Cloverfield

[PhilDernerJr]

I've seen ads for this upcoming movie on the train, and I keep forgetting t research it and see what it's about.

Apparently there's some kind of monster attacking the city, according to the trailer I saw.

However, I don't care for the print advertisements I've been seeing on the train. I hate to sound like Rudy and cry "9/11", but to see a scene of lower Manhattan bellowing with smoke that's rising to the east, seen from the harbor, is just a little too close to the images we saw just over 7 years ago in real life.



I must say that the movie itself looks like it might actually be very scary. Kinda like a city version of Blair Witch, with a lot fo "video "blog style of coverage of these "event".

http://www.cloverfieldmovie.com/

Comes out 1/18.

[Midnight Mike]

I like the filiming style of Cloverfield, but, I have a feeeling that when we see the monster, there is going to be disappoinment.

Also, the print image certainly grabs your attention.

[Mellyrose]

This looks like a very BAD, but a very scary movie (both opinions based on plot alone)...and whoever made it has humongous balls. I don't agree with it at all. I don't think NYC should be seen in this light, ever. I don't care how far fetched it is; it's our city, which I think is still very vulnerable, being torn apart and destroyed.

[Alex T]

I like the filiming style of Cloverfield, but, I have a feeeling that when we see the monster, there is going to be disappoinment.

Also, the print image certainly grabs your attention.

I absolutely agree. The filming style is good, apprehensive, keeps you guessing and wanting more. Hopefully we won't be dissapointed by what the actual person/monster is. Maybe it will never be revealed? That IMO is what keeps people coming back for more, when you keep them guessing and guessing.

I do also agree the images is bit disturbing and perhaps could have been tweaked to not show a direct image of 9/11 again.

Alex

[Gerard]

>This looks like a very BAD, but a very scary movie (both opinions based on plot alone)...and whoever made it has humongous balls. <

JJ Abrams is the main producer behind the movie, he of "Lost" and "Alias" fame. Written by
Drew Goodard who has written many episodes of "Lost", "Angel", "Alias" and "Buffy".
I saw a brief clip this summer before "Transformers" and it was scary and creepy and no hint
was given about who, what, where, when and how of the movie.
And yes it is told from the point of view of a video camera. Supposedly "Cloverfield" is the govt
code name for this "incident".
The poster was very eerily reminiscent of 9/11 BUT I still love movies made in NYC. One of my
favorite monster movies was "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" (1953) where a dinosaur awakes
after being frozen and hops onto a pier in NYC and begins terrorizing the city. Great special effects
and word is out that this movie inspired JJ Abrams for "Cloverfield".

[Tom_Turner]

Much as I love LOST, if its those people I am afraid the movie may never be explained... :shock: although it may be gripping to watch.

20,000 Fathoms... yes... there was another as well. Giant Octopus pulled down a bridge as I remember. Good Stuff.

As for the 911 connection - yes it is disturbing, but people are going to pick at that like a scab... its in the back of people's consciousness. The Japanese couldn't stop making Godzilla movies. At first the monster was a metaphor for this or that...then eventually bad childrens' movies, but ultimately cities still had to be destroyed by an "atomic" monster. [A "monster" mind you - something Roland Emmerich never understood when suffocated a renewed franchise in its infancy by showing us an iguana instead.]

Tom

>This looks like a very BAD, but a very scary movie (both opinions based on plot alone)...and whoever made it has humongous balls. <

JJ Abrams is the main producer behind the movie, he of "Lost" and "Alias" fame. Written by
Drew Goodard who has written many episodes of "Lost", "Angel", "Alias" and "Buffy".
I saw a brief clip this summer before "Transformers" and it was scary and creepy and no hint
was given about who, what, where, when and how of the movie.
And yes it is told from the point of view of a video camera. Supposedly "Cloverfield" is the govt
code name for this "incident".
The poster was very eerily reminiscent of 9/11 BUT I still love movies made in NYC. One of my
favorite monster movies was "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" (1953) where a dinosaur awakes
after being frozen and hops onto a pier in NYC and begins terrorizing the city. Great special effects
and word is out that this movie inspired JJ Abrams for "Cloverfield".

[LGA777]

I am normally not into either Monster or scary movies but I have been intrigued by "Cloverfield" for a few weeks now. As Gerard mentioned it seems the main mastermind behind Cloverfield is JJ Abrams of among other projects Lost and I think this movie will have a Lost feel to it. Now I have probably only seen about 1/3 of all Lost episodes but I have never seen the Monster on the island, although I heard it on several episodes. Makes me wonder if this will be the case here? On the opposite viewpoint I read that one of the insperations for CF were the Godzilla movies only set in NYC instead of Tokoyo. Based on this the CF Monster should have plenty of screen time so who knows until the 18th. Based on all the ads, trailers, and hype my gutt feeling this one is going to BIG ! Here is a trailer I had not seen before with some new scenes.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/07/09/ ... ally-hits/

Cheers

LGA777

[Gerard]

>20,000 Fathoms... yes... there was another as well. Giant Octopus pulled down a bridge as I remember. Good Stuff.<

Actually that is another monster movie "It Came From Beneath The Sea" (1955) and was set in San Fran.
BUT.....both movies featured Kenneth Tobey AND had special effects done by SfX icon Ray Harryhausen who
is considered the pioneer of scifi SFX.

[ChrisW]

Stop being terrorized, Phil. You're letting the terrorists win.

[PhilDernerJr]

I'm not scared I'm scared, I'm saying it's rude of them.

[ChrisW]

Okay. That isn't going to stop the million or so New Yorkers who go to see the film. It could just as well been Madrid, London, Tokyo, or Washington in the film.

I think you're being over-sensitive.

[PhilDernerJr]

I'm not usually very sensitive about thing. I'm just saying they could have used a different image or scene for their posters around the NYC.

On the first page of a 9/11 Google Image:



Cloverfield print ad:

[Mellyrose]

Wow Phil.

[ChrisW]

Phil's post looks like an advertisement promoting the invasion of Iraq.

Just insert "...want a smoking gun?" here and there, add yourself some chemical weapons clipart and you've got yourself a real winner.

[wunaladreamin]

Chris, I think what Phil's getting at is for those who saw the carnage of 9/11 with their own eyes and not on a tv screen, it's quite insensitive. We here still have a hard time getting over it and the wounds are still very fresh in our hearts, and I must agree with Phil.