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first!!
by disfigurehead
Jan 18th, 2008
03:39:41 AM
Haw haw
When I saw Blair Witch in the theater...
by taintyourwagon
Jan 18th, 2008
03:45:53 AM
I sat in the front row and watched my shoes for about half of the flick in fear of vomiting in front of a full theater at a midnight show. I shall not make the same mistake with Cloverfield. Bring on the awesome destruction of NYC for the 10th time in as many years. But at least it isn't Norbit 2.
So worth it
by FeedMeAStrayCat
Jan 18th, 2008
03:48:59 AM
That was a great summary of the movie. It was quick, brutal, and out of control. Loved every minute of it. The creature kicked ass, the effects were awesome, and the story held up. Forget those who complain, there was almost nothing wrong with this. Damn, I love me a good monster movie. Sorry for the chaotic jumble above. Just got back from a midnight screening and am still living off the high.
I don't believe you
by joeelliott
Jan 18th, 2008
03:49:14 AM
They sell bootlegs downtown LA - I'll pick one up and let you know what I think.
IT WAS A GIANT LOAD OF....
by theoneofblood
Jan 18th, 2008
03:49:33 AM
Mediocre. I'm sorry but it was. I was really excited about this new approach to the monster movie genre but in the end it was just terribly lame and also, horridly unrealistic. The characters were entirely unsympathetic and made some hugely stupid and unbelievable decisions which totally took me out of the movie. If a movie purports to be a "realistic" or "situational" depiction of an event, even something as silly as a giant monster fucking shit up, you need to make me believe in what the hell is happening. The characters were all giant retards, with Rob being the worst offender. I could see they were trying to do "realistic" dialogue as well but mostly it was just VERY annoying with characters repeating questions and other characters not answering those same questions and looking distracted whilst the camera swung around like a monkey on speed. Strangely enough this movie actually did make me slightly nauseous, whereas the Bourne films did not so go figure. I don't know what everyone is talking about personally. I think the monster looked quite idiotic and also the CGI was pretty bad especially near the end. The worst crime of all, in my opinion, was the lack of tension. It was mostly annoying talking SUDDEN LOUD NOISE AND SHAKY CAM and then back to annoying talking. Look, if I was going to make this movie I would have done it in two different ways. 1. Had it from the perspective of a squad of soldiers with cameras on their helmets and then cut between them. 90% of the shaky cam would be eliminated, you'd have some clearly defined action/tension and the story would actually go somewhere. or 2. Have it from the perspective of a survivor watching the tape trying to piece together what happened. Make it some kind of fucked up mystery/sci-fi/horror flick. That would be way more interesting. I give it 4/10
Some people can't "get over" shaky-cam...
by tonagan
Jan 18th, 2008
03:53:12 AM
I'm not sure it's something you just get over, like vertigo or having your weiner bitten off by vagina dentata.
Agreed Capone
by cinemaniac1979
Jan 18th, 2008
03:56:54 AM
Just got back from the midnight screening at Graumann's Chinese (practically sold out and the headless statue of liberty is out front) and I'm still reeling. So freakin' intense. It's like being on a really good, really long roller coaster. And you know what? I'm gonna get back in line first thing after work tomorrow.
Fuck the haters
by Mezzanine
Jan 18th, 2008
03:59:48 AM
This movie was incredible in every sense of the word. There were several moments that I was sitting on the edge of my seat, and other moments when I had huge geek grins slathered across my nerd face.

The characters are great and they don't make any decisions that anyone in love wouldn't make. And fuck, that monster was awesome.

8/10
by armtv
Jan 18th, 2008
04:02:45 AM
I just got back from a midnight showing...and I think it was a pretty intense movie. The shaky cam wasn't too bad. I would have liked to see more of the monster in the end...because I love monsters. I do like how they slowly revealed it. That was cool. The end felt a bit forced and un-natural in my opinion. Since there is supposed to be a realistic feel to the movie..#####spoiler alert###### I am not sure what your chances are for survival in a helicopter crash but the film kind of lost me when all of the main characters made it out okay...only to be met by the creature. I also got to wondering why...out of an entire city...they creature was always near the main characters. It was a great build up though so I forgive the few problems I had with the film. Having the camera being taped over the older footage of the two main characters was a great set up to help explain this relationship further.
Caught the midnight showing...
by qemuel
Jan 18th, 2008
04:11:23 AM
and I'm with you 100% Capone. Cloverfield delivers the goods.
7.5/10
by gigantis2000
Jan 18th, 2008
04:13:12 AM
I liked it overall, but I really think it's more of one-time experience type deal. I really think I would have given it a higher score if the monster were not shown as much/as clearly; it was better when you weren't sure what the hell part of it you were seeing, as Capone mentioned, because the monster design is somewhat simple/not quite unnatural enough to really be frightening. Also, the CGI was generally under-par (not much under-par, but still under-par). Granted, I dislike CGI most of the time anyway, but that doesn't mean it didn't look too digital (even the explosion toward the beginning).
Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh My G--- my review of 1-18-08
by BrightEyes
Jan 18th, 2008
04:17:35 AM
The best thing about the movie Transformers was the trailer for the mysterious 1-18-08. Everybody was speculating on what it could be. Everything from Voltron to the show Lost was discussed and over the months leading up to this film people's expectations grew higher as to how great this movie should be. The truth is that the movie is really just as great as the trailer. What you see in the trailer is what your going to get in the movie except your gonna see a whole lot more of it. Now for most trailers this would be an insult to the film but the trailer for "Cloverfield" is not most trailers, and in my opinion the mysterious trailer that had everyone talking about it instead of the movie they came to see is one of the most unique and best trailers of recent time. There were complaints from audience members when the credits came up and to this I couldn't be more shocked. What more was the movie suppose to do that we already knew from the trailer it would do? I won't get into plot or characters but I will say that this is one of the most stressful times I've had watching a film, and that I believe the bar for horror films has been raised a level. This is the horror film that I have been waiting for for years. Unlike all the horror films of late that use graphic violence and gore to get you to feel something, "Cloverfield" uses great storytelling and creates a unsettling atmosphere. If I would compare this film to any other horror film it wouldn't be a huge monster movie it would be "Don't look now" a film that is so uncomfortable to watch that you feel like your own life may be at risk, a film so creepy that it transcendsjust being a movie and becomes unsafe. This is a truly terrifying experience that gives us a glimpse in what the world could be like by another huge attack be it by a terrorist or a crazy ass monster. This is what Godzilla should have been and what every horror film in the future should set out to do. MAKE US FEEL SCARED.
IT WAS A GIANT LOAD OF...
by Stupendous Man
Jan 18th, 2008
04:18:29 AM
lion!
You don't know you have been had
by HornOrSilk
Jan 18th, 2008
04:22:29 AM
When someone starts a review with "you don't know what you are in for," when thing I do know, the reviewer is insulting the intelligence of his readers. When the viral campaign for Cloverfield has been out and about for so long, and the general plot of the film has been released for months, yes we DO know what we are in for if we see the film. The only people who act like this are those who were subjected to the subliminal programming way too much that it actually worked.
What was the Explosion?
by Rodo
Jan 18th, 2008
04:23:02 AM
In the trailer and at the beginning of the attack? I am going to see it tonight, but am wondering what the hell that thing is. Spoil me.
I saw it - I liked it!
by Russman
Jan 18th, 2008
04:23:57 AM
Fun and intense. Very well done. Make sure you see it in a theater with great sound though. I don't understand why people are complaining. It is what it's supposed to be, found footage after an "incident" in New York City. Grow up folks.
when thing =one thing
by HornOrSilk
Jan 18th, 2008
04:24:18 AM
typo from change of thought mid-sentence.
Rodo...
by Stupendous Man
Jan 18th, 2008
04:27:28 AM
the explosion was the lion's roar! rooooooooooarrrrrr
The good thing about this......
by boyblue
Jan 18th, 2008
04:30:56 AM
Being released later on in the month here in the UK is...... I get paid and I can afford to see this on opening day, with a big crowd!! Should be fun.
So the thing was trying to procreate?
by warp11
Jan 18th, 2008
04:31:32 AM
Just got back from a midnight showing. So when the smaller creatures bite people it plants seeds in them? Is that what happened to Marlena?
Shakey Cam haters -
by Russman
Jan 18th, 2008
04:34:01 AM
You people who don't like the shakey cam - do you normally get sick on boats too? A guy next to me liked the movie too but mentioned he had to close his eyes for a little bit cuz he was getting dizzy. From this to Bourne to BSG the hand held stuff never bothered me. It looks stupid when Michael Bay uses it to make people seem like they're going fast but in this and the projects I just named, it works fine for me and luckily I don't get sick or dizzy and I have no problem on boats. Just curious.
The reviewers here said the same of Transformers
by IndustryKiller!
Jan 18th, 2008
04:40:01 AM
and that was an absolutely insipid film. So I'm gonna take all this obvious hyperbole with a grain of salt. What happaned to peoples barometer for good genre films?
Saw it, loved it
by Rindain
Jan 18th, 2008
04:46:53 AM
The most original film in a long time. It does a great job of tapping into the primal fear of getting eaten center of the cerebral cortex, as well as the 9/11 anxiety and confusion. Will be seeing it again this weekend for sure.
Even if it were "the most original"
by HornOrSilk
Jan 18th, 2008
04:56:12 AM
This would not mean it is a good film. I could get out my camera, do random footage, throw it together, and say "original!" And it would be. But it wouldn't be good. Still, one thing this movie is NOT is original. It's like saying Godzilla XXX, Godzilla vs King Kong Part II, is original.
Excellent movie!
by Hercules
Jan 18th, 2008
05:05:34 AM
Scary as hell!!
My name is FILMFUNK and I'm a MovieHolic
by FILMFUNK
Jan 18th, 2008
05:06:02 AM
Throughout my life i've been addicted to things in one form or the other. Like most of the folks here I started with movies, then videogames, then cigarettes, alchohol and onto your usual list of drugs of all varieties. Now i'm a middle aged bloke with two kids and a hefty mortgage my only vices left are Tea, sleep and the occasional theatre going experience when we can get a sitter so I tend to be very choosy about my drug of choice these days because i need to make it worthwhile. This looks and sounds like a class A trip! The first movie that propperly fucked with my little brainsack was The Empire Strikes Back then stuff like Alien, Robocop, DieHard, etc and this looks like it might pack a similar 'What the fuck?' punch! Recently I was tripping out quite successfully to I Am Legend until someone decided to cut it with too much of that new CG shit and ruined my trip! Fingers crossed this is 100% pure.
The Star Trek teaser was great too!
by Hercules
Jan 18th, 2008
05:09:31 AM
They showed it twice at my screening!
Fuck that's it AICN is run by total retards
by quantize
Jan 18th, 2008
05:10:58 AM
would someone care to explain how it makes the slightest sense (as in not embarrassingly retarded basic logic) why such monster would hang around just Manhattan all night and day selectively smashing shit up? OH i see! ITS A MYSTERY...oh and what's that? open the box and there's ANOTHER mystery! WOW you can call any shit brilliant with that logic Even God-fuckin-zilla is scarier than that phony fuckin Lost style bullshit. People in my screening were fucking LAUGHING yes LAUGHING. As for that cast of tragic casting central drop kicks.
Video of the Cloverfield monster
by hamslime
Jan 18th, 2008
05:15:33 AM
Apparently it's been up for some time.-----http://tinyurl.com/3 du77n
Beverly Hills 902 9:11 meets Godzilla Crab Witch
by quantize
Jan 18th, 2008
05:17:36 AM
..throw in some starship troopers bugs for good measure ill repeat this ad nausuem because once the retard fan boys quieten down we are a left with a phenomenally dumb film using shaky doco cam as a gimmick
did anyone......
by phalaughul
Jan 18th, 2008
05:29:16 AM
stay after the credits we're done, a man says its still alive!!!!
holy crap
by drave117
Jan 18th, 2008
05:39:58 AM
That was freaking FANTASTIC! There is not a single frame or aspect of it that I didn't absolutely love.
I don't have a problem with shaky cam when it's used like here.
by DerLanghaarige
Jan 18th, 2008
05:47:24 AM
I mean, when they are trying to convince us that it's real camcorder footage. But I HATE it in movies that try to be fictional. Like 'Bourne' and especially in 'Battlestar Galactica'.
The Giant Lion was handling the camera-
by TomBodet
Jan 18th, 2008
05:52:13 AM
-and thus, was outta all the frames. Very interesting editorial choice by Mr. Matt, yes.
capone, you girl
by ironic_name
Jan 18th, 2008
05:54:52 AM
the subway bit was fun.
Great movie!
by Executor
Jan 18th, 2008
05:56:48 AM
Scary and funny...crazy but realistic. And Michelle Trachtenberg is really hot (not in the movie, at the party.)

And to answer a few questions: the monster stuck around Manhattan because WHERE THE FUCK ELSE IS IT SUPPOSED TO GO???? CONNECTICUT??? You're really a nitpicker and not looking for a good time if you ask that question. And why the main characters kept running into the monster? Because there was an area of NYC that the monster was staying in...and that was near Beth's apartment. That, and if they DIDN'T run into the monster there really would be no movie. Would you like the movie more then?

I'll trust ya Capone
by MatDGZ
Jan 18th, 2008
06:00:22 AM
Coz' you sex me up. Seriously though, I dig your reviews man.
Reviews Range From 'OMFG!!!' To 'OK, BUT CORNY'
by LaserPants
Jan 18th, 2008
06:01:26 AM
So its a pretty safe bet its pretty good, but not the second cumming. And certainly not as good as THE HOST (aka The Best Giant Monster Movie Ever Made).

by ironic_name
Jan 18th, 2008
06:02:26 AM
http://tinyurl.com/2trcb2
quantize
by 5-15-9
Jan 18th, 2008
06:09:26 AM
Uhh...I know you are but what am I? There are a few people on here that are in favor of this movie that sound childish, but the naysayers take the cake. 99 percent of them thus far sound like little spoiled 3rd graders trying to talk tough to impress someone even though most others know they're just pouting in the corner, talking to themselves. One day, they'll grow up to wear their wool caps on backwards and listen to Limp Bizket.
Yuppies vs Giant Monster
by Dingbatty
Jan 18th, 2008
06:12:04 AM
I'm rooting for Giant Monster.
5-15-9
by quantize
Jan 18th, 2008
06:15:42 AM
yeh goofball? say something perceptive that sounds like an IQ above 2 and i'll be listening drop kick
Executor
by quantize
Jan 18th, 2008
06:19:37 AM
this is the sheer level of stupidity we're dealing with. Name one wild creature that would just dawdle around in one area for no fucking reason. What you are saying is plain dumb. The creature is hanging around so we can have some more story about the cyborgs saving ther other casting central cyborgs in the crumbling building SET that looked phonier than a Jerry Springer prop. PER fucking LEASE. Even fucking Godzilla wanders off..really this is such PISS POOR fan boy dimwitted apologist bullshit
It's a mystery
by HornOrSilk
Jan 18th, 2008
06:27:32 AM
That's why it is so great! Just like Lost... when the writers don't know the answers, one can tell.
So this DID'NT really happen? oh my god i feel
by Mysterious Yobo
Jan 18th, 2008
06:34:35 AM
sooooooooooo silly. someone told me this was a real event that they really recorded with real cameras and real monsters bashing the city REALLY!
when you yelled 'run!' at the screen did you feel ghey?
by Mysterious Yobo
Jan 18th, 2008
06:36:06 AM
cause you sure looked ghey.
It is a real event filmed by real cameras
by HornOrSilk
Jan 18th, 2008
06:36:55 AM
The event: a movie being made. The cameras: the ones filming the movie. Yep. It is a real event which happened. Just not as shown on screen. Like the news -- but with more budget.
Hey Herc...
by TheBladehelm
Jan 18th, 2008
06:37:38 AM
Just a little insider info, I work at a theater in L.A. and if you saw the double Star Trek that could have been my screen. It seems that Abrams and Co. wanted the trailer to show with Cloverfield so it came attached to the head of reel one. However, there was no "green band" so it was mistaken for the beginning of the film (as both film and trailer begin with the Paramount logo) and was not properly removed. Our bad! But at least it gave you two chances to see all the cool looking Enterprise being built shit.
cause i heard they filmed the main actors cocka
by Mysterious Yobo
Jan 18th, 2008
06:39:26 AM
and cgi'd the rest in.
I almost went...
by Tourist
Jan 18th, 2008
06:58:33 AM
...But then I didn't, because I had a stack of good movies to watch. Why, oh why, can I not find the time necessary to watch better than boring junk like this and I Am Legend. I miss out on all the middle of the road sheeple flicks until they get to video, and then theres always so many other interesting things to rent instead. Damn you lord for not giving me more hours of the day to waste of movies and videogames! And fuck you penis for devoting so much of my available time to procreational needs rather than simulating a vegetative state with the latest recycled pop culture treat. I think I'm gonna go watch the finally realeased Grindhouse instead, even though I didn't particuarly like it on the bootleg I watched. My room mate recommended Cloverfield as "Yeah, really not bad. Really pretty good actually. I kind of really liked it". Which means at worst its assaholic like Shoot Em Up, or just kind of inoffensive and lazy like Transformers. Hmmm. Monica Belluci has nice tits.
the host
by drave117
Jan 18th, 2008
07:02:41 AM
Could somebody please explain to me what is so great about The Host? I saw it in theaters, and thought it was entertaining enough, but mediocre, and ultimately forgettable. Everyone I know seems to think it's a work of unparalleled genius, but I just don't see it.
Interesting comment in Onion AV review.
by Tourist
Jan 18th, 2008
07:03:08 AM
"If anything, it's a wonder that more films haven't borrowed the Blair Witch approach in the years since". To be a film reviewer, shouldn't you have to at least have been to a cinema or video store, or perhaps been awake, during the past decade or so? I mean, the found media, fake docoumentary material film has been, you know, kind of prevelant since Blair Witch. Which reminds me, what the fuck did I enjoy about My Little Eye so much? That film really sucked. I just realised I can't trust my own taste anymore.
What is with all the Yuppie hate?
by Oomlot
Jan 18th, 2008
07:05:17 AM
I mean, what did the Yuppies ever do to anyone? And is there something wrong with achieving success in your chosen field at a young age? But one a different note, I totally agree about the subway scene, it rocked, hard. As did the rest of the movie. And I stand by my earlier conviction that the Bourne movies are sickening compared to the way the cameras work in Cloverfield. Tourist, you're right, Monica Belluci has nice breasts indeed, she's the whole reason to watch Matrix Revolutions, I'm sure you know that scene well.
The Host...
by Oomlot
Jan 18th, 2008
07:07:26 AM
I didn't even make it to the end of that movie. I'm sure it could have been great, or something, but I just didn't get it. Give me Yuppies any day over some loser who suddenly discovers that he's a hero. A Yuppie would just automatically assume that they had that potential, and get on with the job at hand, Rob Hawkins proved that.
The Host...
by Tourist
Jan 18th, 2008
07:08:37 AM
...Was just really well made. Beautifully shot, written and acted, and really entertaining, thrilling, moving and interesting. But it was about a giant fish and the directors previous film was Memories Of Murder, which I had seen shortly prior to The Host...So yeah, I was more than a little dissapointed. But it was incredibly well made. But yeah, Giant Fish. Plus I liked the characters, so its not as enjoyable watching them die as it would be watching yuppie dickhead scum eating it. I know it really bares no relations, but Cloverfield really reminds me of Miracle Mile.
Rob the Yuppie
by darrenspool
Jan 18th, 2008
07:22:12 AM
Hud the duffus. Quick, gotta say the slut! RUN! RUN! OMG! WHAT IS THAT THING? Who cares? Just run! (Makes perfect sense... for a pile of pretentious shit)
Don't forget, entering a collasping building...
by darrenspool
Jan 18th, 2008
07:27:20 AM
is realistic! Everyone should try it. GET THAT STUPID SLUT! Such ethics! God, as if.
Darrenspool
by Oomlot
Jan 18th, 2008
07:31:44 AM
Wow that's some good old fashioned cynicism you have going on there, isn't it? If you had actually paid attention you would have been able to see the reason Rob has to cling so hard to the idea that he can save Beth. Maybe you should watch the movie again, as you clearly didn't get it.
LOOK OUT! IT'S A MONSTER! SCARY!
by darrenspool
Jan 18th, 2008
07:32:23 AM
But since it has no motive, no reason for being in New York, no agenda, no purpose to hang around when tanks are firing at you, YEAH, SO MEANINGFUL! THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT A MONSTER! What kind of species is a monster? Is a monster a type of animal? Sorry for not being a stupid fuck, but some of us need a tiny bit of info to fuel our imagination rather than sit through a mediocre yuppie rescue story in a 9/11 spin-off.
Interesting idea but not remotely scary
by Seth Gecko
Jan 18th, 2008
07:34:35 AM
The Host is an amazing film because it is so offbeat and original. Cloverfield is a lot of fun but to overhype it is dangerous. This review shows complete overexcitement before thought. Telling your reader's they should 'Get over it' is proof positive of the arrogance this site has on occasions. The camerawork is about as authentic as the george Foreman Grill. You want to see authentic camerawrork check out Gaspar Noe's Irreversible. Now that is a film with something to say about the ridiculous and crappy revenge films Hollywood churns out year in year out. Caustic, virtuoso in it's execution, and utterly unforgettable.
Let's all risk our life and enter a collasping building
by darrenspool
Jan 18th, 2008
07:35:34 AM
Yeh, I mean, as if buildings collapse in New York anyway.
printing this out now
by palewook
Jan 18th, 2008
07:37:29 AM
so i can wipe my ass on it. no more cloverfield coverage please. was sick of it last month. enough already. please....
Exploding Spider Bite?
by darrenspool
Jan 18th, 2008
07:39:27 AM
A sea creature with the ability to roar? A sea creature with the inability to take a hint and return to the ocean? Yeh, such questions don't need any thought! Let's just write another masturbatory review.
Seth
by Oomlot
Jan 18th, 2008
07:42:17 AM
Actually I'm part of the 'get over it' school of thought. For shaky cam, yes, it can and should be gotten over, unless you're watching a Bourne movie, in which case the creators should be hunted down and beaten to death with their wobbly cameras. At least in Cloverfield there is a reason for all the wobble.
Keep convincing yourselves it was awesome
by darrenspool
Jan 18th, 2008
07:46:11 AM
Face it, monster's continuity and purpose was completely incoherent and the ending was totally unpalatable.
theoneofblood
by thecheesegrommit
Jan 18th, 2008
07:47:17 AM
I love it! it never fails. There is always at least one (often more) who don't like a movie and then proceed to explain how they would have done it. Ha Ha Ha. I love that. Well "theoneofblood" I can't wait to see your great master piece. Good luck. Cloverfield was rock solid movie making. That's MY opinion. Another thing some should remember when dealing in absolutes ie. "this isn't realistic blah blah, no one would do that blah blah" You would have to know everyone on this planet to make that "blanket" statement. I for one know a few people types that were presented in this story. Lets fight absolutes people fight ignorance. Carry one.
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Too Soon!
by dee_hunter316
Jan 18th, 2008
07:48:09 AM
The movie opens by telling us that the following footage was recovered from the site formerly known as Central Park. Rob's (Michael Stahl-David) friends are having a going away party for him. Beth (Odette Yustman) Rob's love shows up to the party with a guy friend, she leaves to go back to her apartment early. The party is still rockin', then chaos as the lights go out. Everyone goes up to the roof to see what happened. Classic rooftop scene from the trailer (huge fire ball and monster movement in the distance taking down a skyscraper). Everyone decides to leave the city (Manhattan) so they go on the bridge, (its Rob, his brother Jason, his brothers fiance Lily, Hud the cameraman, and Marlena, Hud's interest.) They make it to the middle of the bridge. More roaring and pounding happen. As Jason climbs on the side of the bridge up on the supports to see what's going on, a HUGE tail smashes the bridge and Jason with it. The group finds their way off the bridge and into some tunnels. They figure they will go to Beth's apartment (she called Rob earlier while they were on the bridge - asking for help). Through the tunnels that are now shut down and after some walking and funny commentary by Hud they hear some odd noises. The nightvision on the camera comes on and mini monsters are on the ceiling of the tunnel. They run the way they came only to have Marlena get bitten, but she survives. They now find their way into what looks like a department store taken over by military planning and triage centers. Rob is constantly telling the army personnel that he is going to go to his friend Beth's apartment. Hud pans to several of the wounded and dead, then hears Marlena say something to the effect of she doesn't feel too good. Her eyes are bleeding and this alarms a few people in biohazard suits and they immediately start screaming BITE BITE and take her behind a curtain where you can see their silhouette. She doubles over and then explodes literally with blood splattering the curtain. The military guy takes Rob, Lily and Hud, down a back room to a door telling them if they want to find their friend they have till about 0600 hours until Operation Hammerdown commences (Leveling the city). They are now back on the street and find the apartment buildings in the distance. The building to the right is literally LEANING on the building to the left. Sucky for them, Beth lives in the half fallen over building. They decide to walk the stairs 50+ floors in the left building where they find an opening to the leaning building. They find Beth and she is impaled in her upper left shoulder by a piece of metal. They lift her up off the spike and make their way back to the building they came in. Mini monster attack but no injuries or deaths. They now make their way to the base where the military guy in the department store told them to meet helicopters and to leave before the Operation Hammerdown starts. Lily gets in the helicopter but there is not enough room for Hud, Rob, or Beth, so they get in another helicopter. Lily's takes off and the rest lift off and start flying away. They see the monster causing havoc down below, and then a stealth bomber way above them drop a series of bombs which directly hits the monster. They can't see anything because of the smoke. Hud says they got the monster and just as he is celebrating, the monster quickly rises up and takes out their helicopter. Waking up now in the daylight morning time (everything else was night), hurt but still alive are the three survivors of the crash. They crawl out of the wreckage, shocked to be alive and inspect their injuries. Hud looks for the camera and finds it and as he does, Beth and Rob are scared to death and staring right behind Hud. Hud turns around and is now under the HUGE monster, who gives a roar and eats Hud, who drops the camera. Rob picks up the camera, runs with Beth through Central Park and under a bridge then turns the camera on himself and says his goodbyes to anyone that will find it. It's now 6:42am and Rob turns the camera on Beth. She doesn't know what to say. A couple bombs come and level the bridge, and the camera is now under rubble so you can't see either person. You can just hear them. Rob tells Beth he loves her...she says she loves him. Immediately after she says it more bombs explode on them and we are left to assume that they killed them. *as to the monsters...I counted 5 legs, sometimes walked biped sometimes walked on all 5, really indescribable. Charlie adds: I think that it is very important to note the final few seconds of the film, particularly as the camera is fixed out to the ocean at Coney Island...If you look at the ocean, out in the distant on the right hand side, you can see “something” crash into the water at a very steep angle. I believe that this is the monster.
darrenspool
by thecheesegrommit
Jan 18th, 2008
07:48:49 AM
please see my above theoneofblood post. thank you that is all.
BUT IS IT A LION?
by Pennsy
Jan 18th, 2008
07:48:55 AM
Darrenspool
by Oomlot
Jan 18th, 2008
07:49:37 AM
Maybe it was smarter than you're giving it credit, or maybe it was just plain pissed off. I mean, it's entirely possible that crazy Japanese businessmen have been stealing its royal jelly and putting it into a tasty beverage Slurm style, and it was tired of the treatment. Also, have you ever seen an injured wild animal? They don't tend to think things out, so much as smash every damn thing within their range. I hope that helps you a little...
Abrams-Controlled Meat Puppet Reviewers
by Aquatarkusman
Jan 18th, 2008
07:50:32 AM
"What's cool about the monster reveal is that this is nuttiest beast every created for film." For some reason this reminds of Kent Brockman's "Ladies and gentlemen, I've been to Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and I can say without hyperbole that this is a million times worse than all of them put together."
I'm going to see it tomorrow morning at 10AM...
by Pennsy
Jan 18th, 2008
07:50:48 AM
I'm saying this because I had the opportunity to score a free pass to a screening of Over Her Dead Body, the new Eva Longoria-Parker romcom, but I thought I'd better save my first review for Cloverfield instead. ;)
JJ is at it again...
by Darth Kong
Jan 18th, 2008
07:54:32 AM
At the very end of the credits…a noise can be heard…clip below http://tinyurl.com/2ov27h ….when that clip is played backwards….well, listen… http://tinyurl.com/2gg6sf
Wow, Now He's Like ELO or Black Sabbath
by Aquatarkusman
Jan 18th, 2008
07:57:25 AM
What clever things wiil he think of next?
darrenspool
by thecheesegrommit
Jan 18th, 2008
07:57:32 AM
did you ever think past your small world to grasp that the movie was trying to show what would happen if we were faced with an incomprehensible creature that does things that we can't comprehend hmmm that would be frustrating and confusing maybe even scary? Me thinks you wouldn't do to well in said situation, hmmmm.
IT's Still Alive
by HornOrSilk
Jan 18th, 2008
07:57:34 AM
Duh! I thought it was dead, the world was destroyed, and no sequels would ever be made because this was "Cloverfield Monster Gets Killed" staring Penn and Teller. What, it isn't? That's right, make money on Cloverfield II: A Bigger, Older Monster. Then Cloverfield Vs Godzilla.
Predator vs Cloverfield vs Aliens vs Transformers
by dee_hunter316
Jan 18th, 2008
08:02:08 AM
come on, same crap acting in all of them. they go together like peas a dog crap
darrenspool
by thecheesegrommit
Jan 18th, 2008
08:07:18 AM
Wow! I hadn't realized how many posts you had above. I'm starting to get the full picture. I wouldn't be surprised if i read you had strapped on a few guns and a black trench coat and entered a school. (legal disclaimer: That's CrAZy and I don't advocate it) but when you and others rail against "yuppies" rescue mission...yeaaah... that would be weird to find a "yuppie" in Manhattan and then to focus a story on them...yeaaah...hmmmm. Oh yeah Oh yeah! one more thing, huh? I never heard of some one running into a build to rescue someone they love, oh wait yes I have a couple dozen times (at least) while growing up in NYC. Sheesh you are sheltered. Peace.
Epic Movie 3
by HornOrSilk
Jan 18th, 2008
08:07:38 AM
Will it be a Dark Knight/Cloverfield parody? With a Joker clone as the big monster blowing up NYC with killer farts, and a Batman-clone running scared before he gets backup from the Enterprise, blowing up the Joker-clone at the end with its lasers? Gee, I can make movie plots too...
Can't Wait to See It
by BilboRing
Jan 18th, 2008
08:07:45 AM
Fuck the haters. Hope to see it this weekend.
5 years from now
by HornOrSilk
Jan 18th, 2008
08:09:49 AM
Who will admit they thought it important to go see Cloverfield opening weekend? Let's see...
Damn you UK release Date
by puzzledman69
Jan 18th, 2008
08:13:13 AM
It doesn't come out here till 1st Feb. Can't tell you how annoying that is If I only see this and Dark Knight this Year I'll be happy
I Am Hating On People...
by Aquatarkusman
Jan 18th, 2008
08:13:41 AM
... who lamely, predictably, tiredly say "fuck the haters." There must be another level of irony we can add here.
Like a Universal Ride On Crack!
by rsdigi
Jan 18th, 2008
08:15:40 AM
1. Ignore the critics, but go in and lower your hype. True there is weak dialogue, but as a popcorn movie this really works. You won’t care for the characters, and wish you could, but when someone gets offed and you go “HE got killed already!?” It makes up for it. 2. You HAVE NOT seen the monster yet. The final version has not been leaked. Yes it is creepy, the way it moves is awesome. This movie is not scary, it is more thrilling. They glances you first get of the creature make the crave for more. Like I said it’s not scary. Rember in the Blair Witch when Heather was screaming, “What the fuck is that!” Now that was scary, this is just creepy and thrilling. 3. The whole time I was watching I felt like I was on the best thrill ride ever. It was like all of Universal’s rides on crack. An awesome rescue scene had me white-knuckled. You are hooked in, wondering what’s going to happen next. 4. The camera man, Hud is awesome. He has some great lines. Think Hudson from “Aliens”. A line to look for: “It’s a terrible thing” “What is that!” “Something else, also terrible” LOL. 5. The movie works because of its “Blair Witch” hand held camcorder style. Had this been filmed like a tradional Hollywood movie it would have failed. But from the viewpoint of a few of the ants the monster is stepping on, it totally works.
the end
by dee_hunter316
Jan 18th, 2008
08:24:26 AM
everybody dies, monster lives. cloverfield two
Aqua...whatever the fuck your name is
by puzzledman69
Jan 18th, 2008
08:27:48 AM
The only thing predictable is on this site is whenever Harry and co give a good review on something a bunch of fuckwit talkbackers arrive and say it's shit, possibly as an attempt to prove their intellectual superiority. Now I'm not saying the haters are wrong about this film. I havn't seen it yet, but I'm more likely to take someone like Harry's word for it than a retarded talkbacker that hates everything anyone else has heard of.
We saw the midnight show...
by DuncanHines
Jan 18th, 2008
08:28:03 AM
It was good enough. I do want to see it again though...
so is this the monster
by Shakes
Jan 18th, 2008
08:35:31 AM
http://my.break.com/cont ent/view.aspx?Cont entID=435291
haters
by dee_hunter316
Jan 18th, 2008
08:36:35 AM
not a hater, i am an idiot, no intellect, but this movie did suck a golf ball through a garden hose. everybody dies, monster lives, cloverfield 2
"This is filmmaking at its most primal"?
by Sad_Lieutenant
Jan 18th, 2008
08:36:44 AM
While I have come to expect the not-infrequent dose of this caliber of teen-stoner hyperbole from AICN, the statement above simply does not make sense. "Filmmaking at its most primal"? Shakey hand-held shots or no, if you elicit a rampant use of green screens, a gigantic fucking CG godzilla, and the Lost dude to make a film, then it is a little beyond credulity-straining to suggest that this process is "primal". And while the term "primal" is essentially meaningless in describing pretty much any such process, I would dare suggest that Werner Herzog pulling a steam-boat over a mountain is more in the direction of "primal" than vapid hipsters getting all fucked up Rampage-style.
BoxofficeGuru is predicting only a 30M opening weekend?
by Pennsy
Jan 18th, 2008
08:38:29 AM
I'll say it'll be closer to 50m; it's on 3200 screens, its less than 90-minute running time will allow up to 6 screenings per theater/per day.
What's cool about the monster reveal is that this is nuttiest be
by zom-bot.com
Jan 18th, 2008
08:38:38 AM
(ignoring the poor grammar) even nuttier than the nutty professor? even nuttier than the other monsters it looks like?
beautiful people
by dee_hunter316
Jan 18th, 2008
08:39:03 AM
it wasn't even fun watching the beautiful people die. the movie sucked that bad, really
i was making fun of capone's grammar
by zom-bot.com
Jan 18th, 2008
08:39:30 AM
in that last post, but forgot to quote it. so that shitty subject line is ALL HIS and not mine.
seriously
by dee_hunter316
Jan 18th, 2008
08:42:19 AM
i was wondering the whole time if they were going to reveal that this was just some kid's dumb student art film. i thought the real movie might start soon, but lost all hope of that happening pretty quick. in the name of the king was a better movie than this
Agree that its a cracked out Universal Ride!
by JBouganim1
Jan 18th, 2008
08:50:04 AM
My review... I thought it was pretty cool. I honestly couldn't find anything wrong with it. The acting I thought was good. The love story, though people might think it wasn't necessary, I thought it added something nice to the movie. Like a goal. Because lets face it, I know when I was young and I would daydream in class about terrorists taking over the school, I would always want to save the girl I had a crush on first and get that kiss. So thats basically how I felt that part of the movie was. And the monster....very cool. I will not spoil it for you but lets just say things come off it that make for an interesting Train tunnel experience. At first, way into the movie I was thinking they wouldn't even show the monster like face on because you only get glimpses of it and the face. But oh no, I was wrong lol. The movie is about the survivors of a monster attack, it's not about the monster. And if you can get that part of this movie then you are in for something else. Plus, in my showing, there was a few interesting moments. Before the coming attractions some kid got punched in the face twice and still continued to watch the movie and didnt even fight back. Midway during the movie, some kid went to the exit door thinking it was the way to the lobby, left the door open, and as he was walking back up the steps, he tripped flat on his face. Many people did this whole walking out exit thinking it was the lobby thing. Very annoying. And turns out the kid that got punched in the face twice, was the kid that fell flat face on the floor. Guess it wasn't his night
thecheesegrommit
by darrenspool
Jan 18th, 2008
08:50:42 AM
It's a movie from the perspective of confused people, yeah, I know, and it's a movie without closure. If I wanted to participate in a film without answers, I wouldn't need to go - I'd just listen to the hype and not ever go. How can I enjoy it? That is the fundamental question. Why see Cloverfield if you're as clueless about it after you leave as you were before you saw it? It wasn't a scary movie. It was a provocative movie, investing in a mystery to get us into the fucking cinema and letting us leave with NOTHING!
'a godzilla for america' and other failures
by zom-bot.com
Jan 18th, 2008
08:53:46 AM
i think i read that they described cloverfield as 'attempting to make and capture the energy of godzilla' but for an american audience.

from even the glowingest reviews i'd say that's a bust.

Godzilla is an icon. even before all the sequels and reboots, godzilla was something that inspired such awe and scale and mystery- even with shitty production value. more than that, godzilla was a thing you could sink your teeth into- a creature you saw from every angle- you liked what you saw, you wanted a toy, a lunchbox. you respected and feared the big green monster at the same time.

will cloverfield's nameless monster x ever, ever, EVER gain that following? Nope. it just doesn't inspire it. If this movie had been made without all the hype and mystery or all the promises of awesome, i think we'd all view it as a good monster movie. but they should have not been so arrogantly proud of it that they promised us christmas and gave us saint patrick's day.

if there are sequels- and i'm sure there will be- they will be based on ticket sales that were tricked by hype for the first one, and the 'jj can do no wrong' attitude of his funders.

furthermore, i think we could respect the allusions to 9/11 if i could read definate quotes from thwem admitting it was inspiration. from all i find, that is no where- and that is insulting. if this truly is an american godzilla, at least the japanese could admit that godzilla was a response to hiroshima.

My advice for Cloverfield...
by EvilGeek1
Jan 18th, 2008
08:56:10 AM
Screw whoever down-talks this movie. Go and see it for yourself. Don't take their word for it. They could have their head up their ass for all you know! There's going to be a fuck-load of negative talkback tonight, even from people who secretly loved it, because they get a kick out of thinking they ruined a movie for someone. Don't let their opinions stigma your taste in movies. And even though Harry, Massawrym and now Capone gave it great reviews, I'm still going to find out for myself. Who knows, I might even hate it and I'm quivering with excitement to see it! Being a movie freak/geek/nerd is all about watching the actual movies themselves and not going off hear-say. I commend those who've remained objective about this movie and haven't jumped on the Bandwagon Of Death!
I'm Looking Forward to it
by TheLastCleric
Jan 18th, 2008
08:56:49 AM
But the hyperbole really is a bit much. I have zero anticipation that this film is going to scare me at all; rather I simply want something that is entertaining and unique which this looks to be. At the same time I think all the talk of Cloverfield being some sort of seminal, watershed film is nonsense and rather such professions are merely a knee-jerk reaction to people really enjoying the film. I would like to read Mori's review because it sounds a bit more level-headed than most.
Good Point Sad_Lieutenant
by TheLastCleric
Jan 18th, 2008
09:01:10 AM
Not to mention the methodical marketing of this film which has been relentless. Using the term "primal" suggests a raw, organic creative process when in reality Cloverfield is an insanely hyped and marketed commodity, like every other film. I think the movie will be a blast but these types of reviews come off as pretty silly and they seem to painfully over reach in their praise.
money back
by dee_hunter316
Jan 18th, 2008
09:01:10 AM
after watching this dog poo, i wanted to ask for my money back. problem was, they would have found out that i snuck in
Craziest Story Ever
by xevoid
Jan 18th, 2008
09:04:23 AM
Here's why I am hesitant to see this movie, and it has nothing to do with how bad or good it is:

The first and only time I saw the Blair Witch Project I was sitting int he Bridge theater in San Francisco. The VERY FUCKING MOMENT in the movie they open up the tent for the first time at night to go outside to see what's making all the racket, a 5.4 earthquake hit San Francisco. I shit you not. Everyone was already freaked out by the movie and then the thater started swaying and the chandeliers started moving and people's brains started sswitching from the movie to reality, but it took a while. Was that the theater shaking? If youve ever been in a earthquake you know it takes a second or two to regiter what is occurring, and it took longer because it was the most intense scene int he movie.

So I don't know if I should see another movie like BWP. I think I will see it in a cineplex downtown on the top floor of the mall so if the place collapses I'll be on top. The End.
darrenspool and various other shitheads
by pdennett316
Jan 18th, 2008
09:09:59 AM
I love how you all are suddenly the foremost experts on all things from animal behaviour to the reactions of every single person in the world EVER to a crisis situation.

Heres a thought for you all....IT's A FUCKING MOVIE!!!! No one in film has ever acted realistically, horror films would be fucking boring for a start - no one would go off investigating strange noises. Action movies - the good guy would be dead within seconds as the bad guys CAN actually aim a weapon. Romantic comedies - no, the geeky sad-sack loser won't get the super model to love him, she'll focus on the rich guy.

Now, when you've got a giant monster tearing up NY, I think little things like logic can go out the window, as can pretending you know how a giant aquatic killing machine behaves. I just got off the phone with David Attenborough and he told me that they react EXACTLY as depicted in this film, what do you think of that asshole?? You must be some kind of joyless, empty fucker to nitpick a popcorn movie in this manner, go throw yourself off a bridge.

"It's a scene set in a subway tunnel."
by Orionsangels
Jan 18th, 2008
09:10:42 AM
MTV showed an exclusive clip of that scene a few days ago. I felt nothing.
Saw the Midnight
by PickedUp
Jan 18th, 2008
09:13:16 AM
Overhyped crap. The monster seems to follow these four around all night through some terrible dialouge, nobody would be making jokes at this point Hud. They never point the camera at the dance monster when anything cool is happening. That girl does explode though so that takes it from terrible to not so terrible. Not a great movie by any means, just monster movie in shakey cam with terrible actors that you want to see die for their ignorance.
So much made of so little
by otto maddox
Jan 18th, 2008
09:15:05 AM
and why did the monster stay in the same 10 block area for 6 hours?
Russman...
by -guyinthebackrow
Jan 18th, 2008
09:15:55 AM
I sometimes get nauseous in movies with a lot of handheld camera shots. The last time was in BOURNE ULTIMATUM, but I still loved that movie. And, yes, I do get seasick.
cloverfield 2
by dee_hunter316
Jan 18th, 2008
09:19:24 AM
so are we gonna get a crappy sequal like we did for blair witch? you know, where they spend the whole time telling us that the first movie was a fake, but then find out that the cloverfield monster really exists. dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuuun!
by the way............................. ......
by dee_hunter316
Jan 18th, 2008
09:23:05 AM
The movie opens by telling us that the following footage was recovered from the site formerly known as Central Park. Rob's (Michael Stahl-David) friends are having a going away party for him. Beth (Odette Yustman) Rob's love shows up to the party with a guy friend, she leaves to go back to her apartment early. The party is still rockin', then chaos as the lights go out. Everyone goes up to the roof to see what happened. Classic rooftop scene from the trailer (huge fire ball and monster movement in the distance taking down a skyscraper). Everyone decides to leave the city (Manhattan) so they go on the bridge, (its Rob, his brother Jason, his brothers fiance Lily, Hud the cameraman, and Marlena, Hud's interest.) They make it to the middle of the bridge. More roaring and pounding happen. As Jason climbs on the side of the bridge up on the supports to see what's going on, a HUGE tail smashes the bridge and Jason with it. The group finds their way off the bridge and into some tunnels. They figure they will go to Beth's apartment (she called Rob earlier while they were on the bridge - asking for help). Through the tunnels that are now shut down and after some walking and funny commentary by Hud they hear some odd noises. The nightvision on the camera comes on and mini monsters are on the ceiling of the tunnel. They run the way they came only to have Marlena get bitten, but she survives. They now find their way into what looks like a department store taken over by military planning and triage centers. Rob is constantly telling the army personnel that he is going to go to his friend Beth's apartment. Hud pans to several of the wounded and dead, then hears Marlena say something to the effect of she doesn't feel too good. Her eyes are bleeding and this alarms a few people in biohazard suits and they immediately start screaming BITE BITE and take her behind a curtain where you can see their silhouette. She doubles over and then explodes literally with blood splattering the curtain. The military guy takes Rob, Lily and Hud, down a back room to a door telling them if they want to find their friend they have till about 0600 hours until Operation Hammerdown commences (Leveling the city). They are now back on the street and find the apartment buildings in the distance. The building to the right is literally LEANING on the building to the left. Sucky for them, Beth lives in the half fallen over building. They decide to walk the stairs 50+ floors in the left building where they find an opening to the leaning building. They find Beth and she is impaled in her upper left shoulder by a piece of metal. They lift her up off the spike and make their way back to the building they came in. Mini monster attack but no injuries or deaths. They now make their way to the base where the military guy in the department store told them to meet helicopters and to leave before the Operation Hammerdown starts. Lily gets in the helicopter but there is not enough room for Hud, Rob, or Beth, so they get in another helicopter. Lily's takes off and the rest lift off and start flying away. They see the monster causing havoc down below, and then a stealth bomber way above them drop a series of bombs which directly hits the monster. They can't see anything because of the smoke. Hud says they got the monster and just as he is celebrating, the monster quickly rises up and takes out their helicopter. Waking up now in the daylight morning time (everything else was night), hurt but still alive are the three survivors of the crash. They crawl out of the wreckage, shocked to be alive and inspect their injuries. Hud looks for the camera and finds it and as he does, Beth and Rob are scared to death and staring right behind Hud. Hud turns around and is now under the HUGE monster, who gives a roar and eats Hud, who drops the camera. Rob picks up the camera, runs with Beth through Central Park and under a bridge then turns the camera on himself and says his goodbyes to anyone that will find it. It's now 6:42am and Rob turns the camera on Beth. She doesn't know what to say. A couple bombs come and level the bridge, and the camera is now under rubble so you can't see either person. You can just hear them. Rob tells Beth he loves her...she says she loves him. Immediately after she says it more bombs explode on them and we are left to assume that they killed them. *as to the monsters...I counted 5 legs, sometimes walked biped sometimes walked on all 5, really indescribable. Charlie adds: I think that it is very important to note the final few seconds of the film, particularly as the camera is fixed out to the ocean at Coney Island...If you look at the ocean, out in the distant on the right hand side, you can see “something” crash into the water at a very steep angle. I believe that this is the monster.
pdennett316 = Typical American Idiocy
by darrenspool
Jan 18th, 2008
09:25:14 AM
A real-life war without an explanation. And now a monster movie without an explanation. Just so long as the yuppies look good. "I don't know what I'm dealing with, but I'll rush into battle anyway." That's true irony. You think I wasn't excited? I wasn't scared, but I was on the edge of my seat waiting for Hud to go it alone and trail the monster. Fuck Rob. I had such curiosity, I was gobsmacked that anyone with an invincible video camera would follow around a buttfuck like Rob.
Spoiler Here...but I have to say
by Purgatori
Jan 18th, 2008
09:26:11 AM
Fucking amazing movie. And Hud was of course the best character. I love the foreshadowing that finally hit me a little while after seeing it. "If this is the last thing you see, then I"m dead." And in fact it was. Nice. One of those movies that makes you walk out dazed for a few seconds because it draws you in so deeply. I loved it.
"MTV showed an exclusive clip of that scene a few days ago. I fe
by JBouganim1
Jan 18th, 2008
09:27:32 AM
So if you saw the ending to the Sixth Sense on MTV, you would have felt something?
True Monster Pic (not a gay funny joke)
by rsdigi
Jan 18th, 2008
09:27:38 AM
True Monster Pic (not a gay funny joke)
by rsdigi
Jan 18th, 2008
09:27:41 AM
http://img205.imageshack.us/im g205/628/1200644932486bm9.jpg
True Monster Pic (not a gay funny joke)
by rsdigi
Jan 18th, 2008
09:28:17 AM
http://img 205.imageshack.us/img205/628/1 200644932486bm 9.jpg remove spaces as usual
why the reposting of the entire movie
by zom-bot.com
Jan 18th, 2008
09:32:31 AM
i've read that one long-ass description a few times now. it's eerie how it's completely nuetral of opinion.

hmmm. don't know if it had 5 legs? how is that fun?

crab-lice and popping
by zom-bot.com
Jan 18th, 2008
09:35:18 AM
i'm no scientist, but i imagine that those who get bit by the lice pop because whatever the the bite/venom does is meant for the large cells or thick hide of the beast...to rupture it for gain entry or get access to blood. little human bodies can't handle it. like alka seltzer and seagulls.
zom-bot
by rsdigi
Jan 18th, 2008
09:35:57 AM
First off sorry for all the posts in a row guys. It had 6 appendages. Two huge, long front "arms" two small arms under it's torso, and rear "legs". I put the others in quotes because the thing is obviously influenced by a crab.
The monster is an alien?
by Ironhelix
Jan 18th, 2008
09:37:42 AM
...after the movie, i heard several people saying they saw something falling from the sky into the ocean during the last shot at Coney Island (which is the recorded-over footage, making that scene pre-date the beginning of the movie). i didn't notice this myself. can anyone else confirm seeing this?
oh i was talking about dee_hunter's posts
by zom-bot.com
Jan 18th, 2008
09:40:17 AM
and thier repetition of the entire movie.
you have read the description
by dee_hunter316
Jan 18th, 2008
09:40:22 AM
the description is the whole movie. ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!
I didnt notice the splash either
by rsdigi
Jan 18th, 2008
09:41:12 AM
And I would have since I was looking at the sea. I'm just assuming (even though the writers never though it up) that it's just some abomination released from the sea, hence it's crab like, newt-like breathing gills. Remember that huge clam scientists found recently (then killed faster then they found it)
it was ok
by alcester
Jan 18th, 2008
09:50:04 AM
saw it last night. was ok. too much dull time. needed more monster time. people were boring, going back to save a dumb ass chick.
theoneofblood's ideas
by astro1
Jan 18th, 2008
10:10:59 AM
both the ideas you gave for if "you made this movie" were horrible. Camera's strapped to soliders helmets? C'Mon! Is Cloverfield the best thing ever? No, not really but it's pretty entertaining and wasn't meant to be anything more. I like how TBr's keep referring to the characters as "yuppies" there's nothing yuppy about any of them. There typica 20 somethins with careers, but I guess for overweight low lifes living with their parents that might constitue a yuppie.
I'm already tired of it
by sundancekeed
Jan 18th, 2008
10:12:10 AM
and I haven't even seen it yet. And I was planning to. But I just know that all of this blatantly generated hype has poisoned at least some of the positives I may feel about this. Frankly I can't stand being marketed as shamelessly as this thing has been doing. All the stupid websites alluding to some kind of backstory that from what I hear isn't even mentioned in the film. Plus, I gotta say that I don't have a lot of faith in anything that J.J.Abrams does after the 3 year (so far) cocktease that Lost has been.
your fault for even checking the websites
by astro1
Jan 18th, 2008
10:16:35 AM
sundancekeed. nobody forced the viral shit on anyone, yet everyone is complaining about it. Why? Because there's no big Cliche' explanation....even if there was you dorks would bitch about that too. don't blame JJ.
Rsdigi, TEETH is about a frightening clam.
by freakinarteest
Jan 18th, 2008
10:23:23 AM
and Capone, War of the Worlds has already played the "Is it terrorists?" card. If only that film could've kept up the intensity of the first tripod attack, this film would be an also-ran. Far as i'm concerned, though, Spielberg gets points for that fog-horn sound that the Martian machines made just before all hell broke loose. The recollection of that sound still makes me twitch a little. To anyone who's seen Cloverfield: is there any B.F.Skinner conditioning like _that_ in the film?
Arrrrgh. Pavlov, not Skinner.
by freakinarteest
Jan 18th, 2008
10:25:07 AM
I need to check my meds more often.
Waiting *Patiently* 4 Moriarty review
by Trooperof3
Jan 18th, 2008
10:26:42 AM
Cloverfield is gonna be a wild ride. I haven't really watched any trailers or done any online stuff so my mind could be fresh... I can't wait.. Did anyone goto the going away party for Rob?
No Astro,
by sundancekeed
Jan 18th, 2008
10:30:53 AM
Now I wanna say, don't pee on the rug but instead I'll respond to your post. I'm complaining about it because it wasn't necessary. It doesn't really serve a purpose. Unlike the Dark Knight stuff, which was a build-up to the reveal of the new Joker, this has just been beating the same drum over and over. All they really had to do was get the word out that this was going to be a monster movie told from a unique perspective and leave it at that. I thought that the trailers did an effective job of that. But all of the Slusho stuff and the environmental group ala' Greenpeace and some bad ol' corporation got very clicheish in a hurry for me. And I don't blame JJ. I blame Chris Carter for starting all of this "tease but don't really reveal" crap which he did for however many years the X-Files were on. JJ is simply his apostle. But you're right about one thing. I didn't have to check out the viral stuff. But if it's there and you've got a spare minute, curiosity is a bitch, jack.

by milkmaidhj
Jan 18th, 2008
10:40:27 AM
I saw this at a midnight screening up in Lincoln Center in NYC( which is the general area the end of this movie takes place). When we all walked out into a overcast, foggy, and quite New York city after this movie it was really surreal. The subway ride home was even more intense. Anyone who sits here and rips the logic of the people, or Rob can go to hell because being in NYC during 9/11, though I was far far uptown the second it all went down the first thing that I did, as well as the people around me, was try to get in contact with all our loved ones in the city. Rob's reaction was right on point with what anyone would have done. Plus the monster arrived on the lower east side and the movie ends with it generally in or around central park which if any of the logic assholes would look is really far uptown thus meaning the monster was MOVING UP MANHATTAN. The kids apartment was again on the LOWER PART of Manhattan and they had to go uptown to get Beth which would be why the monster and them were always around each other,but noooooooooo thats not logical.
What's Vern's take?
by estacado1
Jan 18th, 2008
10:43:21 AM
I wanna read Vern's take. I have a feeling that those who hated Transformers will also hate Cloverfield.
Best most intense sequence
by messi
Jan 18th, 2008
10:47:23 AM
is where they run into the military and then try to get into the subway. FUUCCCKKKKK. the shot where the monster just comes out screaming after that whole sequence made my heart stop, just the pacing of that sequence is one for the ages.
quantize
by messi
Jan 18th, 2008
10:49:10 AM
get that cock out of your mouth.
theoneofblood
by messi
Jan 18th, 2008
10:50:46 AM
i'm sorry but you are stupid. why do you overanalyze things, how about "holy shit that shot of the monster screaming after the military is shooting it was fucking awesome". some film geeks are just pathetic. such boring losers.
And yeah,
by sundancekeed
Jan 18th, 2008
10:51:25 AM
even though I'm burned out on the hype, I'm going to see the movie. Why? Because I've always dug "big monster tearing up the city and shit" movies. And it'd really be nice not to be disappointed. We'll see.
The Host Was Insanely Overrated
by TheLastCleric
Jan 18th, 2008
10:59:55 AM
The only reason critics slobbered all over this film was because it was foreign. Had an American studio released this weak-ass effort, critics would have dismissed it immediately. The creature design was cool but the actual film was corny and predictable. It's so pathetic the way American critics faun over mediocre foreign films like The Host. And Harry should be ashamed of himself for even suggesting this film occupies the same space as JAWS. LAME.
J.J Abrams = Anti-payoff Con artist
by darrenspool
Jan 18th, 2008
11:00:38 AM
This guy's TV shows always die because no one cares about the twist ending that just doesn't seem to arrive. What a stupid toss.
Wow, that was a bad movie.
by Mostholy
Jan 18th, 2008
11:06:18 AM
This site has become completely untrustworthy. The scariest thing about CLOVERFIELD was the notion that the next 9/11 might happen while you're stuck at a party with a bunch of one-note douchebags.
I enjoyed it....
by The_Boo
Jan 18th, 2008
11:13:52 AM
but cynics will hate it. If you can't take a ride with a movie then what's the point. Yes all the guys are total douchbags, but really, waht twenty something in New York isn't. My only real beef is that they were in very convenient locations throughout the movie. I would've rather had more glimpses through the news footage, and Hud's death was really too much and served only one purpose. As flawed as "Signs" is I think it did the non-action hero version of a big event much better.
*spoiler* where it came from
by Riverrun
Jan 18th, 2008
11:15:38 AM
At the end, in the final shot of the ocean at Coney Island, you can clearly see a distant object strike the water (but you have to be looking for it, it's near the right side of the screen)
I had a blast, and the more i think about it, the more I like it
by Novaman5000
Jan 18th, 2008
11:22:11 AM
From the moment the city first shakes, it is just fantastic tension for the rest of the running time. That subway tunnel sequence? Fucking great. And the bridge, and the building climb. Oh and that helicopter falling from the sky. Just an intense, suspenseful, blast of a movie.

Of course, there are some narrative choices that I wish they hadn't made, and a couple moments that feel more scripted than "found footage", but overall, this movie was a success. I was pretty hyped for it and I wasn't disappointed.

People complaining about the viral marketing are morons.
by Novaman5000
Jan 18th, 2008
11:24:33 AM
That's what's great about viral marketing / ARGs. You don't have to fucking play, and chances are, if you don't go searching for them, you won't even know they exist. I think it's a great way to get fans involved if they choose to. A clever way to expand mythology and get people more into the world of the film. What the fuck is wrong with that?
Riverrun- my friend saw that too.
by Novaman5000
Jan 18th, 2008
11:25:36 AM
He said you could see something in the ocean in the final shot. I missed it, I'll have to look for it the 2nd time around, whenever that might be.
Top Notch Review
by v1
Jan 18th, 2008
11:27:54 AM
Dead on... you absolutely nailed my experience in the film. The scene where you yelled "Run," I was so tense I was damn near trying to push myself through the back of my chair, heart rate spiking, and barely breathing.
The monster is so monstruous that i almost threw up in my mouth
by chandleyr
Jan 18th, 2008
11:39:35 AM
But at the same after the second viewing it get funny http://chandleyr.typepad.fr/we blog/2...uise--son.html Beware it can scare the shit out f you if you're not drunk enough ^^ just a joke :)
dudes got some bubbles on his face
by theredtoad
Jan 18th, 2008
11:44:31 AM
and a serious lice problem too..
my quote for the DVD box:
by Blue_Demon
Jan 18th, 2008
11:47:55 AM
84 Charlie Mo Pic meets Godzilla! --Blue_Demon
sundancekeed beating a dead horse
by astro1
Jan 18th, 2008
11:51:48 AM
but they've already said WHY they did the viral sites. They put them up to create more fan interaction, not to lead anyone on. And to create some other "Cloverfield" world for those that were interested. Again, it's nobody but YOUR fault for 1. even visiting the sites and 2. caring enough to actually retain the stupid information they gave you. But to say they didn't give a payoff is dumb. They gave you the info on the sites, why rehash it in the movie???? What - you're mad because all that info didn't lead up to some grand story intertwining all the info given on the sites to the movie? Give me a fucking break. You should be happy JJ gave you something to occupy your "few free minutes of curiosity" (READ:) hours and hours of online surfing to find clues to something that doesn't need to be answered. HAHA - stop whining
I did contribute to Grindhouse
by BADBOYBROM HC
Jan 18th, 2008
11:53:59 AM
Fuck me it was shit. I'd love it if they gave me back my money for Cloverfield. Id really really love it.
Grindhouse & The Host
by astro1
Jan 18th, 2008
11:54:21 AM
First of all - Grindhouse didn't make money because the marketing sucked, and the movies were dull. The experience was fun, and the trailers rocked, but overall a dissapointment for sure. Who needs 60 million to make two crappy b-movie ripoffs? SO JJ Sucks for using elements from Blair Witch, and Godzilla, but QT and RR should be commended for rehashing shit for horrible films? OKAY!!!! AND The Host - horrible acting, loose story, and a shitty leading guy that defies any and all reasonable logic of normal human behavior. The beast was okay, the only redeeming thing is watching it run after a bunch of koreans while it's selectively picking them off one by one. Other than that, The Host was so-so.
I hope it's NOT TOO SILLY
by Big Dumb Ape
Jan 18th, 2008
11:56:38 AM
...My only complaint from reading initial things is the driving subplot that Rob has to go find his Girlfriend and THAT forces him (and the others) to run into the monster, danger, and for some even death.

I know the movie needs a plot reason to move forward...I know there will be those that will say "Who wouldn't go and try and find/save the woman you love"...but these guys are ALSO all supposed to be MBA's and incredibly smart yuppies, not to mention that as NYers they WOULD have lived through 9/11...at which point they'd already know that when a city of nearly 10 MILLION PEOPLE goes batshit with fear and terror it's pretty much all but impossible to simply walk the streets hoping to romantically and magically find your lover.

And from what I read, the subplot is that they AREN'T boyfriend and girlfriend...that Rob feels guilt that they had sex, he took this job, and he never told her how he really felt. Which begs the reality check question: when the shit hits the fan, why WOULD Rob expect Beth to stay put versus fleeing the city as fast as she can?

So I'm really looking forward to this...it sounds like a lot of fun based on the intitial reactions of some...but I also REALLY hope this won't have silly plot holes that once the lights come up I'll find myself sitting there and saying "Heyyyy, wait a minute--!!!"

I like...
by Therealumlaut
Jan 18th, 2008
11:58:45 AM
Godzilla. I like The Host. I do not like JJ Abrams. He is a ripoff artist.
Why, Supendous? Why, Pennsy, WHY
by 'Cholera's Ghost
Jan 18th, 2008
11:58:49 AM
You know I don't want to do this again...

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!

It's the LION DANCE!!!
And THE HOST is what I'm talking about...
by Big Dumb Ape
Jan 18th, 2008
12:04:12 PM
Since others above have mentioned it several times now, I'd echo the general concensus. Fun movie, looked good, the SFX and the monster looked great especially when plucking people off left and right...

...But the lead actor and even the side actors/general population of the city operated in some kind of alternate reality. Nothing they did ever made logical human sense given the appearance of a deep sea monster and what they were now up against and what people really would be doing.

So I liked THE HOST, it was fun, but it's exactly what I was talking about above. I hope the CLOVERFIELD people act like people really would when facing such odds.

Godzilla Owns Cloverfucks ass .. nuff said
by paulyd30
Jan 18th, 2008
12:08:53 PM
what a LAME ass attempt at a Godzilla movie. A whale looking thing with legs, WOWE how inspiring. I think any 3 rd grader could have come up with a better looking monster than that !! Long live the King ! Godzilla !
AintitCloverfieldNews.com
by Chutch
Jan 18th, 2008
12:09:16 PM
all the AICN reviewers overrated this quite a bit. the monster is basically a giant shaved alien monkey with a breathable brain, so i don't get what's so hard to describe about it. it was still good, especially for a january movie, but harry shows again that he gets too fanboy-ish about movies. can someone else who saw it explain the creatures scale in hud's last shot? it didn't look too big there to me. oh and obviously it's an alien and was never called a lion.
Definitely
by SpyHunter89
Jan 18th, 2008
12:09:26 PM
I completely agree with everything he just said. This is an extremely awesome concept. It's nice to have something different for a change, instead of your normal moviegoing experience. This movie is epic.
OKAY WHERE IS YACKBACKER'S REVIEW
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 18th, 2008
12:11:39 PM
Dude I'm waiting for your take on this before committing.
but BSB...
by just pillow talk
Jan 18th, 2008
12:14:19 PM
he liked Transformers, just like that superstar cunt messi. Love ya messi!
Failure
by lagomorph
Jan 18th, 2008
12:19:21 PM
The idea was so intriguing but it probably should have stayed on the bar napkin it was written on. The movie just doesn't work and it has too many parts that feel devoid of dread. It never felt awe-inspiring which it really needed to. The opening minutes of the attack were pretty cool but somehow the atmosphere of the film never enveloped me. I felt more like I was watching a scripted film than I do during many scripted films.
I KNOW - AND DAMN HIM FOR THAT ... BUT
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 18th, 2008
12:19:38 PM
he got me to watch Casino Royale after I expressed some mild dislike for it and I ended up loving that movie. So I do trust his opinion. Despite the Transformers travesty. Have you seen Cloverbeast yet? What's your take?
YOU SEE PILLOW? LAGOMORPH'S REVIEW ABOVE
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 18th, 2008
12:20:58 PM
contradicts so many of the enthusiastic ones. I'm fucking confused. I should just go see TWBB instead.
I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THEY MAKE SINESTRO CORPS WAR
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 18th, 2008
12:23:39 PM
and Bob Orci is assigned to write it. I know nothing about it, but count on Messi to blow out the TBs with rants about canon. Damn that will be fun.
TOO GREEN!!!!
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 18th, 2008
12:25:03 PM
Let that be the first post re: the Sinestro Corps War movie.
nope, haven't seen it
by just pillow talk
Jan 18th, 2008
12:26:56 PM
Though one of the guys I work with has a friend that saw it in CA, and that guy thought it was great. What does that mean? Absolutely nothing.
Lame idiots
by HornOrSilk
Jan 18th, 2008
12:28:26 PM
While I knew the movie was going to be bad, I didn't expect the "cast" to be that idiotic. You don't run for your life holding a camera! If some dude is crazy, let them go, and you go forward. Or if you must go with them, take more than a cell phone from the stores. But each step of the way they would have been beaten by a Friday 13th castmember in an IQ test. That's how stupid they were. And the monster -- will be forgotten 5 months from now.
Guys, give Messi a break...
by Abin Sur
Jan 18th, 2008
12:30:56 PM
Sure, he's more than a little "enthusiastic" when it comes to GL, but his heart's in the right place. Now if you REALLY want to razz him, let him know that SINISTER is Latin for LEFT, meaning SINESTRO CORPS WAR must be some liberal tree hugging propaganda piece. Damn alien libs. Actually, that may make that Cygnus guy mad too...
ABIN SUR
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 18th, 2008
12:35:41 PM
Cygnus is a certified Trek dork. If you read his posts in the ST TB, you would never know it's the same wingnut that appears elsewhere. Freaked me out last night, that fucker.
Abin Sur...
by just pillow talk
Jan 18th, 2008
12:36:28 PM
I know, I'm just repeating what MNG said after the intro that messi got for his review.
MAYBE I'LL ASK GRANDMA WHAT SHE THINKS OF CLOVERBEAST
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 18th, 2008
12:38:32 PM
Grandma thought it was Voltron too.
Astro. Hours?
by sundancekeed
Jan 18th, 2008
12:44:45 PM
Hardly any time at all, dude. All of the various clues and websites were listed on the cloverfield clues website whose address I got off of one of these posts. And again, my problem with it was that it didn't produce anything of consequence. If you get into that kind of thing, good for you. I thought it amounted to a lot of creative energy on the part of the filmmakers expended for no real payoff to the people who followed the trail. That strikes me as being a bit of a ripoff.
Damn, BSB, you were right...
by Abin Sur
Jan 18th, 2008
12:44:46 PM
Cygnus is definitely talkin' the Trek. Oh, and Ewok Sex Slaves? That's just WRONG, sir.
CallsForCthulhu
by HornOrSilk
Jan 18th, 2008
12:45:18 PM
That website has a better, more entertaining monster than Cloverfield. Watch it and tell me it isn't so!
Paulyd30
by BangoSkank
Jan 18th, 2008
12:46:30 PM
The monster you're talking about wasn't even in the movie. It was just some bullshit internet creation. Before you talk shit, you should know what you're talking about.
SORRY ABIN SUR
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 18th, 2008
12:52:10 PM
It just made sense last night. Not the case now, but it did last night.
S'okay BSB...
by Abin Sur
Jan 18th, 2008
12:56:42 PM
The herb makes us say weird, wild and wackadoo things.
THAT'S THE SCARY PART - I WAS COMPLETELY SOBER
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 18th, 2008
12:58:03 PM
My mind, sometimes I can't control it. Someone help ...
Shaky Cam + Theme Park Ride
by Mullah Omar
Jan 18th, 2008
12:58:08 PM
I've never had any, though I am sure people do. Doesn't sitting towards the back of the theater help?

Regardless, I saw a midnight show in NYC and I completely agree with everyone who compared this to a Universal Studios Theme Park Ride. If you enjoy those, then check this film out ASAP before everyone else sees it and starts dropping spoilers all over the place. If you hated the style of BLAIR WITCH and thought that 28 WEEKS LATER was over the top in terms of believability, then you should stay away from CLOVEFIELD.
hah! Pauly d taklin shit!
by The_Boo
Jan 18th, 2008
12:58:18 PM
He didn't even see the movie!!!! Godzilla sucks, the only reason any of those movies are watchable is because it's fun to get high and laugh at em!
As for the monster not leaving NYC,
by Novaman5000
Jan 18th, 2008
01:02:12 PM
Would you leave a picnic just because a there were a few mosquitos bugging you? Please. NYC was a smorgasboard (sp?) of destruction and tasty morsels for that thing. Bitch is no fool. The weapons weren't even really hurting it.
*amendment
by Mullah Omar
Jan 18th, 2008
01:03:31 PM
"...thought that 28 WEEKS LATER was over the top in terms of believability" - read that in terms of the "believability" of how characters would react to such a situation. This film (obviously) asks you to suspend disbelief over the fantastic situation, but I never felt like I needed to suspend disbelief over the reactions of the characters. And actually, I think this film had more believable characters than 28 WEEKS LATER.
Good flick hyped too much.
by dopepope
Jan 18th, 2008
01:29:47 PM
Imagine this movie coming out without one peep, going in to it and sitting down with no preconceived ideas, expectations or clues of any kind what it was about, and what you would have is one hell of a sleeper hit on your hands. Word of mouth would explode and this movie would have most likely garnered loads of critical acclaim and audience appreciation in hoards. Not to say it still won't, but the impact, the awe that most of this film deserved was diluted by insane hype. That said, this movie is still pretty damn good. As far as giant monster movies go, it's beautifully realistic, unexpectedly creepy, and a lot of fun. While this creature was somewhat unique in design (looked like a giant Resident Evil Licker to me), we've never seen a GIANT monster like this, lumbering around in crawling, drunken, corpse like motions. It was indeed more creepy than any other giant monster movie has ever been, which, to me, is a very nice touch. And as much as I liked this movie, it made me wish that instead of this giant shaved monkey, we would have gotten a Godzilla movie that inspired as much awe. http://tinyurl.com/yqke5h
Mullah Omar
by BangoSkank
Jan 18th, 2008
01:32:21 PM
I was going to make the exact same comparison... The teleporting zombie dad in 28 Weeks Later killed that flick for me. Killed it.

To the haters..... If you can't *****SPOILERS***** figure out why a guy, one who just saw the most important person in his life killed, would try to rescue the second most important person in his life --the woman he's been in love with for years-- you should just stop watching movies altogether.

Plus, what movie do you want to watch? The recorded footage of the Nebraskan tourist couple who taped the creature for five minutes and were then helivacted to safety... or the footage of the guy who tries to rescue the love of his life who called begging for his help? This is why we see THIS footage, 'cause it's the most interesting.

AND! Would you guys really have wanted to have a bunch of floppy-headed Emo kids as the main characters versus the oh-so hated "yuppies"? Young well-dressed 20-somethingers at a party in New York? Who would have ever thought.

The host was fun but, not scary really.
by Novaman5000
Jan 18th, 2008
01:35:23 PM
Too fucking silly for it's own good.
What did the lion look like?
by Abominable Snowcone
Jan 18th, 2008
01:57:00 PM
And was Voltron able to stop it with that silver vat of chocolate coochie juice?
Fucking Cthulhu would be very difficult.
by Abin Sur
Jan 18th, 2008
02:03:25 PM
And painful.
Worth Watching
by SeymourClearly
Jan 18th, 2008
02:09:55 PM
Just saw the movie and I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to enjoy it. Good thrill ride!
the score thats supposedly iconic??
by mattforce7
Jan 18th, 2008
02:15:36 PM
WHere the fuck was it? NOt at the end i'll tell u that. I saw it and thought it was pretty good, hud is the man, he saved the movie, and the last shot of the monster was very cool
Actually...
by Tourist
Jan 18th, 2008
02:17:03 PM
...They are hardcore yuppies. Don't defend their sensible dress sense please. The monster stays in the same area for the same reason HUD kills himself videotaping shit for no reason. Because if he didn't, there would be no movie. And if there was no movie, there would be no middling entertainment product to sell to morons. Then what would Messi do with is spare time? Thus, Nu Godzilla (Godzilla X? Godzilla Extreme? Godzilla Millenium? I Can't Believe It's Not Godzilla?) sticks to one area, to ensure that Messi has something to do.
for those mad at Rob's "logic" and The Host again
by astro1
Jan 18th, 2008
02:22:46 PM
Have any of you ever done anything to help someone you loved? I've risked harm (not quite what Rob is doing here) for others. It's not that far fetched to think that someone with an MBA would risk their life to save the girl they love. You stupid idiots. As for sundancekeed - what kind of payoff did you expect from a big Monster movie? Seriously? Again, it's your fault for thinking that these 'clues' would unfold in the movie. Nobody ever said they would. Plus, if you only spent a few minutes here and there researching them then why care? Last piece about The Host - all it has over Cloverfield is some lame (READ: Cliche as fuck) origin story for the sea creature (oh you poured some shit in the river did ya? okay!!!!) - with an ending that felt like a bad acid trip mixed with a crossbow, and a bad hair coloring job.
not yupies
by astro1
Jan 18th, 2008
02:25:30 PM
for fuck sakes. do you even know what a yuppy is? stuffy, privledged, pretentious douche bags. since when does a college education = yuppie? Oh, only on AICN where the TBr's are a bunch of sit in's working at a comic book shop or as an IT service man.
MAde my girlfriend sick with the cam...
by worldofwarcraft
Jan 18th, 2008
02:29:23 PM
but my little brother liked it. HE's