Cloverfield
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Wasted my $9.50!
Wholly shot using a cheap DV cam, instead of the standard movie-type 35mm projector tape. Yo! a $800+ DV cam leh....
Why? Because of budget.
1. When shot on DV cam, the "world" becomes smaller, there is no top-view, overall view, global view, etc....
The director just needs like 10-12 people, when seen through the DV cam, will look like a disaster like that, but if you zoom out, and use 35mm projector tape, it would look ridiculous, like a small mob-team running around town only, doesnt look like a national disaster at all.
2. 35mm traditional tape is more expensive and has wide view and need rails etc for the recording. DV is cheapo.
Front part is a waste of time, took 25 mins, talk crap on the party etc. It is obvious the script dont have enough substance.
And it is not realistic at all, even now you use a DV cam, an average people can capture videos much better and without that much vibration and shaking as that. It is obvious shaking and not realistic. I think 9 out of 10 people using DV cam can capture a better and less shaky video that the cameraman in the movie.
Overall grade: -10 out of 10.
Pooi!
Do not even bother buying this C-rate movie on DVD or VCD, just let it go like bad smell.
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it's only 3 weeks into 2008 and i believe many will agree this will definitely be the worst movie of 2008. yes i doubt any other movies can be as bad as this.
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hmm.. knew it would be like this. hmm,..
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knn...sigh. and the trailer looked so promising!!!! was really looking forward to watching this...
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the trailer is used to lure the viewers to watch movie mah. actually at first wanted to watch though but scared it would end up like "The blair witch project" so went to watch 27 dresses instead. but nvm laOriginally posted by Hellraiza:knn...sigh. and the trailer looked so promising!!!! was really looking forward to watching this... -
good choice of movie there.Originally posted by rlsh07:the trailer is used to lure the viewers to watch movie mah. actually at first wanted to watch though but scared it would end up like "The blair witch project" so went to watch 27 dresses instead. but nvm la -
thanks for the compliment =)Originally posted by casshern:good choice of movie there. -
actually what i meant was any show was probably better den cloverfield at that point of timeOriginally posted by rlsh07:thanks for the compliment =)
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oh i @@.. hmm.. i tot ur praising mi. oh well..Originally posted by casshern:actually what i meant was any show was probably better den cloverfield at that point of time -
Actually look back on the Cloverfield poster, you will realised that there is not words on the poster.....
like acted by who and who, which company produces it, etc....
I think next time, if got no known actors/actresses in the show, will not see in movies... -
watch it liao, wanna puke after watching it. Shaking all the way till end of show....
story out of nowhere and ends no where...
Damn lousy and going to give it 1/5.
dun waste money and time watching it and -
I don't understand the people who say they hated the movie because "it left too many questions unanswered."
What questions? "Where did the monster come from?" Let's say Abrams did have a scientist in a labcoat pop up irrationally and tell us "Oh, the creature came from Uranus, and it's also invulnerable to our weapons because of a sub-positronic antimatter forcefield as you may have noticed, thanks for watching." How would that improve the viewing experience at all? Certain sci-fi films (Independence Day for example) are built around that kind of silly expositionary technobabble, but Cloverfield is clearly not that kind of film. You may not like the kind of film Cloverfield is--an intimate survival narrative and "road story"--but don't fault it for being what it is, and in my opinion, doing it really well. -
Well, it might have been successful at being a road story, but the dissonance between audience and movie is largely blamed at the hype generated which was wholly disproportionate and unsuitable for such a postmodernist film.
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whether it is realistic or not is never the question, nor about the nature of the monster....
if you read clearly what everyone is saying, we are saying that the shaking of the camera is overly done to the extent that it is unrealistic and damn irritating.
No amateaur videoman will film that way either.
Last thing is that, I also noticed that this film do not even have budget for proper film trailers to be on TV etc.
So...my conclusion, next time if some film do not have credits on its poster, do not have trailers/adverts set on TV or those TV trailer seen at movie cinema, then do not watch.
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I think it's mainly direction. First they roped in the wrong guy (whose never directed visual effects) for a movie heavily reliant on special effects.
Then this guy tells his cam ops and focus pullers to do their jobs as unprofessionally as possible (using steadicams).
Afterwards he tells the B graders to improvise on their acting by not following the script for that sense of "reality" and "naturalism."
And on the monsters, this was what Matt Reeves had to say, "...I was very interested in what the creature was going through, and we came up with the secret that the creature was a baby. It was this enormous baby that was going through terrible separation anxiety, it didn't know what was going on, and it was pissed..." -
A baby that is 200m tall? I bet godzilla is finally going to have a decent fight against the parents..
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Yeah this will be a good waking up call for pple whom always think anything from hollywood must be good . Sorry ar pple , cos i got friends whom will shun not only local movies no matter how good they are but also hk movies cos i have heard of pple saying anything not from hollywood not worth the money .
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hmmm.. like i said earlier , i think this movie is not that bad... too much shakes agree front part waste too much time agree ... but the concept is good.. too bad other things pulled it down..
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Review from another forum. Spoiler inside. Do not read if you don't wanna know
Sunday, 6pm, Shaw @ Balestier.
I bought a ticket for this "cannot-see-monster" from the the trailers. I was hoping to see something better than ID seeing how a Statue of Liberty's head got slashed off from the trailer.
OMFG, this show sucks and puke. Literally puke. I had eaten some stuff before the show and this stupid "Blair-Witch Project" cheapo copycat alien show make me having to rush to toilet to throw out stuff. Later part of the show, I have to shut off my eyes each time some of the idiot fall and shake the camera.
Trust me, this is one hell of a show that everyone in the cinema was cursing and swearing on the way out of the cinema when the show end.
Show time : 85 mins
Brother A woke up in his gf's house and start fooling around with the cam. Some stupid shots within the gf's house and such. Fast forward that, they will supposely to prepare a farewell party for Brother B which is leaving for a CEO job in Japan.
(kaoz... from NY to Jap, I take that as a demotion anytime)
All friends were inside an apartment and Brother B arrive. Party begin.
(For a whole freaking 30 mins, the entire show is in this party!!!)
Suddenly building shake, scream everwhere. TV switch on, CNN report a big tanker exploded near SOL. As usual busybody human being say let go to the rooftop to get a better view. Wala, more explosion in the far. Some buildings went down, more screaming and the bunch of busybody say let go to the street.
(This is where the SOL head was send crashing to the street)
From far distance, a gigantic moster machiam like Gozzila was seen throwing out its bad breath and causing explosion everywhere.
Police was diverting people out of NY thru Bridge A.
Everyone run on Bridge A. Moster decided that he need some chow and appeared next to Bridge A and chew out Brother A + others. So everyone make their way back to NY city again.
Then Brother B was worried for his GF which is trapped in the apartment and make his way back. Brother A's GF + Cameraman (Brother's A pal) + AlwaysDrunk ***** (which Brother's A pal is dying to lay her) accompany Brother B back to apartment. On the way, street fighting between US Army and Gozzila could be seen. Pathetic M-16 and some rocket lauchers shooting the big monster.
(Only at this time, we get to see closer shots of the monster. Gozilla lookalike minus the neck and keep laying small aliens on to the streets of NY. The baby aliens have lots of tenticles and attacks the soldiers.)
So Brother B came out with a SMART idea.
(Let's use the subway!)
Ok all went into subway. Smart alec say 3 stations down is where the apartment is where the GF is, let use the track.
Camerman say he got lamp on his camera and swtich on.
1/2 way there, freaking lot of rats running againist their direction.
(This is a stupid part. LOTS OF WHITE RATS i/o of black rats)
They worried, then camerman say switch to Infra-red and see. Next expectedly baby aliens all over the tunnels.
Run for life and leave the subway and back into the city.
***** die from severe injuries. 3 proceed to apartment save Brother's B gf.
Back to the street, Brother's A gf got lifted off to safety by Army helicopter. The other 3 wait for 2nd heli and leave. Luck was not with them and Monster hit out at their heli crashing them in the Central Park.
Cameraman die when monster attacked crash helicopter. Brother B and GF ran for their life and hide in some underpass in Central Park.
Far away sirens was heard, (before nukes are launched kind), blinding white light closing in.
Everyone hong gan.
* Freaking low-cost startup trying for a box office hit. Dream-on. -
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Precisely, they had a pretty good concept with potential to be great. And that makes it even more of a shame for Cloverfield to wind up lousier than typical Hollywood crap.
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this movie damn farktard,.,
u know the cameraman is actually the RUNNER FROM the MONSTER himself.. bring the camera along and video all the monster.. when he run, the camera will.. omg.. farktad make u dizzy !! -
the farktard,,
of all comments here,
it seems 9 out of 10 says this is a stupid farktard movie ever..
isnt it good enough for u guys to not watch !!
Let the director dont earn any money ! -
heng my friends n i decided to watch 27 Dresses over this movie. seem like a bad preview by most of u.
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Wtf.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Well, it might have been successful at being a road story, but the dissonance between audience and movie is largely blamed at the hype generated which was wholly disproportionate and unsuitable for such a postmodernist film.
Plain English lah.