J.J Abrams "Cloverfield" project.

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yeah i hear it was like a satilite falling to the earth that awakes the thing. its like in the japanese manga based on it and is an official prequel story.
 
Hmmm, assumed something different from that shot. It's kind of silly to think that a satellite falling would wake it up. I mean, it would have to be so close to the surface that the general shipping traffic in the lower bay out that close to Coney Island would've woken it up a LOT sooner...
 
There is the possibility of a "sequel."

Reeves:
While we were on set making the film we talked about the possibilities and directions of how a sequel can go. The fun of this movie was that it might not have been the only movie being made that night, there might be another movie! In today’s day and age of people filming their lives on their iPhones and Handycams, uploading it to YouTube… That was kind of exciting thinking about that.
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There's a moment on the Brooklyn Bridge, and there was a guy filming something on the side of the bridge, and Hud sees him filming and he turns over and he sees the ship that's been capsized and sees the headless Statue of Liberty, and then he turns back and this guy's briefly filming him. In my mind that was two movies intersecting for a brief moment, and I thought there was something interesting in the idea that this incident happened and there are so many different points of view, and there are several different movies at least happening that evening and we just saw one piece of another.
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I'd be interested in seeing it IF there was more covered. Where it came from and if they killed it being the biggest two questions.
 
So basically, a sequel would be to combine Cloverfield with Vantage Point?

Honestly. I thought that it was a good one-shot deal. The audience is not supposed to know about the origin of the monster. The plot revolves around these five people, and their attempt to survive. I think that's why it's getting some crappy reviews. Everyone wanted it to be a narrative about the monster. I think this just had a fresh point of view (no pun intended) on the whole monster-attacking the city thing, and though the idea of intersecting stories is pretty cool, it's jsut a good thing to wonder about, not make a movie out of. Because when you think about it, it would just be the exact same movie all over again, with a different cast. It would still be chronicling their attempts to survive, and there's only so much you can do with that plotline.

Unless they continue with what the government did after they watched the tape, because that might be interesting.

But for the most part, I think that the movie is good where it stands. No sequels necessary.

We don't need any more sequels. We need ideas. Hollywood is just afraid to try new things, becuase they know that falling back on familiar characters makes more money. Luckily the Writer's strike is over.
 
I can't wait for this to come out on DVD so that I can watch it w/o puking. I know SO many people working this general concept... I guess the credit has to go to Blair Witch for starting the "pov camcorder friends" genre?
 
Why does anyone *care* where the monster came from? That has literally nothing to do with the story or the movie. It's a love story, not a monster story. Sheesh.
 
ChipG said:
J.J. Abrams the writer / producer for Cloverfield talks about mystery. Anyone who wants to write a movie should watch this...You'll put it all together after you see it.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/205
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Yes, I referenced this in an earlier post, and the only mystery to me is what drugs is JJ Abrams on? If he's that hyper-active in real life I don't think I'd want to meet him. He makes Martin Scorsese look mellow.
 
Batutta said:
Yes, I referenced this in an earlier post, and the only mystery to me is what drugs is JJ Abrams on? If he's that hyper-active in real life I don't think I'd want to meet him. He makes Martin Scorsese look mellow.
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Ha!

He is a busy man.

Listen to what he says not how he says it...
 
I enjoyed this film

I went in with the predicatable bias with its BLAIR WITCH approach but settled in rather quickly. It was really enjoyable. Very believable performances and just felt exactly like what they set out to make.

When the young couple in the end said I LOVE YOU to each other I actually got the little goose bumpy feeling.

Thumbs up.
 
Dude that was a long way to go for the payoff... and let's chalk up one more point for "sound is 70% of what you see". :cheesy:
 
MattinSTL said:
Dude that was a long way to go for the payoff... and let's chalk up one more point for "sound is 70% of what you see". :cheesy:
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I agree with both points. I always give sound the credit it deserves. To me, it's much more important than the image. Case in point...the image of this SUCKED...but it didn't matter....However, overall, I think the bad sound added to the premise. I mean, it wasn't finely tuned ADR from a studio. It sounded very natural like it was from a sucky camera...

And you are right...it was a long way to go...for me it wasn't so bad. I've been reading ghost stories and downloading ghost videos and ghost pictures a lot lately. Every since the other day when I watched a Paranormal State marathon. Hoaky show and I don't believe in ghosts but when you watch that stupid show and immerse yourself in creepy stuff THEN watch that video, you get kinda jumpy. You don't know why, what, or when somethings gonna happen.

But I'm hi-jacking here. I just thought the video is part of the whole genre. And I'm waiting for there to be a name for it. Pseudo-Real or Cinema' Realistic or....
 
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Cloverfield has proven again that Hollywood belongs to Marketers. Not studios or filmmakers. This movie was a big joke on all of us. Some people don't want to let go of the fact that they were duped to go watch a mediocre movie, so they continue to praise its glory.

I can't argue the point that marketing does work.
 
Glory? There's no "glory" in Cloverfield. And I didn't care for marketing, I went to see it because it had an HVX in it. I went in with no expectations, and what I got was a fun wild ride, that stretched the limits of believability on a few occasions.

It isn't gonna win Oscars. But it was at least different than formulaic Hollywood films, and it was fun.
 
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