Jason Bourne
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Post by Jason Bourne on Jan 19, 2008 15:38:16 GMT -5
Just curious as to why the movie is called Cloverfield. I know at the beginning of the movie they showed the name I just can't remember what it was for. Was it the monsters name or just a code name they were using for that whole day?
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Post by T R W on Jan 19, 2008 15:44:18 GMT -5
Great film...but greatest anything is a pretty big leap. I think I can honestly say it is one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. Never have I felt so immersed in a film. Anytime a Jet flew by, or Rockets were fired, I felt like they were going right over my head. I felt like I was running with them. When hud was staring up at the thing, I felt like I was. It was so intense. I also cared about the characters, and felt legit sorry for Beth and Rob the entire time. I was not expecting a story, so that didn't bother me. If this happened in real life, we wouldn't be getting a story either. All in all, this wasn't really a movie. Instead, it was an experience. Watching it online, or on DVD, will never feel the same as it did in theaters. And I don't think any other movie ever will. I walked out of the theater with a feeling I never had before, given from a movie. All I could think to myself was "...wow". I was still, I guess you could say shaken from what I had seen, because it was so awesome and I felt like I had been there. I'm glad you enjoyed it that much. I guess if I hadn't already seen Blair With in theatres, and already experienced those emotions before, I might have felt the same. I also had a hard time connecting with the characters that much, because going back into the city is just a decision that is pretty unbelievable. There wasn't enough character development to make me care THAT much about them, especially the Bond between Beth and Rob.
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Post by Mr. PerpetuaLynch Motion on Jan 19, 2008 16:10:02 GMT -5
Just curious as to why the movie is called Cloverfield. I know at the beginning of the movie they showed the name I just can't remember what it was for. Was it the monsters name or just a code name they were using for that whole day? It was what the government just designated that whole incident as...
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Post by Reasoning through Questioning on Jan 19, 2008 16:11:51 GMT -5
Just curious as to why the movie is called Cloverfield. I know at the beginning of the movie they showed the name I just can't remember what it was for. Was it the monsters name or just a code name they were using for that whole day? It was what the government just designated that whole incident as... I read somewhere that the name came from the area or street or something that the studio was on.
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Post by Mr. PerpetuaLynch Motion on Jan 19, 2008 16:13:24 GMT -5
It was what the government just designated that whole incident as... I read somewhere that the name came from the area or street or something that the studio was on. That's probably where the name came from... but in terms of the movie itself, that's what the Government named the incident that occured in NY... kinda like The Manhatten Project... It had nothing to do with Manhatten
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Post by Mr. PerpetuaLynch Motion on Jan 19, 2008 16:14:40 GMT -5
Yeah I saw it last night too and I really liked it alot. Didn't think I was going to be fond of the camera angles, the whole time, but it actually didn't bother me much. The only minor problems I had was the ending and the amount of time. Also you could tell there was still an opening for a sequel because Jason or Lilly were never officially declared dead. I loved it. I dunno... If what happened to Jason happened to anyone else, your chances of living are 0%...
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Post by Lennon on Jan 19, 2008 17:38:44 GMT -5
I really enjoyed it. Wasn't crazy about the ending, but not a bad film at all.
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Post by J12 on Jan 19, 2008 17:59:31 GMT -5
Just curious as to why the movie is called Cloverfield. I know at the beginning of the movie they showed the name I just can't remember what it was for. Was it the monsters name or just a code name they were using for that whole day? Cloverfield was the name the government gave the case. The name was originally just a code name, it's the street that J.J. Abrams office is in on Los Angeles, Cloverfield Street. The movie was supposed to be titled "Greyshot", which is the name of the bridge Rob and Beth are under at the end of the film.
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Post by Jason Bourne on Jan 19, 2008 18:28:39 GMT -5
Cool thanks guys.
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Post by Mark on Jan 19, 2008 19:00:18 GMT -5
Why I expected thios movie to be great and I honestly feel ripped off. Camera angles were ing horrible. The guy handling the cmaera was constantly doing his best impression of the worst acting and was totally unrealistic of the things he was saying and somehow, when they hid in that store...everyone had dust except the camera? And is it believeable that the camera lasted that long? You want to feel a connection between two characters? Watch Two Brothers. Other than the bad acting(I can understand acting to make it seme real life..but there is no excuse.) I enjoyed the action shots(Of the parts that were let ing shown) and the helicopter going down made me feel like I was in a ride. And the ending can kiss my ass. Highly disappointed.
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Post by BigDaddyChacon on Jan 19, 2008 19:00:19 GMT -5
I just got back from seeing it. I thought is was pretty good. I would love to see it again very soon.
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Post by zzeduardozz on Jan 19, 2008 20:14:18 GMT -5
That movie was amazing, one of the best movies i have seen, ever. It felt like I was part of the whole thing and it was just awesome lol, the camera angle, the effects, specially that "thing" lol, but overall no problems with it whatsoever 10/10, i just hope they make a second one explaining a little more. lol,
**SPOILERS**
anyone noticed that the movie was an United States Gorvernment evidence? So I think they did kill it, or i dk lol
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Post by jake_317 on Jan 19, 2008 20:28:18 GMT -5
Well, after this thing is done, id imagine NYC, is just a big field of clovers.
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Post by |»Champ«| on Jan 20, 2008 0:25:13 GMT -5
Just got back from seeing it and I found it pretty good. At first the camera angles made me dizzy but after I got use to it. The ending was disappointing but overall it was good
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Post by chumped on Jan 20, 2008 0:50:33 GMT -5
I am of the impression that there was more than one monster. The one dropping the parasites was huge. The one that got bombed during the helicopter scene was enormous. And the one that ate hud was much smaller. Also, something had a tentacle that destroyed the bridge, and no monster shown after that had any.
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Post by tim on Jan 20, 2008 0:57:37 GMT -5
the thing that collapsed the bridge was definitely a tail. even considering perspective scale... despite the fact that the Cloverfield monster was extremely "long" and considerably wide, it wasn't a very "tall" creature(as evident by the final footage that Hud shoots). so, conceivably, it just walked under the bridge and it's tail swiped by and collapsed it.
there is definite variance between each shot of the monster you see, but i think thats more indicative of their attempt at showing how different media sources project different things; and lesser a product of poor continuity efforts with the creature design.
one big creature. a lot of mini-parasites shed off of the one big creature. nothing more, in my opinion.
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Post by Edge618 on Jan 20, 2008 1:16:26 GMT -5
I just got back. Iwas made me sick as hell watching it with how shaky the camera was and everything, i was very dizzy. I had to get up and leave about 3 times cause i thought i was gonna puke, and outside there was at least 5 other people who said they felt sick and couldnt watch it. I wanted to get my money back, i think they should put up a sign that says it may cause dizziness. I thought the idea and the special fx were good, and i could have really enjoyed it if it hadnt made me sick. But the camera ruined the whole movie for me.
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Post by fattic on Jan 20, 2008 1:18:55 GMT -5
I just want good pictures/videos of the monster tbh
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Post by chumped on Jan 20, 2008 1:22:02 GMT -5
the thing that collapsed the bridge was definitely a tail. even considering perspective scale... despite the fact that the Cloverfield monster was extremely "long" and considerably wide, it wasn't a very "tall" creature(as evident by the final footage that Hud shoots). so, conceivably, it just walked under the bridge and it's tail swiped by and collapsed it. there is definite variance between each shot of the monster you see, but i think thats more indicative of their attempt at showing how different media sources project different things; and lesser a product of poor continuity efforts with the creature design. one big creature. a lot of mini-parasites shed off of the one big creature. nothing more, in my opinion. You're probably right. Its most likely just my imagination playing with all the different shots of the creature.
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Post by Mark on Jan 20, 2008 1:51:42 GMT -5
I just got back. Iwas made me sick as hell watching it with how shaky the camera was and everything, i was very dizzy. I had to get up and leave about 3 times cause i thought i was gonna puke, and outside there was at least 5 other people who said they felt sick and couldnt watch it. I wanted to get my money back, i think they should put up a sign that says it may cause dizziness. I thought the idea and the special fx were good, and i could have really enjoyed it if it hadnt made me sick. But the camera ruined the whole movie for me. I had to close my eyes cause of the horrible cameras. Half my people in my row got and and left while saying they felt really sick.
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