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| cmay119 |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
Friends? |
Well....no. More like paid actors. But whose counting? |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by cmay119
Well....no. More like paid actors. But whose counting? |
No one who likes that movie should be a friend. |
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| cmay119 |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
No one who likes that movie should be a friend. |
I wouldn't be that harsh with it. I just take any movie review or suggestion they ever give to me with a grain of salt.
The thing is to, they've been exposed to some really great movies (which they've enjoyed). So I have a tough time understanding why they keep falling back into generic, sub-par tripe that the movie machine keeps pushing out. |
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| epdarks |
| Tripe, that's a new one. |
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| cclem |
Regarding Cloverfield:
I agree the movie is not well produced or directed...but the concept behind it all may be a tad more interesting for any true sci-fi fans. Apparently a Japanease publisher is releasing a 4 part manga called Cloverfield/Kinshin, which somehow discusses the company in Tokyo Rob was leaving to work for, one of it's subsidiaries and a someone named "Kinishin" who has ties to the monster.
Again I warn unless you like sci-fi a whole lot, stay away from Cloverfield and similar movies in general...most people go into these movies with a normal mind-set looking for some special character devlopment or some other brilliant plot...sometimes you just have to be a kid again and enoy the special effects...:) |
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| AMMORA |
| quote: | Originally posted by cclem
Regarding Cloverfield:
I agree the movie is not well produced or directed...but the concept behind it all may be a tad more interesting for any true sci-fi fans. Apparently a Japanease publisher is releasing a 4 part manga called Cloverfield/Kinshin, which somehow discusses the company in Tokyo Rob was leaving to work for, one of it's subsidiaries and a someone named "Kinishin" who has ties to the monster.
Again I warn unless you like sci-fi a whole lot, stay away from Cloverfield and similar movies in general...most people go into these movies with a normal mind-set looking for some special character devlopment or some other brilliant plot...sometimes you just have to be a kid again and enoy the special effects...:) |
i'll agree with you about it appealing more to sci-fi junkies. the backstory is insanely complicated on this movie and there were stories/tie-ins for a year before the movie even got the OK to be made. jj abrams (dude behind Lost's major plot outline) had a hand in cloverfield and used a lot of tie-ins from side projects he's worked on creatively for years.
so in short, this movie was just ONE tiny fraction of the bigger story and tie-ins occuring in over a dozen other movies, books, comic, tv shows, internet sites, etc.
problem is, unless you're a suuuuper nerd with no job and no outside life you'd never have the time to figure all this out and read it all... |
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| cclem |
| quote: | Originally posted by AMMORA
i'll agree with you about it appealing more to sci-fi junkies. the backstory is insanely complicated on this movie and there were stories/tie-ins for a year before the movie even got the OK to be made. jj abrams (dude behind Lost's major plot outline) had a hand in cloverfield and used a lot of tie-ins from side projects he's worked on creatively for years.
so in short, this movie was just ONE tiny fraction of the bigger story and tie-ins occuring in over a dozen other movies, books, comic, tv shows, internet sites, etc.
problem is, unless you're a suuuuper nerd with no job and no outside life you'd never have the time to figure all this out and read it all... |
exactly...i just really like the movies where you actually have to go and dig a little deeper to understand whats REALLY going on...not just the 85 minutes of (unfortunately not greatly directed) film...i'm glad someone besides me checked it out a little more, sci-fi movies are just dope in my opinion, as long as you have speildberg type directors :toocool: |
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| MeLLyMeL |
| quote: | Originally posted by cclem
exactly...i just really like the movies where you actually have to go and dig a little deeper to understand whats REALLY going on...not just the 85 minutes of (unfortunately not greatly directed) film...i'm glad someone besides me checked it out a little more, sci-fi movies are just dope in my opinion, as long as you have speildberg type directors :toocool: |
Exactly how I see it.
I didn't do the digging for things after the movie. My boyfriend did but he showed me all the websites.
lol You don't have to be a mega nerd with no life. It's pretty easy to find. I'm sure my boyfriend can pull up some cool links. I don't remember any.
There is also more to the beginning then just 'character development'. They all tie in to something. |
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| FallingMoon |
I don't see how this is a 2008 version of Godzilla? First off, Godzilla is a Jap thing...this was a way for them to make a Godzilla TYPE monster but a US thing...they even discussed it in the DVD special features interviews.
The directors had no intention of making this a "remake" of Godzilla.
Not the same kinda movie, I personally wasn't a big fan since I am not big on Sci-Fi. I know Anthony loved it cuz he likes all the Sci-Fi stuff...I guess it boils down to being a "p.o.s" just cuz Sci-Fi isn't your cup of tea.
Funny how the movie made it so big though. |
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| PatMcGroin |
Godzilla (1998)... what was the main location of that movie? nyc.
but please, try again. |
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| MeLLyMeL |
It was shot in the city big deal? Every big 'devastation' is shot around NYC.
That's the only comparison you can make. It was shot 1st person.
Have an open mind while watching the movie. Not like 'oh no here's another monster movie'. You knew what you were getting yourself into. So if monster/sci fi isn't your thing then say that's the reason why you don't like it. I don't like western movies so I don't bother with 3:10 2 yuma even though I loooooooooooooooooooove adore C. Bale. Might see it one day but if I don't like it I sure as hell won't make a thread about it. There's worse crap out there. |
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| PatMcGroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by MeLLyMeL
It was shot in the city big deal? Every big 'devastation' is shot around NYC.
That's the only comparison you can make. It was shot 1st person.
Have an open mind while watching the movie. Not like 'oh no here's another monster movie'. You knew what you were getting yourself into. So if monster/sci fi isn't your thing then say that's the reason why you don't like it. I don't like western movies so I don't bother with 3:10 2 yuma even though I loooooooooooooooooooove adore C. Bale. Might see it one day but if I don't like it I sure as hell won't make a thread about it. There's worse crap out there. |
yes. there is worse crap out there. but personally, im kinda a movie guy. i like a lot of different kinds. which is also why i watch a lot of different kind of movies. this movie just sucked. dont care about the extras. it just sucked.
and 3:10 to yuma, i also dont like westerns (except maybe back to the future iii, which isnt really a western)... but i caught the last 45 mins of it on a hacked on demand channel and it actually wasnt bad at all. |
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