't like it, honestly, but i've heard that many other people do it as well, so i'm trying not to complain. it involves 'showing up on time' and whatnot. apparently when i'm done, i will receive 'money', and then i can buy more chocolate pudding.
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And I thought it was great...I agree with Harry's review. Today all I could think about was this movie...it really made me feel like a kid watching monster movies for the first time again....The monster looks much cooler than i thought it would
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Cloverfield ends at the Pavillion Motel on Ocean Park in Santa Monica. O.P., btw, becomes one lane at that point. Pretty abruptly. But that's what middle fingers are for!
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I am sure of it.
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travis loves it too!I still miss milla around here.
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Let me start off by saying. Fricking oops on my part! But, at 6am with only two sips of coffee in me, I could have sworn I did not see a 'Spoiler' warning beside this review. NOW I notice it. The whole movie-going experience is ruined for me. You should have something more than that little strip on the far right of my screen, dude.
Now that I know what everyone is running from, I hope it is just an enjoyable movie.
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Jan 15, 2008 9:35:58 PM CST
I saw it. It's huge. It's also really short.
by midianiswherethemonsterslive
And there's not much plot. But Hud's commentary is pretty damn funny.
*Spoiler*
Of the pics at this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2dkn9x
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Aw yeah. Bodet, this one's for you...East SIIIIDE! (get yo hands up!) North SIDE (get yo hands up!) South SIDE (get yo hands up!) West Sy-iiide(-uh!) (get yo hands UP!!!)
B b b b
I i i i
G g g g
L l l l
I i i i
O o o o
N n n n
LION!
We can dance like a lion
He is the king of beasts
And when he starts growin'
Destruction he’s sowin'
Takes down buildings like a wildebeest
Say, we can dance like a lion
We can take part in the hunt
Predatory cat will own your ass
Now everybody’s on the run
We can dance like a lion
New York City is now his jungle
Watch him eat yo’ peeps up and down the street
Kill your main dude and your uncle
Say, we can dance, we can dance
And I doth quote “[It is] huge”
We can dance, we can dance
Lookin’ for a bridge to chew
We can dance, we can dance
He’s breakin the convenience store glass
We can dance, we can dance
Blood fillin' all your safari pants
It’s the Lion Dance
The Lion Dance
The Lion
Yeah!
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should direct HARRY POTTER & the DEATHLY HALLOWS!!
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should direct HARRY POTTER & the DEATHLY HALLOWS!!
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should direct HARRY POTTER & the DEATHLY HALLOWS!!
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should direct HARRY POTTER & the DEATHLY HALLOWS!!
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I thought it was ok, but certainly not as great as Harry made it out to be. As many other have said, little/ no storyline and the shaky-cam is all over the place for those of you who might be bothered by it. It was akin to Blair Witch for me - overhyped, undelivered. I'll also say this, some people in the theater were booing at the end. The last time I recall that occurred at a movie I went to in the theater was Blair Witch.
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if any of you guys could give me a heads up i'm also looking for some shots of some of the smaller louse creatures taking it from a black dude wearing only athletic socks, a watch, and some sunglasses. i heard they've been leaked, or at least there's some concept art for it or something.
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Jan 15, 2008 10:56:53 PM CST
If you wrap your mystery within a puzzle in the middle of a maze
by cromwell1666
you better be sure the payoff is worthy of the build-up. I will reserve judgement till Friday as well, but everything Ive heard about this film over the past week or so has diminished my enthusiasm. Also, I will say again that I feel slightly cheated that the slusho and 1-18-08 websites were presented as deep clue bearing items in the guise of fluff, but will just turn out to be empty of anything other than what was obvious. I have a feeling that on Friday, I will be thinking that we were on the verrge of something magical, but it just didn't manifest in the follow through.
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i just finished watching it and i don't know if i should comment on it. the blair witch project didn't make me woozy but this one sure as hell made me a little sick a couple times. it was an ok movie but i don't think it was as great as harry said it was.
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Kyle Smith review of CLOVERFIELD
Running time: 84 minutes
“Cloverfield” combines
unpleasantness and stupidity to a degree that would be difficult to match unless you were caught in bed with a bone-deep case of the flu while being forced to watch Lou Dobbs.
Listed as 84 minutes, on my watch this loud and pointless monster movie clocked in at 70 before an amazingly slow-moving credits sequence began. But even the 70 minutes is heavily padded: ten minutes is all that would have been required to see the cool stuff, and the rest of the movie is so rotten that I’m not sure who suffered more: me, or the characters being terrorized by a 500-foot beast knocking down buildings and playing shotput with the Statue of Liberty. It’s as though the movie were sold in a pitch meeting by someone saying, “Look, I’ll just make a flick that consists of rehashed elements from ‘Godzilla,’ ‘The Blair Witch Project,’ ‘The Hot Zone’ and ‘Starship Troopers.’ I will make no effort to construct a sensible storyline or characters to connect them, and I’ll leave you with a nullity of an ending. Cool?”
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I disagree with Harry. There isn't anything exceptional about this monster movie.
As far as never having seen this monster before, it looks like it's based on the "licker" from Resident Evil 2. Think a muscular Praying Mantis standing on its rear legs with a head that looks like Venom with gills that expand in-and-out from its neck as it breathes. You get a good look at it near the end of the movie.
If you enjoyed the professional Steadicam work in the Blair Witch Project, you were spoiled because it isn't quite as good in Cloverfield. Yes, I'm being sarcastic. No, I'm not kidding that the camera work was steadier in the Blair Witch Project.
Visual effects were very good. The movie doesn't disappoint there.
There is plenty of B-story love story that interjects itself several places in a short movie.
And for the record, a lion, Voltron, and a squid-faced Cthulhu are nowhere in sight in this.
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Jesus the Hype! Are You Kidding Me?!! SLUSHO means NOTHING! -Except for a quick T-shirt Logo -- and the Monster -- Jesus Everyone was wrong --- What a waste - what a pity - Anyone who has been glued to the boards for months - will walk away and go --- UGH!
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I hope there's 5 minutes dedicated to the video guys shoes because he forgot to hit the off button.
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The monster ISNT the point, like Harry said. And neither is the story. It's just the experience of being right in the middle of shit gettin blowed up real good and that thing owning New York. Who cares what it looks like; though it does look cool. Cloverfield fuckin ROCKS, and I wasnt that hot on seeing it in the first place.
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This is not a new phenomenon. My guess is that its been a univesal truth since the origins of humanity. Everyone wears a uniform. Even you.
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is by getting the gastric bypass surgery.
and then like Roseane Barr, Al Roker or Star Jones, he'll just put the weight right back on again.
someone needs to explain to these giant mountains that call themselves "people" that just because you paid to have a rubberband placed around your stomach, does not mean you can eat Ho-Hos and Cheeseburgers all day long.
I cant wait to see this fucking movie.
I really hope its not a big lion though.
if it is I will personally come to everyones house that hyped this movie and kick them in the nuts. Ala Jay and Silent Bob.
starting in Austin...
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I know its easy to depersonalize someone like Harry Knowles because of his celebrity and the fact that it is his site, but come on, the guy is still a person with feelings. Would you say these things to a person face-to-face? If your answer to that is yes I think you need to spend A LOT More time looking in your own mirror.
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Shit like you seem to run rampant around the internet. You are probably ugly and out of shape, yet you still feel you are superior to the majority of people around you. You probably spend your nights home alone, or at sausage fests with scumbags like yourself, bitching about people who are better looking than you and wishing them ill. Whats wrong with wanting brand name clothes? Don't hate on things you can't afford you fucking twat. What's wrong with wanting to work out, eat healthy, and wanting and look good? Just because you're content with being an ugly piece of shit, we all don't have to follow suit.
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For all those obsessed with the little people (correct term? wait, who cares), have you seen Terror of Tiny Town? If not, you need to as it will fill all your midget western/musical needs. Plus any random penguin needs. Of course, I was pretty high when I saw it, but it was funny shit to me then.
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He is a graduate of Mutant Enemy academy of fantastic genre writing. Whatever he writes tends to rule!
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I just got back from a screening of this movie that I was invited to by Ralph Garmin, of L.A.'s KROQ radio station.
I'll post a little tomorrow morning, it's late and I have to get to sleep and get to work in the morning. However, I will say this, Harry is pretty much right on the money. I don't know if it was "a true milestone in film," but I do agree that it was "a landmark genre film."
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and I feel no need to apologise to you Anchorite. For the record, I don't like BSB either
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Here's what the cloverfield monster looks like - it's the face of that deep sea fish from Finding Nemo, minus the light coming out it's forehead. It has the body of a man with stilts for arms and small legs. And a tail. Oh, and it sheds mini-monsters like dandruff.Here's what the movie is - Nothing but ambition. I wanted to love this movie. I wanted to cheer this movie on. Ultimately I was cheering for a lamb in a horse race.This failed, although often entertaining, experiment attempts to transfer a b-movie monster romp into a realistic, and therefore accessible, setting. Therein lies its failure.In a strange twist, I was so excited by the initial premise, that it wasn't until the epic score over the closing credits that I was able to fully comprehend that I was disappointed. The beauty of a monster movie is the honest request from the film makers that the audience suspend its disbelief. This movie's premise, however, demands that you scrutinise it. Relate to it's characters (I'm sorry, "people"). Keep that disbelief intact. Cloverfield fails in keeping it's end of the bargain. I was never less then completely aware that I was watching a scripted, storyboarded film, carefully edited and complete with manipulated camera angles to reef every drop of emotion and every ounce of tension (of which there are many attempts) from the screen. As an example, there is a moment that I think Harry is referring to (jumping 3ft back...) that fails miserably. It's in the darkness of a train subway and rips off The Descent entirely. The camera is facing the darkness where we hear unnatural things coming at us as the characters search for the 'night vision' button. They flick the switch and there, RIGHT BEHIND them, is the little dandruff monsters. Completely expected. Predictable. Not shocking. Scripted, storyboarded and executed. It's why natural dialogue mostly doesn't work in cinema, in any genre of cinema, because it's near impossible to pull it off convincingly.Cloverfield is sadly nothing more then a curious, but still kinda cool while you watch it, youtube experience. Though there are soon redeeming features (the scale, monster design and one superman back and fourth - ultimately the elements that embrace the cinematic requirement of the genre), Matt Reeves' experiment fails from the premise. Sad, then, that I didn't get an ounce of what was promised in it's epic marketing build-up. This movie and it's marketing is like santa hinting you'll get a Wii for Christmas and you unwrap a PS2. With only 1 controller.
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will post in some drawings soon.
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Jan 16, 2008 5:22:06 AM CST
No I just got back from the Oz Pre Release Screening.... SPOILER
by fleet
And you know what? Im not sure if this movie is worth all the hype! Awesome film, just when the credits start rolling you think "Oh... so that's it...?" The monster is quite hard to describe... Kinda think massive Cave Troll from LOTR, with a tail, with a T-REX head, that kinda opens with a mouth like the vampire dogs from Blade 3, with red breathing sacks either side of it's face... The things/parasites that fall off of it are like 3/4 legged spider things with beaks... Lots and lots of action, but you DO kinda get sick of the shakey camera thing (at one point I felt like shouting out "HOLD THE FRIGN CAMERA STILL!) - No real surprise moments and quite predictable... Though the shots of the monster in daylight are pretty cool... No explanations as to where it comes from... or why... or whats really happening... It's just pretty much an entire movie of "Shit, there's a monster! Run! Run everyone! Evacuate! Oh, go and get your girlfriend then..." I enjoyed it... but seriously? probably only a 6.5 out of 10... 7 at the most... The first attack of the monster (that you see in the trailer) and onwards for about 20 mins is the best part... then it kinda gets old...
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The whole "Hud" character gave me the shits... the comedy relief was abismal with comments that make you roll your eyes... You don't tend to "Care" much for these characters... any of them... and you DO wonder why they're just not FREAKING THE FUCK OUT that their friends and family are dying around them because of this amazing/terrifying experience... You don't see anyone go BULK FUCKING CRAZY - They all just kinda shrug wide-eyed and run... JOG at some stages... Not just freak the fuck out and sit in a darkened room waiting for it to pass... They run... they run into the line of fire... they run towards carnage... they don't listen to soldiers... Ah well...
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hud died, didn't you? ya bastard. :P also, there is whispering at the end, but it wasn't seth telling the evan he loved him. the movie had that eyerolling ALIAS style "important love" thing, but hey, I saw a cool mutant thing, I'm happy.
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Jan 16, 2008 6:20:17 AM CST
and there was a startrek teaser spok's voice like the fake one..
by ironic_name
but we see the construction of the enterprise, I wasn't paying attention, because I was thinking "nobody knows about this, and I barely care about ST! nerds'll be crying that they haven't seen the add yet!"
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http://tinyurl.com/2yvcpspic one http://tinyurl.com/ytlagmpic two http://tinyurl.com/24ymkzpic three
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...Gave me the shits... He should've dumped that bitch when she brought the other guy to his farewell... She wasn't interested in him THEN... but noooo a MONSTER attack NYC and suddenly she comes crawling back...
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You've nailed it, dude... The third pic scraping down the building is perfect...
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Jan 16, 2008 7:09:20 AM CST
thanks, man.. I didn't really pay attention to the thing's eyes
by ironic_name
but the turtle/oddworld jaw is what I remember.
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This film, for me was worth the wait, and the hype. This monster is pretty damned ugly, and so are the crustacean type beasties that drop off from it. The shots of it ripping through NYC (shot from the helicopter) were just fantastic. The part in the film I was waiting for was the expanding woman, oh yeah, make that exploding...
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But it happens once... and once only... behind that screen and thats it... nowhere else... and again, no explanation, no reasoning, no "little monsters running around" - Just that silouhette shot... and thats it... no more exploding people for the entire movie.
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from the military point of veiw.
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and its quick, no 'big trouble in little china' buildup, she just expands and dies.
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I think the fact the film is confined totally to the perspective of one group will shit some people, but that's exactly what I thought was good about it. A friend said immediately afterwards he now wants to know 'the whole story', but frankly, I don't care. The story I saw was simply 'shit goes down, big time' and that was enough for me.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about Cloverfield as a genre pic is what it doesn't reveal. Wanting to know where the monster came from or even what happens to it means tapping into a whole fictional mythos (which I'm sure exists, I just don't care. The background for nearly every monster film is usually kinda lame). Instead we get a document of an extremely fantastical disaster (although I'm sure New Yorkers will be creeped out by seeing stunned people covered in grey dust staggering about like it's 9/11 all over again)from a human perspective. Yes the human characters are a bit annoying, the romance sub-plot - if you can call it that in a film with no plot at all - is weak for the most part. But by the final shots I was actually thinking that the romance sub-plot was about how fleeting moments of happiness are. If you don't hold onto something, you can never guarantee something big and unexpected is not going to fuck up your chances of ever being happy again. Be it a car accident or a giant mutant creature from the deep.
There's definitely some great visual moments in the film, and some really tense sequences. It's a shitload harder than any other Hollywood monster flick I've seen in ages, almost brutal in the way it treats the characters. I'd almost consider it more an outright horror film than a monster movie in terms of how bleak it is. And I definitely think it's the film's refusal to explain things or offer anything resembling a happy pay-off that will annoy most people. For me though I thought it was downright refreshing to see something that didn't compromise the premise. If something like the monster did hit a population centre, the movie plays exactly how I would expect things to go. No-one would be safe, whether they had designer stubble or looked like a fashion model or carried a fucking big gun.
I know some people have said Blair Witch-meets-Godzilla for this, and it's pretty apt I guess. But it really could only have been better if Paul Greengrass had directed it (dammit, now THAT would likely have been astonishing). However the reception of it pans out, and however many times people criticise the lack of a 'satisfying' story, it's definitely something I've never seen before. And that's mighty rare these days.
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I agree... but something, ANYTHING would be better than knowing absolutely nothing at all... I'd be happy with "apparently it came from the water" but we don't even get a true point in that direction either - It just fucking appears out of nowhere... You're right though, if a monster WERE to attack a city, it's how it'd go down, no doubt about it... I don't undertand why EVERYONE is running on foot, though - The Bridge scene fucked me off because everyone apparently had to walk across the 6 lane (or 4 lane, whatever) bridge... Seriously, cars would be zipping through that place faster than the Clipsal500 here in SA. Because it's not like there was a traffic jam or anything, the streets were EMPTY. And it wasn't like War of the Worlds were cars stopped working...
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As it's a 'monster movie', you expect some sort of explanation or backstory. That's what we're conditioned to expect. And I've no doubt one exists, and it will be expanded upon via the viral web stuff and on the DVD release. But the film itself was set up to be a standalone account - one perspective really. They had 90 minutes to jam a 'real time' (though heavily compressed) story from the perspective of the public into the film. Further exposition wasn't the point of the exercise I felt. Purely an attempt to capture the experience of being there when it happened.
Plus the bridge thing, it was an evacuation. Cars take up too much space when you're trying to empty a place with the population of Manhattan. If I was a cop I'd be threatening to shoot anyone trying to drive out - a single car driver would be jeopardising lives by taking up room that could be used for ten to fifteen people walking. But I guess it's a gamble the filmmakers took - how WOULD people react? Would they walk, run, or pile into a car and get stuck at the first intersection? Having said that, there was a lot of unrealistic things going on (getting up and running shortly after being impaled on a steel pole? Does adrenalin do that??), but then I remember it's film with a GIANT FISH MONSTER in it, and hey, who am I to argue? ;) -
nice drawlings my friend! are you doin' em on a wacom? (my personal nemesis)jesus crust, now that people are seeing the movie and saying interesting things about it is when i have to go. this 'working' is a real drag and gets in the way of life - anybody else find that to be true?
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cloverfield is supposed to be a sort of documentary using footage retrieved from the events as seen by these hipsters,and released by the government.
was the government not filming? was the news not filming? were no other tourists in new york at the time? were Hud and company the only people with enough 'presence of mind' to record the events for posterity? why would a documentary be made that does not resolve or attempt to explain anything? and why would a government document(ary) contain no government footage, propaganda, glossing over or recreation of the events?that's bullshit.
i haven't read many interviews from JJ on cloverfield, but did he ever just admit that he wanted to give to the american audience the loud, scary, chaotic uncertain experience that everyone in new york on 9/11 had? but then make it 'okay' by making it sci-fi? that sounds like all this is. an experimental cinematic experience, but not much of a sci-fi movie. -
is it even cloase?
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“cloverfield is supposed to be a sort of documentary using footage retrieved from the events as seen by these hipsters,and released by the government.”
That is not quite accurate, the movie is quite literally just a copy of the tape that a group of friends filmed during the duration of an attack. The beginning of the tape there is a little bit of the “case designate: Cloverfield” jargon, stating that this tape was found in the site formerly known as Central park. It is just typed font.
In seeing the movie, I almost felt as if I was looking at archived footage after the fact. In other words, this video would have been used to investigate the events on that day, and much like all of the video footage from 9/11, clips from it would probably end up being used by the media in coverage of the event.
“was the government not filming? was the news not filming? were no other tourists in new york at the time? were Hud and company the only people with enough 'presence of mind' to record the events for posterity?”
I’m quite sure the government was filming, as were other hundreds, if not thousands of other people. Again, much like 9/11 this video would probably be one of many MANY videos. Imagine watching the events of 9/11 from the vantage point of 1 person’s video camera, rather than a montage of specific clips. (****Let me say this RIGHT NOW, what I am about to say is not me condoning the action, just saying it’s possible****) What’s ironic, I think this very aspect makes the possibility of a sequel quite feasible. Other footage from the day of the attack can be used to “view” the events. For example, we could watch the attacks from the vantage of a news crew that is following the story. Even though after watching Cloverfield we know enough about the attack to know main points, the events of that day could vary widely for different sets of people. Again, I don’t condone a sequel, I really think they should leave well enough alone.
Anyways, I hope that explains much of the premise so you can understand what the nature of the film is.
On your final comment about giving theatergoers the 9/11 experience with a sci-fi frame work, I’ve not heard anything from JJ on that. That being said, 9/11 is now, and will always be a part of the American psyche from this point forward. I see no reason to hide from that, or avoid it. This movie would not have worked if it was set in other cities. The bottom line is, most Americans know what New York looks like and can identify with it. If Cloverfield took place in LA, San Diego, Miami, Boston… I don’t think it would have the same impact, pre OR post 9/11. My girlfriend and I discussed the scene that specifically has the 9/11 footage feel to it and we agree that post 9/11, American’s now have a better frame of reference of what a large building collapsing looks like. Most movies pre 9/11 would have the building exploding and crap falling everywhere, but now we truly know what it looks like. You can’t have a movie with a Giant Monster knocking over buildings and use visuals that are different than 9/11. The theater audience is unfortunately all to familiar with what that looks like.
Again, I loved the movie, I thought it was flat out suspenseful, scary and amazingly well done.
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It is Cthulhu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBb0JHJRK8k
Watch the trailer, 1:11 into it, there is what looks like a
containment area and some gal behind a white sheet sprouting
tentacles.
J.J. Abrahms, is all about inuendo. Just look at Lost (which he
created). Lost is all about fans coming to their own conclusions.
If the monster is not an alien, that means it must have been chilling
here on Earth for a long time. Where was it chillin? The deep in the
Ocean? What does that tell you?
The monster must be somewhat intelligent, or what would it go straight
for the head of the statute of Liberty. Or better yet why choose to
attack New York of all cities? What, was he just crusing around and
hey! There's the worlds biggest city!
There is also suppose to be some sort of cult in the movie.
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I posted this on another TB, figured I'd share the comment with the multiple Cloverfield threads...
After seeing Cloverfield, I thought I might throw some warnings your way. Things that may prevent someone from liking the movie. No spoilers in this comment... Take from it what you will.
Caveat 1) If you can’t handle “Shaky Cam,” this is probably not the movie for you.
Caveat 2) If you don’t like movies that have vague, open endings, where everything is not wrapped up in a tidy little package at the end of the day, this is probably not the movie for you.
Caveat 3) If you are incensed by the idea of any movie having footage and situations that are reminiscent of 9/11, this is probably not the movie for you.
Caveat 4) If you don’t like movies that kick ass, defy Hollywood conventions, reinvigorate genres, this is probably not the movie for you.
Caveat 5) If you don’t like movies that deliver true suspense, not edge of the seat suspense, I mean the kind of suspense that keeps you literally pushing away from the screen, trying to bury yourself into your seat because the suspense was so taut and ruthless, ala Alien, Jaws, etc, this may not be the movie for you.
This WAS the movie for me. I flat out Loved it.
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Is it a fat related thing, or am I allowed to feel sorry for him?
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But some of the negative reviews seem to be written by complete dicks. For example, the comingsoon.net guy is pissed off because he was "taken out" of the film by "errors" like the fact that the characters' cell phones work while they're down in the subway. Someone should have told this guy that they're currently installing cell phone antennas in all of NYC's subway stations. If this movie is supposed to occur in 2009 or 2010, their cell phones would in fact work in subway stations [assuming the network wasn't jammed by millions of people calling at once, as it was on 9/11]. I hate it when someone criticizes something technical in a movie, when the movie is right and the person is wrong. This is the kind of guy who would insist "Starbuck would decompress!" even though their NASA consultant says she wouldn't.
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yeah, the head SHAPE is more accurate than mine, but the face is off in that.
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Psyche. I think once this TB is enough. I'm kind of out of breath from the DJ Dance Off I had with MNG earlier.
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Saw this last night in Melbourne. Again, like others, pretty much agree with Harry. It's not the second coming, but I like the concept and the execution.
Although, let it be noted, I didn't follow the 'viral marketing' thing after the first few days. I knew I was going to see it after the first teaser, so... life is just too short. And it all adds up to nothing anyway, no slusho, no anything. I like that the monster doesn't have an origin in the film. It's just like how it would really be.
And I've read a lot of criticism about Rob going back for his lost love. I totally support that. If I was on my way to safety, and my girl called me telling me that she was hurt and where I could find her... I'd wouldn't even hesitate.
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And I would fucking murder for a Vern review of it.
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What piece of shit. I feel dizzy from the handycam, the audience was vocaly upset that they had been conned by this turkey.
Star Trek preview was terrible, the fake one did a better job. -
Harry Knowles quote - "Utterly brilliant"
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And it's not a documentary by the characters in the film! It's footage shot by people that were there when the shit hit the fan, nothing more. But it works great!
This is what the piece of shit American Godzilla movie should have been! No fucking Jurassic Park shit. And no Mathew Brodrick running around with a home pregnancy test. It was great, everyone in the preview screening was silent for a few seconds after it ended. And then we all said holy shit! Do one thing when you see it, wait after the credits, there is some audio that I couldn't make out and neither could anyone else. Great flick. Plus the Trek teaser, don't get too excited on it though it's really short!
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Judging from Harry's comments about the story, this movie DOES sound brilliant and groundbreaking. Except Cloverfield is a little late, because The Host already broke this ground. As I was reading the synopsis of this story, all I could think was, "this sounds EXACTLY like The Host, but with amateur directing (since when did shitty camerawork equal "genius"? I was always under the impression that it's just shitty camerawork), a forced love story that sounds about as cliche as you can get, yet lacking the humor and political undertones that made The Host so amazing.
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Good film but the enormity of the monster and the coolness of the concept was over shadowed by the MEGA IRRITATING camera wobbles in my opinion. It's like they asked the cameraman to copy the Blair Witch but make it 10 times worse. The idea of making it real and from the point of view of the characters was a bit of a joke - they continued filming when their friends died and their lives were in mortal danger (unrealistic) and then wobbled the camera excessively to "increase the realism". 7/10 and I'm being generous due to the fact that the monster was humungous!
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Okay, I'm not going to see it after all (after all this time, I find myself more interested in reading the stuff here), but I couldn't resist saying this close to opening day, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN!" There, I'm happy now!
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Gotta respond to your Tues. comment about female TBers. I found that after revealing that I'm a girl (which only comes about because of penis-related comments made by others and i point out that I don't have one so wouldn't know), I have received maybe one or two genuinely harassing comments (just the same as if I were out at a bar) the total time I've been posting here (about 8 months). I find the majority of males to be perfectly fine, and if they weren't I'd have a lot of fun telling them to fuck themselves since no else apparently will. The idea that chicks dig that attention is ludicrous. If they did, wouldn't there be more girls here? I love my boyfriend and don't feel the need for it, personally.
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How fitting, if it was actually some kind of sea beast. However, it's been well established that the identity of the creature has been narrowed down to either Voltron or Lion, with most of the evidence pointing towards lion.
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If Edith Hamilton was a pot-smoking funk songwriter, this is what she'd write: http://tinyurl.com/3dfn4p
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By the funk bad "Release the Kraken" from their debut album "Release the Kraken", in which are explored the metaphysical philosophies entailed by the releasing of the kraken.
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It was awful. I hate that H. Knowles and the internet marketing machine got me so pumped about it. I am not a film snob at all, btw. This film was so lacking, I wanted to walk out in the first 20 minutes and I've never, ever walked out of a film(wanted to walk out of The Minus Man, but stayed and watched that goddamn train wreck just b/c I was obsessed with Hampton Fancher's script for Blade Runner).
Anyway, Cloverfield is terrible. The whole movie revolves around the young, hip set getting through NY to safety from a monster that isn't even remotely close to getting to them. It is a refugee film of sorts like War of the Worlds only in WotW, Spielberg made you think the "thing" was after them. Not so, Cloverfield. It's never "after them" per se. They exist in the chaos it randomly creates. The characters were properly dramatic and mindful of the creature, but who gives a nut if it's not actually after you(which it wasn't).
What really peeved me is that what you see of the creature, its destruction and its offspring is less than 15% of screen time. The rest is sh*tty teen-into-adult crisis relationship bullsh*t shot on a crappy camera. I wish Abrams was my neighbor b/c I'd like to go over to his place and piss on his potted plants. -
Whereas I maintain that it was the most fantastic monster flick I have ever seen, and it will probably end up in my top 20 films of all time.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to beat a dead Kraken. I'll stop.
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RELEASE the Kraken!
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I still don't understand the complaints of the characters being too young/pretty to be realistic. I live in a College town, and I can easily see how a clique of friends can all look like that. It is realistic, move on!
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...of the upper deep;
Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides; above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumber'd and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages, and will lie
Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
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This movie is almost like an bonus feature on the Roland Emmerich version of Godzilla. Not gonna lie, like this movie. But it plays out like a CNN footage real. PLAY THAT AGAIN, you see what we are looking at here, sort of thing. From a technical standpoint the film is groundbreaking. BUT from a popularity stand point, its Blair Witch all over again. People were pissed at the end of the movie. Though Friday night at 2000 is not the optimum time to see movies with movie fans. Should have caught the midnight showing. OH RAMBO WEEK BEGINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This movie is almost like an bonus feature on the Roland Emmerich version of Godzilla. Not gonna lie, like this movie. But it plays out like a CNN footage real. PLAY THAT AGAIN, you see what we are looking at here, sort of thing. From a technical standpoint the film is groundbreaking. BUT from a popularity stand point, its Blair Witch all over again. People were pissed at the end of the movie. Though Friday night at 2000 is not the optimum time to see movies with movie fans. Should have caught the midnight showing. OH WELL RAMBO WEEK BEGINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Anyways. Colin Hanks is the killer in Untracable, 20 British quid on that one. If you did not watch the man on Letterman, then shame on you!
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I hate to turn the whole "female TBers get hit on" philosophy on its face by proposing to someone I assume is a guy, but would you marry me?
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Jan 18, 2008 9:53:18 PM CST
Blair Witch + Godzilla. That's all it is, really. Good, not gr
by happyhamster
I get the feeling if you get too caught in the hype you'll be disappointed a bit. I was. I wasn't horribly disappointed though since I still found the movie pretty entertaining. But at the end of the day it's Blair Witch + Godzilla with some WB-level teen-angst tossed in.
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I'm at a very strange time in my talkback life, so I would have to think about it. I just did not envision having a Talkback Fiancé so soon, you know? And the whole talkbacking with the in-laws, it can be so...uncomfortable. However, I don't see any reason why we couldn't make preliminary plans for a Kraken-shaped wedding cake?
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Great concept....
Excellent acting (extra points to Mike Vogel)
FANTASTIC monster!!
TOTALLY RUINED by the massive over-use of "jitter-cam".
A ***1/2 star movie made into a *1/2
Before people even got out of their seats at the end they were complaining of headaches and nausea, essentially MOTION SICKNESS. These complaints continued into the lobby and bathrooms with both men and women saying they were too upset to even go to dinner after the show. Several said no way would they recommend it for that reason.
Fortunately my wife and I had eaten 2 hours before going to the theater.
The producers/director need to understand that modern camcorders ALL have anti-jitter features that smooth out camera motion to a smooth slide instead of a shaky jitter.
In other words; what their cam was doing was very 80's.
It's also one thing to see jitter-cam on a small screen which takes up maybe 10%-20% of your field of view, but it's entirely something else to have it fill up 90% in a darkened room. That is enough to bring on a previously dormant seizure disorder.
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Loved it something fierce...now where can I download the end credits music?
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Nuke or Napalm?
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This movie sucked. It had some moments, but the characters made such stupid choices you didn't care if they died. I'm willing to suspend disbelief to enjoy a movie, but not to "follow" or care about such stupid people. Why didn't they just throw that indestructible camera at the creature? That would have killed it. Completely overhyped and overrated. Just like JJAbrams other ventures, the payoff was not there.
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...see if you want a action scary monster fest that you'll forget the second the movie is over. The JJ crew are experts on the what and the how, but they just don't give you the why. It's expertly told (but mind you, a poor woman behind me did vomit profusely and had to be helped out of the theater, if your woman is naseua prone with the shaky cam, be warned) but I showed up at the theater because I was intriqued by the secret behind the monster. But there is no secret, and I think it would be unfair to dupe people into thinking it was that kind of movie.
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"Caveat 4) If you don’t like movies that kick ass, defy Hollywood conventions, reinvigorate genres, this is probably not the movie for you. "
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I am shit-my-pants in love with this movie! Glad to see Harry and I still agree once in a while :)If you love this flick too catch me on Netflix for more movie sharing! (Topaz420 at gmail dot com)
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I swear at the very begining of the film, right before the DoD heading is displayed, the Dharma Initative logo flashes on the lower right side of the screen.
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Harry, for the love of all that is holy and sacred, can you use your connections to get this magnificent piece of movie music made available to the common folk?
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so bad i'm close to writing a damn essay. people are blowing my mind being able to accept this is passable, much less GREAT.
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Just checking.
It has not one tenth the wit and imagination of last year's The Host. It's pathetic. And, yes, Tom Cruise's friend is a hack. Ok, everyone can go back now to pimping yet more utterly insignificant Hollywood product. -
The Host was much more original. SPOILERS
The monster was cool until the reveal and it looked kind of like a giant vampire spider. Kind of unoriginal including the tiny spiders ripped off from Aliens and any other film that has mutant spider things.
The anti-Hollywood ending is not anti-Hollywood because every second film these days has an ambiguous, downbeat ending. It isn't original in any way.
Hate to be a cliche but Blair Witch did this better almost ten years ago. This film wasn't scary at all. Just eery at times.
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No back story, totally unrealistic scenario's for what would take place if something like that actually happened... I mean come on man, would you care about anything but saving your own ass, let alone caring about trekking a Farking camera along with you everywhere ? The effects were fine, yeah... It's obvious that's where the budget was spent. But original ? LOL. Wow, and american Godzilla wanna be, but using a giant mutated rat instead. SooooOOoo creative. The producers should be f'ing hanged. What a piece of crap.
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Different Opinions. Deal with it. I loved it, and want that fricking music. Dougrb, you must not love anyone in your life. Current, captainCAPSLOCK, the rest...just deal. I'm sure you can go masturbate to "The Host" again.
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giachino made up for lost's french horn -a-thon with that piece.
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when he called it a fun but forgettable b movie.
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With some decent chills and thrills and the scene where the reigns down mini monsters is the best scene in the entire film.
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regardless of whether of lot of people hated this movie, it will make a ton of money. and on DVD too. This will mean a sequel. I havent seen the movie myself as it opens in IReland on 1 feb. If this monster is still alive at the end. this can mean that there will be a sequel. New york gets rebuilt by a mysterious benefactor(tarugauto) but like the upcoming Host sequel there are more monsters then they thought or the mini-monsters have evolved. The beast gets killed in the second film but there are more critters in the female stomachs. That will be set up in a third movie. This is all speculation of course and this movie could die a death. we will see.
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There are A LOT of people who seem to disagree with you, but I'm not one of them. I caught the midnight showing last night. This truly is a landmark film. And doubtless, it might become one of the most audience-polarizing ones ever, as there were members applauding and booing at the end when I saw it.
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This movie was OK... not horrible, not awesome by any means, it was Ok. I'm not sure what movie Harry saw that made him blow jizz everywhere but, dude, come on. It wasn't that great. the way he reviewed the movie I thought Christ was going to pop in the middle and announce the second coming. Harry needs to wash JJ's spooge out of his beard.
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Everything that you complained about is what I loved about it.
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And both were "meh"....the type of movies you sort of get into while it plays the first time, but after that you have no intention of watching it ever again. One of those. "Meh".....save the hype for the truly deserving please...this was a pure Januart movie....pretty good, but January movie nonetheless.
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Just found your myspace page at myspace.c om / elmo914
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I found you, too. You're a 28-year-old male in Maryland.
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You're a drinking, smoking, 31-year-old father in California. LOL This is fun.
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Wow. It was exhausting to watch! Last night I said I enjoyed it but didn't want to see it again. Today...well...I'd be willing to go again. Probably will.
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this girl can't wait for lost so cloverfield was a nice gift. one of my friends missed SPOILER the the coney island reveal so i told her what happened and she was satisfied...it was fun. that's what you should have gotten from it- fun stuff! i think tj is awesome on carpoolers, it was good to see(hear) him. imagine if the monster spent a few more weeks in the water????
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SUCKED!!
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just got back from the theater. this movie was AWESOME!
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...and boy are my 6 mutant arms tired.
Was it good? Was it bad?
I don't know.
I don't believe at all that this movie is supposed to be either. It doesn't have a musical score, it's not supposed to have any "actors" or "actresses" in it. And, overall, it's not supposed to be about a monster, but rather the effect a giant creature has on New York. It's about the confusion, the panic, the attempt to make light of a surreal situation. The movie sets out to accomplish a feeling and a perspective. That feeling? Maybe helplessness or dread. That perspective? A life out of focus and trying to gain focus all the time. Does it succeed? You bet your Slusho it does.
I know people who'll go see it and say "Well, that sucked. You don't even hardly see the monster at all," and they'll be right only about the latter. Honestly, if a person doesn't like this movie, they might not get it exactly. Or it might just not be their cup of joe, in which case, why go see it? I could be wrong, but I went to this movie with almost no expectations at all and was thoroughly entertained. Anyone going to see this and expecting the greatest monster movie ever has clearly missed the something like the Japanese film Gojira. That one captures the feeling of a nation torn apart by nuclear warfare better than this one captures the terror of seeing New York brought down by a couple of angry, homicidal/suicidal Muslims. But so what? Like I said, this movie sets out to accomplish some things and it does. And it's not pretty, it's not an epic movie, it's not polished, the cameraman is not a "cameraman" at all, and it's not a movie where the monster looks "cool."
The monster looks pathetic in the most actual sense of the word. Everything about it looks disturbing and odd and something close to sad. You're in awe of it for one second, and then the next you realize that it's only goal is to ravage. It knows only chaos. It IS chaos. And that, too, is executed well. Or well enough.
The characters are likable and disposable at the same time. You know about them and their troubles, but if they were replaced midway through the film, I wouldn't have cared at all. Not that they were bad, it's just that you care about them simply because they are people, not because they have any redeeming qualities or are special. You just want them to get from point A to point Z.
So, did I like it? Yes. I'd go see it again today if I could. But it's not a movie. It's a "found footage" piece of entertainment. And with that in mind, this "movie" is one crazy, disturbing ride that's at least worth the price of a matinée ticket. -
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I conjectured on the implications in the Capone review.
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There was supposed to be a "Was" in there somewhere. Please feel free to insert this one.
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He liked the idea when I told him. Strange as it sounds it made the movie more "believable".
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after he stole the "creature" off hte tablematch between Chewy and R2. Come on, Harry. I give this monster a 3/10. IT would have been a 2/10, but its self-inflating, Princess Leia inspired balloon-lungs on its head are all the rage in Cosmo this month. What a disappointment.
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Effects are good. Fun to watch, especially after that shitfest, Teeth. But I was with several who were sorely disappointed. The best thing about the movie is the ending credits music. Someone in my group said "If this isn't a trilogy, this is worthless." If you're a big JJ Abrams fan, there's not much in here. Sorry.
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yeah, I think I was the only person in the audience to see that part at the end. I am so so sooo glad it apparently came from outer space and was not some radioactive fish or whatever!
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I loved this movie... No spoon feeding the viewer. This movie is gonna suck for anyone who is expecting a traditional watered-down plastic Hollywood blockbuster monster movie. It is the anti-Hollywood blockbuster, anti-shtick, anti-traditional movie.
NO known famous actors, NO score, NO clichés...AND I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THIS MOVIE FOR THESE VERY REASONS! This movie is the best I have seen in a long time. This is a "thinking man's movie". What I mean by that is that it allows you to draw your own conclusions about the details while at the heart of it all is a love story.
JJ is the very best -this movie proves it. Step aside, Spielberg, Jackson, and Cameron-- we have a new sheriff in town! I can't wait for Star Trek and S4 of Lost.
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A big piece of crappola-fest. A love story. With many, many flaws, especially with the tailwhipping scene.
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in some way? why do i ask? go to sluhozoom.com and you will find a link to harry's webite against a white background. and a thank you message.
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...from our good comments about this movie is that we're not necessarily saying it's a good movie. We're just saying that we like it. I mean, that's what I'm saying.
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the names of which escapes me. I think the name of the film is It came from beyond the stars. that was remade as alien. JJ has said that another influence was escape from NY. and godzilla too.
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The movie concept was good, but enough with the shaky cam already. We get it; there is a lot of action. I almost threw up my Snowcaps. It seems like this type of camera movement is supposed to substitute good chorography. And what happened to the ending? There was no resolution. We don't know what happened. Did they just run out of money? After the movie, one person in the packed theater stood up and said, "It took longer to park my car than it took to watch this movie." Sure, the ticket sales were up this weekend because of the good ad campaign, but the bad word of mouth may change that. I sure hope that Lost doesn't end this bad.
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Sorry guys but there is only 2 good things about this movie--1) the hype leading up to it and 2) the Star Trek teaser on the front.
The movie was good for about the first 20 minutes but once the crew started heading out over the Brooklyn bridge, it went south. The Rob character is a pussy of the utmost magnitude--I mean he sleeps with a girl once and is willing to sacrifice his life and everyone around him for her? Gimme a break. I mean the guy doesn't even shed a tear for his brother dying! After he sees his brother die all he can think of is finding a new cell phone battery so he can call the skank who brought another guy to his going away party. Once that happened the whole film was done for me. The shaky cam was little over done as well--my wife had to leave the movie because it made her sick. The monster was kind of cool but to not know anything about it was a bit annoying as well. Then the "I Love yous" at the end--puh-leese. -
Ok, I didnt hate the movie...in fact I wanted to love it...but in a film thats supposed to be realism so to speak...there was nothing real about it. If you're going to do a film in this way, everything should be realistic but it just wasnt.Maybe its being nitpicky on my part but things in it were just stupid...like...Beth was impaled, couldnt move, and on the brink of death..yet she's able to call Rob...Where was Travis, the dude she went home with. I think the whole audience(I'm in NY) collectively groaned when Rob received the phone call in the subway tunnel...The creature seemed to change size an awful lot, or was it just me? One minute its bigger than the skyline, the next minute its hiding behind skyscapers and what not, the next minute its small enough for Hud not to have to zoom in on it. SPeaking of, Hud was one hell of a camera man the way his camera seemed to zoom in and out at the exact right second. Really pissed me off that when they enter the military hospital or whatever, the meds dont immediately recognixe that the chick Marlena had a bite on her. The subway scene was intense until the point where the bitten chick was able to fend off alot of the lice with...her purse and were somehow able to outrun the things. And really...the whole going to the top of one damaged sky scraper to crawl into another skyscraper...yeah, real people who are scared shitless would do that. And I'm sorry...I usually dont get picky about this type of thing...but someone, at least someone would had to have dropped a couple of F-bombs. I mean you see a giant creature coming at you and you say to yourself...what the heck is that???...really?? I did like HUD though. I think I almost spit out my drink when he commented about flaming homeless people.
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If you've seen The Gate..youve seen the monster. Its just one of those things that came out of the hole but with crablegs
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... not up to Harry's hype. It's a Blair-Witch-eye-view of Godzilla. Cool idea, but Blair Witch already broke the ground. And while I like movies that don't explain too much (Ronin being a great example), I felt like Cloverfield explained too little. Just a touch more would have been nice. The main characters do unbelievable things on occasion, like leaving behind a crowbar even though they expect to be jumped by little monsters again. The shaky cam is way overdone- you could get the handheld effect without going totally overboard into seasick land. Still, it's an interesting take on the giant city-killing monster. Just don't go in with overhyped expectations.
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Saw the film today. I liked it a lot, but I just didn't care for the human characters and the story of Rob going back to find Beth. I don't care about their relationship. The ONLY human character I cared for, who had the best lines, was "HUD".
Now, I must say the filmmakers did a fucking FANTASTIC job with the action scenes. They were instense. The giant monster was interesting and I was kind of bummed that we actually get to see it close-up (towards the very end of the film). I mean, I think it was interesting throughout the film was that you got to see glimpses of the thing and that was most interesting. I also think the creature lacked a certain "trade-mark" move of defense (as Godzilla has his radioative breath, for example). And the little creatures were just giant ticks, which were pretty freaky. Anyway, I do recommend seeing this film in the theatre, because it's the type of film that needs to be seen in a theatre. On DVD, it won't be as effective. Hopefully, Cloverfield 2 will have more creature destruction and a better, human story. 3 out of 5 stars. -
His name was Hud.
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A large part of this movie's potential effectiveness is in how believable it is, because it is supposed to be "real" found footage. However, anyone with a even cursory knowledge of video cameras knows that a) the film looks WAY too good to be shot by some chooch with a camcorder b) SOUNDS way too good to be shot by some chooch with a camcorder, and c) in a few instances probably COULDN'T be shot by any human being with a camcorder. Okay, so believability get knocked down a peg, but if you still want to enjoy yourself you suspend disbelief a bit. But then, you're subjected to some truly awful voice acting by the chooch holding the camera, who sounds like an amateur in a voice over booth trying to act scared while performing to nobody. So between these things and having to surpress the urge to vomit to even watch the film, I didn't enjoy much in this movie, beyond a few effective scares.
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No stars. Zero grade visuals. A story we've seen a million times before. Oh, wait. I think I just answered my question.
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You forgot one more thing that kills the believability of the movie: The giant monster destroying New York.
Its a MOVIE. Go with it and have a little fun. I, for one, am glad it doesn't have believable camcorder audio. I wouldn't be able to hear a damn thing for my $10 bucks. -
I liked the attempt at the human story with Rob & Beth. It was not what it needed to be with all its little flaws and directionless acting but I saw what they were going for and appreciated the effort. Carrie Fisher should have been called in to doctor it up. I really did like the ending but even that would have been better if their story was better written. And on a side note, that Beth is HOT!!! And that pretty much goes for all the other women in the flick. Monster was ok but like what most people are saying, it's not about the monster. Can't wait to see the other perspectives on the event in sequels. Should be interesting. Oh, one other thing...why did the newscasters never say something like "there is a huge ugly beast attacking the city" or something like that? All they say is that the city is under attack and people are fleeing, etc. At least call it what it is... a big friggin' monster!!!
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It's amazing how your audience's overall opinion matches yours. I go to the movies very often, and I rarely overhear such vivid conversation as some talkbackers claim - I certainly don't know how sick they are or if they're going to skip dinner. If I ever hear someone's opinion I disregard it and walk to my car.
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Jan 21, 2008 2:19:53 AM CST
I should have known when Harry launched into his usual brand of
by stifler's mom
Good movie, good concept, very well made, great marketing campaign, but ultimately disappointing. And Harry, my friend, your raving doesn't help, as usual. A few talkbackers have thrown around the "Blair Witch" comparison, and I expect that in the next few days, that analogy will be everywhere. Because for me and the audience I saw it with, it was the EXACT SAME experience as Blair Witch. A great, minimalist marketing campaign leading up to huge expectations, leading up to an overwhelmingly unanimous audience reaction of "Oh, that's it? Yeah, pretty good, but that's it?" The theater was at about 60-70% capacity, and the reactions were virtually identical to that opening weekend back in July 99, right down to the bitching about the motion sickness and the shaky camera. As a true movie fan, I really appreciate what Abrams and co have done here. I'm not gonna trash Cloverfield. Quite the opposite. But even thought the marketing campaign was very, very cool, I still wished I hadn't known so much going in. The big questions I had on my mind going in are still basically unanswered, and because of raving geeks like Harry, my expectations were set too high. My prediction is all the goodwill and good buzz generated by this movie over the past year will backlash, very very soon.
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My audience all nodded in agreement with my theory that the monster was a nanopolymer coated alien shock trooper. Then they said that I was so smart and goodlooking. I told them that from this moment we were all family, and there were tears. I accepted their standing ovation and flowers.
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I said in my review I was willing to suspend my disbelief a bit, but I couldn't forgive bad acting, so compound that with the other stuff and I didn't enjoy the film much. It's nothing more than a stunt.
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Move along folks, nothing to see here.
Take Blair Witch...add in some Godzilla...spike it with Alien elements...shake as hard as you can....voila "Cloverfield".
Really...
1. It was too slick to pass as "found" video, actors who acted like actors, and a level of unbelievability that takes you out of the film. Given that people run like rabbits and don't have the presence of mind to film plane crashes or war footage (unless they are professional camera operators), do you REALLY think that these folks would film anything given a 200ft tall monster is tearing the city apart? No...and neither would I.
2. People do not talk normally during crisis. These folks carry on normal conversations like they were on the way to the friggin supermarket...no panic, no abject terror...just.."Hey I'm going to get Beth.", "ok..we'll go with you". HA! As if. Chaos going on around you, bodies in the street, tanks, bombs, HUGE ****ING beast, wicked crab like monsters running amok and these folks are okie dokie with it and filming away like a day in the park. Yeah...believeable.
3. The Monster. It looks like a Giant version of Pumpkin Head with red gills on its head..no, look it up I'm serious. Not uncool...just derivative.
4. Holes, Holes, Holes......in the openiing it says this was found video on an SD card. In the movie "Rob" wants to know if they changed the tape. OK..is it a hard drive cam or a tape cam..make up your friggin minds!
Also, the end. It is alluded too that the Feds are gonna nuke Manhattan as regular bombs aint doing the trick. Ron and Bimbo are under a bridge in central park, the monster is right above them. We hear the bomb whistle in, see fire, debris, some screams, etc...
Now people...let me explain a few things about a nuclear blast...
a. If you were as close as these nitwits there would not be time to scream, you simply would cease to exist; at the temperatures you'd be exposed to you are basically vaporized in you are within a few km of the point of impact.
b. The camera SURE AS HELL would not survive. If the heat and overpressure didn't kill it (as if) the electro magnetic pulse would. The tape, electronics, sd card whatever would be scambled and unusable. Military electronics are shielded to help reduce the chances this happening, consumer electronics not so much.
Now about that Camera. WOW, thats good Battery life and camera durability. 6+ hours of battery life..and shock proofing. Thats SOOOME camera old Hud has...dust, dropping, light usage, IR usage, blood....nothing kills this camera.
I could go on and on and on...but I think you get the jist of it.
If you'er an underachieving 12yr old...and Godzilla is not bloody enough for you, go see Cloverfield right now! Or if Abrams viral marketing has done its magic and you just HAVE to see it...do yourself a favor and go o the Matinee...at less than 2 hours, and for the product you get, it simply isn't worth full price. -
a 200ft Pumpkinhead with slightly longer arms...no shit.
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This was as "Hollywood" as Hollywood gets! A giant crap fest, unbelievable in everyway, with obvious actors and obvious scenes; not to mention leaps of logic that just prove it was made for prepubescent boys with no concept of human psychology, physiology, or what can and can not be done with a fucking handicam.
JJ Abrams has proven nothing but that he can effectively market ice to eskimos..or in this case a movie to people who watch his lame tv show.
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thats the worst thing about it...it didn't inspire dread, terror, or horror...there was no abject despair in the characters, no sense of impending doom.
The only GOOD scene in the entire film was when Rob and crew are caught between the military and the monster, and the sound of the guns and roars are all you hear.
The rest of it? Silly B movie acting and a script/directing that shows the makers simply do not understand the human mind and how it works under stress....in fact some of it was so bad I thought the Sci-Fi channel might have produced it.
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......because believe me pal,you could sell a lump of turd straight from your arse to some of the clowns on here, who hang onto your every word!I mean FFS Harry ,you should get a job in advertising....oh wait!
All pomp and no substance,and don`t even get me started on the acting...jesus wept!
Star Trek next?Na I`ll give that a miss and save my money on something that`s NOT made by JJ Abrahams.
Time for you to get another job Harry.
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For the first time in my life I've suffered the effects of motion sickness...all due to the camera work in this movie. My wife got sick and developed a migraine, and my pal who went to the theatre with us could only watch the events on the screen half of the time.
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I liked it but it could have easily been an hour long special on TV. An hour of wanton destruction can be fun to watch but once Rob had accomplished what he set out to do, the movie lost some serious momentum.
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Spoilers follow but you knew that.
OK the major problem with the movie is exactly why Harry liked it; the shift in perspective to a tangible, human scale story. Because in a tangible, human scale setting, the type of suspension of disbelief is different from the disbelief that must be suspended for the monster-destroying-the-city arc. The suspension of disbelief can't survive the back and forth transition from human story to big monster story. If it was just godzilla level destruction, I wouldn't have time to wonder why the damn thing is apparently invulnerable but the small bugs squish so easily nor would I have cared. I wouldn't have laughed every time it showed the chicks tottering around on their high heels, where the tanks came from, or why the characters did stupid horror movie type things. I wouldn't have wondered at the odd shift in the monster's scale when Hud bought it or wondered why the thing jumped at the helicopter which, on it's scale, is like a polar bear chasing flies(it had to have jumped, right?) That understood, the monster design mostly worked, and I liked the little detail in the final Coney Island shot. -
I saw Cloverfield in a crowded theater on Saturday night. They offered barf bags at the ticket counter. I declined. After the movie ended, no one in the audience moved from their seats, and it was very quiet. After a few moments, some girl from up front exclaimed, "Are you fucking kidding me?", and got up and exited the theater. Everyone else followed, in DEAD silence. No one was discussing the movie or talking at all - people were pissed.
I have very mixed feelings about the film - I thought the concept was cool, but really wanted to know the monster's backstory. It's also shitty that !!SPOILERS!! everyone died except for Lilly. Goddamn that was depressing. -
This movie kicks all the asses. No spoon-feeding here. No cliche scientist explaining it all to you. No explanations at all. Just a bunch of people thrust into a very bad situation who make a choice to do the right thing. People beg for a movie that does not treat you like a child and then cry like a baby when someone gives it to you because it didn't paint by numbers. Damn good movie. Entertaining. Unconventional. FUN. Go back to anime or 'The Brown Bunny' or 'The Host' or whatever other poop you and like 5 other people are 'sophisticated' enough to enjoy. Right on the money, Harry. Movies like this should be entertaining and this one absolutely delivers...
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Um...actually, people DO in fact film things like disasters while they run for their lives. See, for example, 9/11 or the tsunami footage...
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Loved it. Also liked the fact that (SPOILER ALERT) what the creature was and were it came from was left pretty much up in the air (notuiced the something falling from the sky in the last scene - so I agree outerspace is a likely explanation) and there were no happy endings. Poor Hud. And ewww gross. Surprisingly gore free though all things considered.
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If the whole film came from one camera's SD card, the whole conceit of the film makes no sense right off the bat. When you stop and start a camera with an SD card, it writes a new file, so you wouldn't really watch it all at once like a tape. And you can't record over something with an SD card and have snippets of what was underneath bleed through (like the flashes of the guy with his girlfriend). With a tape camcorder that makes sense, but not an SD card, which the opening sequence said the footage came from.
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Dude, it sounds like you have a grudge against everything that surrounds this movie. I based my assessment on the entertainment value the movie gave me. Honestly I was sick of all of the same typical crap that Hollywood was regurgitating over the last 10 years and was pleasantly entertained when I watched this movie. I’m sorry if it is not “paint by the numbers” for you or not sophisticated and original enough for you. I could care less how any movie was made but it better entertain! And that is exactly what this movie did. I loved that some people were pissed off at this movie –it only goes to show that it is unique in how it affects people and that has to be something. The public will love or hate this one—so be it. I happen to think it was a breath of fresh air and delivered on all accounts.
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Right on the money, Taca! The movie entertained and did so in a manner we have not been given in this context before. When people resort to 'I don't like that kind of people' or 'You couldn't do this on an SD card', they are really stretching for a reason to hate a film. If you weren't entertained, I gotta question if you have a pulse! I will actually go and see this again, and I never do that. Again, cool flick. I didn't pay attention to the hype, I just payed for the ticket, walked in, and had 80 minutes of fun. The Caine Mutiny it ain't, but it ain't Godzilla or The Host either. Now a sequel, that I am leery of. They would either have to rehash the same thing in another city or from a different perspective or go conventional. Come to think of it, that might be cool to actually tell the whole story from the traditional viewpoint. Of course, the haters will dump all over that too even though that is EXACTLY what they are saying this film should have been to begin with. Sigh...you just can't win.
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The movie just invites this kind of criticism because it is aiming for more realism than your standard monster movie with the format it's told in.
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This movie is completely unwatchable. It is horrible, pathetic, pure torture to watch. $30 million to make this? How come it looks like a cheap piece of unprofessional filmmaking. It wouldn't have been so bad if they filmed it as a real movie, and not some shaky homemovie camera.
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Without giving away any details of the movie. I was very impressed with the formula used to make this movie. After the first 20 minutes, you are in gulfed in a world that seems very real, flowing with anticipation of what’s around the corner. Let me tell you, this movie used very little and gives you so much in return. I give it 9.7 out of 10. The only problem I found with the movie is that a camcorder battery does not last 7 hour.
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I think it would be cool if the sequel is a companion piece told from the traditional view, filling in the blanks from the bigger picture scale of things. This would appease the people who so desperately need to be told everything and also keep them from trying to do the same thing over again just with different people and/or in a different city. Either way, I too will get this in my collection when it comes out and hope the sequel does not suck...
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Too much shaky cam- Hud blew getting some money shots 3 times...THAT ANNOYED THE SHIT OUT OF ME.. He had 3 moments where all he had to do is hold the camera up.. they shouldn't have cheeped out. Also I would have LOVED more news footage to do some more monster shots battleing the army and some extra exposition.... it had some good points but a letdown in ALOT of ways.
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I commend what the film was trying to do, but ultimately I was bored for most of it. For example, that nearly 10 minute scene in the subway station. Hud (who had maybe one funny line the whole film) basically just saying "I don't know what to say to him" for the whole bloody scene. Meanwhile, we're teased with actual excitement above ground. I kept wishing he'd grow some balls and peek up top so I could be entertained.
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He didn't mention the camera work is like Blair Witch x 10. The Editor had to have thrown up repeatedly putting this film together. Great film ... of the 10% I saw, because I had to look away constantly. How is that great filmmaking? It's a great idea with a gimmic that was WAY OVERUSED ... and made the film almost unwatchable.
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I guess I don't get sick from camerawork. It was tons of fun, with images and sounds that stayed in my head for days. That's the sign of a good movie!
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I didn't hate it. But I didn't love it either. And it just flat didn't give me enough of the monster. I know, I know....it's about people's reaction to it. But damn, J.J. You're really making a career out of not really showing anything aren't you? And it's easy to understand how it got made for thirty million when you sit back and think about what you really saw. There just weren't that many "money" shots and what there were were for the most part hazy and out of focus. And of course, that was by design. The story was okay except for some glaring deficiencies. Someone else mentioned that it was ludicrous how Rob would risk everyone's neck to rescue some girl he'd only slept with once and who brought a DATE to his going away party, yet treat his own brother's death like not really that big of a tragedy. That stuck with me for the entire film and sort of took me out of the experience. It was a convenience that the filmakers used to get to where they wanted to go but it didn't ring true at all to me. And call me old-fashioned but when I see something that's advertised as a monster movie, I'd like more than a few glimpses of the monster. At least enough so that I can describe the damned thing. I still don't know what it really looked like. And if you're talking about something from the point of the people on the street, think about it. If you're out there in the middle of this situation, you are definitely going to look for this thing if possible and when it is visible you're going to focus on it. Hud never really did that until the very end when he was staring it in the face. And even then, it's not in perspective so you can actually see what it is. That's sort of a cheat with your audience in my opinion. What the movie got right was the actual fear of the people in the city. The out-of-breath feeling and the pure, "what the fuck!" that anyone would feel in the middle of something like that. But it needed more of the monster. And not the little crab/spider gizmos either.
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The actor playing Hud didn't have anything to shoot when he was carrying the cam. They added the monster AFTER the film was shot. SO HOW COULD HE "MISS" MONEY SHOTS WHEN THERE WERE NO MONEY SHOTS AT THE TIME OF FILMING?
The fact that you were sucked in far enough to be annoyed by Hud's inability to get good shots of the monster-- something that was done INTENTIONALLY when they drew the monster into the film-- shows how well they manipulated you, as a viewer.
And that's why I love this film. It's a wild premise "Godzilla from the Japanese villager's point of view", and it works because you start to get sucked into the event yourself.
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They said a few times that they had been very close friends for many years. They were always together, and that was the day they finally slept together and realized that they'd always been in love.
How jaded are some of you geeks that you don't recognize the difference between a one-night stand and a best friend whom you've always loved?
She brought a date, yes-- But she wasn't being at all intimate with him. You missed the body language in the party scene? She was clearly there with another (new) friend, for support, because she didn't know if she could face the man she loved alone on the day he was leaving for Japan. She regretted telling him he should go. She wanted to beg him to stay, and the guy with her was her attempt to try to make it seem like she'd be fine without Rob... It was to spare him a difficult departure. She didn't know he was as in love with her as she was with him.
But you guys who complain about this, and Hud "missing" good shots, were probably the guys who sat through the first 15 minutes mumbling "where's the monster? Where's the monster? Where's the monster? I don't wanna see people. I wanna see monster. Where's the monster?!?!"
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If anyone was saying, "where's the monster", perhaps they'd be justified, since it was billed as a monster movie. However with me, that wasn't the case. I understood the purpose of the setup and in fact I understood the premise of the film completely. I simply think it could have been done better if there hadn't been so many contrivances that stretched logic. And I also think it wouldn't have ruined a thing by allowing you to get a clear view of what was tearing the city as well as the character's lives apart.
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I just wanted to boast that on August 30th I single handedly started the Giant Lice theory. There was a split second moment in the original trailer that had our actors suddenly turning around saying, "what was that?". I remembered something similar I saw in a Godzilla comic produced by Dark Horse in the late eighties. I wonder if JJ read the same comic?
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And I swear to God my heart is still pounding and I feel like I've shotgunned 6 large coffees. Intense movie, great ride.
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And as much as I jock the big G-man, I gotta say this flick is the very definiton of genre reinvention. JJ...you've got a new convert!
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And as much as I jock the big G-man, I gotta say this flick is the very definiton of genre reinvention. JJ...you've got a new convert! Your TV is good, but I too am salivating for your next movie...another reinvention, I understand.
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Just saw it tonight. It's a well thought out Roller Coaster Ride called "Cloverfield". Anyone who has a hard time due to the "logic" factor can walk right out the door, put on your Depends, and watch your TCM Channel all night for all I care. This is an amazing work. Thumbs up!!
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Bang on the money, mate. you nailed it. Thanks for ranting so that I don't have to. Although I will say, to be quite fair, the folks grousing about the incredible battery life have got it maybe a little wrong. Just because the events take place over an entire evening doesn't mean the camera is running that whole time. The battery was in use for 75 some odd minutes. Not so far fetched. _______still the movie was hopelessly derivative shite.
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Pretty cool name there, pal.
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I agree K.C. I'm into classics as well. SEVEN SAMURAI, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and CASABLANCA are three of my all time favs. But it's hard not to knock people from having logic issues like the battery life on a movie such as "Cloverfield". If they are thinking about all of this stuff while watching an escapist movie, I kinda feel sad for them. Their lives probably reflect their attitudes towards movies such as this. Let it go. It's okay. Tomorrow is another day. LOL
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cool looking monster..some decent FX..but the whole video camera gimic got very old, really fast. I would still though, give it a 7/10
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But the monster in Cloverfield was just a BABY according to the director. Get ready for sequels...
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Great flick. Tons of fun and very intense. A few scenes made me dizzy but overall it was a great movie. I was hoping at least one person would live.
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My friend also said that at the final scene when they were on the ferris wheel in Coney Island you see something falling out of the sky in the background. Anyone see this? I wasn't paying attention I guess. Could this be an alien from space? Either way, great movie.
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Matt Reeves mentioned in an interview that the other cameraman's story is one of several possibilities for a sequel. The thing that falls into the ocean is in the last shot overlooking Coney Island on the right side of the screen. Really, the origin of the monster is still up in the air. There are tons are theories being thrown about and if you get into the viral sites (I forget which one exactly), you'll see a blurb about an object falling to Earth being tracked by a satellite. Check out the links in the Wikipedia Cloverfield article. The backstory they've whipped up is a bit complex and even ties Rob's Japan job into one of the many possible origins of the monster.
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ok ! if you want a good monster movie, watch "the Host", forget cloverfield aka a bad mix of blairwitch project + host + somebad Teenage TV series (supermodel loves the handsome guy blah blah...)
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Because having the strength to survive an apartment building fall on your sub 110 lb. body and impale you on rebar is cool. Being pulled off it by your dumb-ass friends and not bleeding to death within minutes is miraculous. And then walking away from a helicopter crash...well sh!t, that bombing prolly just but did mess up her make-up a little and really piss her off. No wonder Rob went back. She prolly rode him like the monster she is and he was so awestruck by the experience that he was afraid to call her back, all the while wanting more and fearing it at the same time. LOL.
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When I see it again I'll pay more attention to the details. I think it's pretty cool with all of the rumors going around the origin of the monster and everything else. Let the haters drool over crapfests like Land of the Dead, Rambo and The Host.
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Saw Cloverfield last night. Great movie. Funnily enough the handheld camera work didn't bother me so much. It really gave me the shits in the last two Jason Bourne films (which I did enjoy), but I think because it was so contrived. I think Harry's Cloverfield review nailed it. Its awesome! Go see it.
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The Host is a gigantic pile of crap. That is the most stupid piece of trash I have wasted my time on since I paid to see The Burbs in the theater when I was like 14 or so. Yeah, their daughter just happens to be a World-class archer and then the slacker doofus kills the monster all by himself when the military couldn't get the job done. What a complete waste of my time and money! Sorry, but anyone who recommends The Host loses forever any and all respect as per their movie opinion in my book. God The Host SUCKS SO BAD!!!
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Two things. First, this movie has NOTHING to do with Watchmen. Other than a monster in a city, there is NO similarity whatsoever. Same goes for Lost. What, scientists can NEVER be on an island or it's a rip-off of Alan Moore?! Gee, if that's the case, isn't Watchmen a rip-off of the Island of Dr. Moreau and wouldn't that be a rip-off of Mysterious Island? Second, my best friend is still in Canada filming Watchmen and loves what they have been doing. I am begging like crazy for any sort of pics, but it's like pulling teeth. I WILL keep trying though...
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I live in New York City. I was thinking about cloverfield and answer me this...if the monster 1st struck in lower Manhattan how was Rob’s girlfriend, Beth, already trapped in her midtown apt? Remember he was on the phone with Beth on the Brooklyn Bridge and said into his phone..."why can't u move? What do u mean you're trapped?"
HUH???? What...did the Monster make a quick trip to central park, destroy her apt bldg, turn around and come back downtown? I live in NYC and this has bothered me ever since I saw this "movie". Like the reason I paid good money to this crap...It makes no sense.
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...I paid to see Flowers in the Attic in the theater. Talk about pissed!
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This movie is like some shitty Laguna Beach reality-TV bullshit with monsters. There are no actors in the movie, just a bunch of models who can barely pronounce their dialogue. Harry has fully jumped the shark. The movie is horseshit.
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look up the monster Orga from the film Godzilla Millenium (Godzilla 2000) it looks pretty similar to me
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I HATE ALL Reality TV and now REALITY MOVIES!!! Whoever thought of this Reality phase, should be executed! And, this piece of garbage, they're trying to call a monster movie, has got to be the worse movie I have ever watched, and I've seen Attack of the Killer Tomatos. And, I can tell you that Tomato movie is an Academy Award winner for best picture when compared with Cloverfield. This movie is geared for the snotnosed generation that are stupid enough to love American Idol. Gezzz, I just hope that this fool, J.J. Abrams doesn't destroy the Star Trek legacy. He should stick to TV shows like Alias, and forget feature length films.
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