Cloverfield queasiness

Catnapper · Cloverfield queasiness

Because of the wobbly hand held camera work that feels like you're actually in the thick of the action.......people have complained of being sick and dizzy and some had to leave the cinema after 20 minutes!

Lucifer_666

Wimps!!!!!!

Scorpio

i think that i shall be fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Catnapper

I'm gonna see it this weekend....I'll let you know how I get on

Lucifer_666

I'm going to see it soon ...erm very soon...perhaps even tomorrow in fact......hey who put this copy of the film into my hand?

Catnapper

let us know what you think of Cloverfield Luc.......after your dvd cools down that is

Lucifer_666

I will babe....my little digits are still stinging but they won't be long cooling down

Lucifer_666

SPOILER
I finally got to watch Cloverfield and I have to say I really enjoyed it....I think it is an extremely well directed piece by Matt Reeves who manages to make an authentic looking home video of a horrific and catastrophic event while also managing to keep the pace up and the content constantly relevant to the viewer which I reckon is much more difficult to do in a film created in this way. You really feel like your catapulted into the middle of the disaster much more than any other monster movie I've seen before even though we don't really get to know the main characters all that much. The camera that we see all the action through is operated by Hud who is like the joker of the pack, sometimes annoying and has a thing for Marlena who seems to have no real interest in him. The others are Rob, who the party at the beginning was for and whose venture to find his girlfriend Beth we follow, after his brother Jason gets killed, and Lily who is Jason's girlfriend. I thought it interesting to read that Lizzy Caplan who plays Marlena stated that she accepted a role in Cloverfield solely because she was a fan of the Abrams-produced television series Lost, and her experience of discovering its true nature initially caused her to state that she would not sign on for a film in the future "without knowing full well what it is." She indicated that her character was a sarcastic outsider, and that her role was "physically demanding.

I actually didn't think her character was that bad and warmed up as the movie went on......Oh and a word of warning if you ever end up in a city where a virus or some dangerous biological creatures are running around, you get scratched or bitten and wind up in a white sanitised military field hospital don't come over to everyone (particularly soldiers) and say "I don't feel well!!" because your likely to get lynched

...poor Marlena

. The special effects were exellent too I thought and you could tell that Sept 11 inspired alot of the earlier parts particularly when the building collapses and they run into the shop to escape the cloud of dust coming their way...even when they then exited it was reminescent of 2001 with figures walking dazed, white with powdered dust and papers all over falling from the sky. I also liked the way it kept cutting to a happier time when the camera would be cut off momentarily.... anyone who has worked a home video camera before knows that this can happen alot

...it was a good vehicle to keep Beth in our minds until they find her...it also helped to make the poignant ending while also showing something crash into the ocean beside them (sequel maybe even prequel?)
All in all a very good film that brings a refreshing change to the genre of monster flick though I did find myself squinting to see what exactly was going on at certain times which left me kind of feeling did I miss something somewhere?
9/10

Catnapper

Excellent review Luc

I'm always a bit sceptical when they say you'll feel as if you're in the film....... cause we're watching on a screen, looking through a handheld cam. But Cloverfield really gives the feeling of being in there among all the action. Clever stuff!

I suppose there could be a sequel Luc, it's on course to make a tidy profit but it hasn't been a huge hit considering all the speculation and buzz on the net leading up to the film's release.........kind of like Snakes on a Plane and all the hype that got before release. I'd like to see a sequel though.

I like how there wasn't a backstory to the monster too......it made it more scary cause it just appeared.

Lucifer_666

I'm glad you liked it too babe

As for the sequel apparently the makers have been talking about this and have mentioned during the film there is a sequence where you can see another guy over elsewhere filming aswell and you can see him filming Hud well there is talk that this might be an intersection point for the next film and this one where the sequel will be about this other film maker and his buds

Madamhoney

I have to admit, I didn't like it as much as I thought I was going to, feel a bit let down to be honest as I was expecting a really tense and at times scary film. Didn't feel tense in the slightest to me! I have to say however, I did feel sick!!! Totally, and I don't get seasick at all. Perhaps that was distracting me because I never really got that sense of reality and fear like I did with the Blair Witch.

It was a good film and I enjoyed it, the effects were first class but just wasn't as good as I was expecting. Apparently you were supposed to wait till after the credits, which we did, but nothing happened. Anyone else wait till after?

On another note, although I'd seen the ST trailer before and it's nothing much AND I think the film will be a bit pants, I was still excited and got goosebumps when the trailer came on. I think it's just the thought of ST on the big screen again at long last!!!

Lucifer_666

Funny the Blair Witch really didn't scare me at all...I did enjoy it though.....But I always preferred The Last Broadcast which was a similar film but I thought it better made.....alot of people reckoned Blair Witch plagiarized from The Last Broadcast as the B.W makers admitted to seeing T.L.B before making their film.

I can't wait for Trek now...how can you say it will be a bit pants

NOOOOOOOooooooo!!!

Catnapper

I didn't stay till the end of the credits Honey but apparently there's supposed to be 2 words said when static comes up on the screen.......I don't remember hearing/seeing that part so maybe that was at the end of the credits?

Wonder if the words somehow hint at a sequel?

Madamhoney

Because the story sounds rubbish!! It's the laziest idea I've heard of, must've taken all of 2 seconds to come up with that. They should've done something that could incorporate at least 2 Trek series IMO. Plus, Kirk etc are household names, even people who don't like ST know the characters, I think it'll just be too weird having other actors playing them and that it won't work.

Lucifer_666

Ah but they have already done the two Trek Crews before with Generations and which crews would you incorporate Honey ...Voyager???

Jipdog

Saw this on Saturday. Thought it was very good. Must admit, I came out with a bit of a headache. I heard about the proposed sequel and I think it's a bad idea. It would be virtually the same film with different characters. It's one of those films that a sequel would detract from the original. If you read the Empire review, they gave it 5 stars but said detract 2 stars if they ever make a sequel. I think they have a point.

In regards to the new Star Trek film. I can't decide whether I'm excited or not. I can see from both points of view. Difficult to think of different people playing the crew. Probably end up seeing it anyways.

Lucifer_666

I just hope they don't make another Blair Witch 2 type film which was truly awful Jip

Madamhoney

Yeah that was total pants. The sequel, if it goes ahead, could be from someone elses perspective so I've been told on another forum. I'll just find the info...

Lucifer_666

I had already added the jist of that earlier here Honey ...some people just don't read all my posts

Madamhoney

That's because I ignored all the posts before I went to see it as I didn't want to read anything that might spoil it. Anyway, my description was better.

Lucifer_666

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