Comments on: Cloverfield ***spoilers*** http://quillings.com/2008/07/02/cloverfield-spoilers/ The musings of a specfic writer... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:21:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Brad http://quillings.com/2008/07/02/cloverfield-spoilers/#comment-639 Brad Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:29:14 +0000 http://quillings.com/2008/07/02/cloverfield-spoilers/#comment-639 Yeah, there were times when the running around did twist my gut a bit. At least Hud used the pause feature of the camera now and again, blissfully skipping us forward a few times past some of that stuff. I Netflixed the movie so I can't watch the garbled transmission, but I'll take your word for it that it was there. I'd probably watch the sequel, though I hope it isn't as bad as the sequel to Blair Witch... Yeah, there were times when the running around did twist my gut a bit. At least Hud used the pause feature of the camera now and again, blissfully skipping us forward a few times past some of that stuff. I Netflixed the movie so I can’t watch the garbled transmission, but I’ll take your word for it that it was there. I’d probably watch the sequel, though I hope it isn’t as bad as the sequel to Blair Witch…

]]> By: Aaron Bassett http://quillings.com/2008/07/02/cloverfield-spoilers/#comment-638 Aaron Bassett Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:59:25 +0000 http://quillings.com/2008/07/02/cloverfield-spoilers/#comment-638 I'm with you on the whole Hud thing, not to mention the fact that the constant shaky camera got a bit nauseating at times =S Plus when you're clambering across a crumbling rooftop are you really gonna keep 1 hand on your camera, don't think so! We did a review of it as well http://fear-theatre.com/2008/06/cloverfield/ including some instructions on how to hear a garbled army transmission at the end of the film which might hint towards a sequel!? Although we did think that it was a good film, it could have been better. If only the main characters hadn't been so stupid....but I guess you gotta expect that! ;) I’m with you on the whole Hud thing, not to mention the fact that the constant shaky camera got a bit nauseating at times =S Plus when you’re clambering across a crumbling rooftop are you really gonna keep 1 hand on your camera, don’t think so!
We did a review of it as well http://fear-theatre.com/2008/06/cloverfield/ including some instructions on how to hear a garbled army transmission at the end of the film which might hint towards a sequel!?
Although we did think that it was a good film, it could have been better. If only the main characters hadn’t been so stupid….but I guess you gotta expect that! ;)

]]> By: Brad http://quillings.com/2008/07/02/cloverfield-spoilers/#comment-634 Brad Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:43:13 +0000 http://quillings.com/2008/07/02/cloverfield-spoilers/#comment-634 << I liked how the violence was more implied than shown, and I liked how sudden some of the deaths were. >> Yeah, I thought it was interesting (even though I complained about the monster always being around) that they were always on the periphery of the battle with the armed forces. I didn't explain myself well in the post, but I thought the premise, seeing a monster movie from the point of the victims, was one I hadn't seen before and I thought it was worth exploring. In a way, similar to <em>Titanic</em>, where you got to see a disaster movie from a more human point of view. They certainly didn't pull off the level of human emotions and connections that <em>Titanic</em> did, but it was a decent effort. << I liked how the violence was more implied than shown, and I liked how sudden some of the deaths were. >>

Yeah, I thought it was interesting (even though I complained about the monster always being around) that they were always on the periphery of the battle with the armed forces. I didn’t explain myself well in the post, but I thought the premise, seeing a monster movie from the point of the victims, was one I hadn’t seen before and I thought it was worth exploring. In a way, similar to Titanic, where you got to see a disaster movie from a more human point of view. They certainly didn’t pull off the level of human emotions and connections that Titanic did, but it was a decent effort.

]]> By: Kelly Swails http://quillings.com/2008/07/02/cloverfield-spoilers/#comment-633 Kelly Swails Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:31:34 +0000 http://quillings.com/2008/07/02/cloverfield-spoilers/#comment-633 Ken and I saw that in the theater, and I liked it quite a bit. There were a few moments--when one of the characters gets, um, unimpaled (is that a word) by her friends, for example, that I was like, "Ooookay, then." I liked how the violence was more implied than shown, and I liked how sudden some of the deaths were. The scene in the subway station when the dude's mom called made me cry. And I took dramamine before so I wouldn't get motion sickness, so that helped with the enjoyment factor. I'd probably give it a solid B. Ken and I saw that in the theater, and I liked it quite a bit. There were a few moments–when one of the characters gets, um, unimpaled (is that a word) by her friends, for example, that I was like, "Ooookay, then." I liked how the violence was more implied than shown, and I liked how sudden some of the deaths were. The scene in the subway station when the dude’s mom called made me cry. And I took dramamine before so I wouldn’t get motion sickness, so that helped with the enjoyment factor. I’d probably give it a solid B.

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