My friends and I, who are semi-knowledgeable on the comic universe(s), laughed so hard at that part because we know so many guys who are like that. Its sad but way too funny for me not to laugh.
I, on the other hand have never gotten sea sick but there were a few parts in Cloverfield that I couldn't handle. Everyone is different... hopefully.
Sorry about that, the National Guard would be the first line of defense. But considering our certain situation they are at war too so... the SWAT Team? It isn't really a rescue mission, it's more of a defense mission so I'm saying National Guard. It is their job to protect the nation from an attack.
I, too, loved Hud. My friend complained about him the entire time. Seriously though, if the guy holding the camera says "That monster, its terrible" "Those other things, also terrible," In a slightly comedic tone during the possible apocalypse, you have to laugh. He took a serious movie that could possibly be boring and lightened it up. I know that if I were in such a situation I would be trying to cheer my friends up. And he does have the best line of the movie "They probably wanted to take me back and make me their queen," even if it was to get Marlena to laugh.
I heard some people mumbling about this movie being plot-less. Id have to say the opposite. There is a lot going on that hides the real story, Rob's relationship with Beth (or as you call her "whats-her-face") and if you stayed though the credits, yes... this is a spoiler for those of you who have ALREADY seen the movie but left right away. There is still hope for those two. Hud and Marlena on the other hand, well we know how that little story went. Then along with the relationships, moving, brothers/boyfriends dieing, party dieing, there happens to be a giant monster that they have to deal with. So thats more story than a lot of the movies that have come out recently. Cloverfield has action AND romance... with a dash of comedy.
I forgot my little magic pills. I remember family trips where we went through a whole bottle of Dramamine (6 people all together, we aren't drug addicts... yet). There were two times when I had to look away, but that was when they were running and according to my friend all I missed were blurs.
"The opening shot, showing the "recovered" video, was labeled "American Site 447 (formerly known as Central Park)", or some such. Doesn't that imply there is more than one site? Which to me means alien invasion." They could have just split up NYC into seperate sites. Its a big, really big for that matter, city and through the movie they only showed Manhattan. Plus why would they say that the site was formerly known as Central Park? Wouldn't they say that its formerly known as Manhattan. There are five boroughs to NYC so they could have set Cloverfield as Manhattan or just Central Park, Central Park is over 800 acres of land which is around 1.25 square miles, and then the others get different names. Plus the monster could have kept going though more sites. I used to live in that area and even on the outskirts of New York there are A LOT of people. Lumping the entire city into one site would be ridiculous. Then again... alien invasion could be possible. Who knows, this is all just speculation.
The whole "use the army to rescue us" is a hang over from post world war II movies, time for something new there, although it's does make me wonder if the army has been trained to deal with 100 meter tall monsters.
It is pretty annoying but honestly, if a monster attacked a major city, there isn't a better example than New York or Tokyo, don't you think the army would be the first line of defense. The Rambo-like hero figure doesn't come on for a while, if there is one. The army is a solid out in a movie like this but it would be nice to see a monster movie that goes with a more Transformers approach. That is, we obviously can't just kick the crap out of this thing, we have to be smart about it.
When the monster is over Hud I thought, "Why don't they just shoot it in the head?" Those air sacks on the side of its face can't be too strong. Then again, in monster movies the army fights hard but not necessarily smart.
I thought 'meh' it was ok, but your right on about Sony's new camera's, where can I get one.
It would be really sweet to see the company that made the cameras they used, its probably Sony, start advertising cameras as "AS USED IN CLOVERFIELD!" It would just be some more cash for JJ Abrams and the gang.
Id really love to follow the unit that is running the hospital in the mall, of course, like you said, from a private's point of view. Considering that it would be a sequel, the only tie ins would be NYC and a giant monster. Unless Cloverfield 1 and 2 cross paths, i.e. the second movie crew some how helps out the first like the army outfit did in the hospital. Personally I would love to follow the guy that watches Marlena die. She was my favorite character in the movie, I too am a sarcastic asshole, and a pretty hardcore woman. I mean, she did kill a few of those parasites and all Hud did was kick one until it left.
Maybe even the army crosses paths with the news crew that Rob was watching in the electronics store.
Where does the monster come from? Outer space possibly, all I know is that in the Coney Island footage toward the end where Beth is saying how great her day was you can clearly see in the background, that is if you weren't paying attention to Beth, something very large fall from the sky and into the water. I've been to Coney Island and large objects dont just fall from the sky. Sure there was a bit of plot in that little clip that is obvious, but its all about the details.
Another thing. What flippers? It looked like the monster had arms without hands, which still isn't very intimidating.
You're right, that camera went through alot. Thrown to the ground several times, dropped when Hud was attacked... twice (one of which was a fall of several stories), survived a helicopter crash, AND a bridge fell on it. Sony has really made strides in their cameras, powerful flashlight, night vision, INSANE battery life and now there indestructible. But then again if the camera broke the first time Hud dropped it the movie would be really short and all we would see are those creepy lice.
Lastly, (this post is much longer than I intended) I'm sick of the whole; RPGs, machine guns, tanks, fighter jets and bombers... cant stop this thing. Its cheesy, its over done, we saw King Kong pluck a plane from the sky one to many times. I'd get it if it were bombed and still alive but NO WAY could it have jumped and attacked that helicopter.
There is a lot more to this movie than we first thought. Be ready for a sequel or 6, comic books, novels, maybe even tv shows. I just want to know what happens to Rob, Beth, Lily, the rest of the party, does Jason actually die, why did Marlena explode (saddest part of the whole movie for me. 33% of the eye candy was gone), and what exactly happened to Hud.
The director, Matt Reeves, has been talking about the possibility of a sequel. Also considering that its based in New York City how many people had video cameras with them, probably alot. Im sure this movie could be made over, and over, and over, and over again. But personally I agree with you. The army idea would be really fucking sweet.
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My friends and I, who are semi-knowledgeable on the comic universe(s), laughed so hard at that part because we know so many guys who are like that. Its sad but way too funny for me not to laugh.
I, on the other hand have never gotten sea sick but there were a few parts in Cloverfield that I couldn't handle. Everyone is different... hopefully.
Sorry about that, the National Guard would be the first line of defense. But considering our certain situation they are at war too so... the SWAT Team? It isn't really a rescue mission, it's more of a defense mission so I'm saying National Guard. It is their job to protect the nation from an attack.
Remember, the monster destroyed an oil tanker too. Spark + Oil = BOOM!
I, too, loved Hud. My friend complained about him the entire time. Seriously though, if the guy holding the camera says "That monster, its terrible" "Those other things, also terrible," In a slightly comedic tone during the possible apocalypse, you have to laugh. He took a serious movie that could possibly be boring and lightened it up. I know that if I were in such a situation I would be trying to cheer my friends up. And he does have the best line of the movie "They probably wanted to take me back and make me their queen," even if it was to get Marlena to laugh.
I heard some people mumbling about this movie being plot-less. Id have to say the opposite. There is a lot going on that hides the real story, Rob's relationship with Beth (or as you call her "whats-her-face") and if you stayed though the credits, yes... this is a spoiler for those of you who have ALREADY seen the movie but left right away. There is still hope for those two. Hud and Marlena on the other hand, well we know how that little story went. Then along with the relationships, moving, brothers/boyfriends dieing, party dieing, there happens to be a giant monster that they have to deal with. So thats more story than a lot of the movies that have come out recently. Cloverfield has action AND romance... with a dash of comedy.
I forgot my little magic pills. I remember family trips where we went through a whole bottle of Dramamine (6 people all together, we aren't drug addicts... yet). There were two times when I had to look away, but that was when they were running and according to my friend all I missed were blurs.
"The opening shot, showing the "recovered" video, was labeled "American Site 447 (formerly known as Central Park)", or some such. Doesn't that imply there is more than one site? Which to me means alien invasion."
They could have just split up NYC into seperate sites. Its a big, really big for that matter, city and through the movie they only showed Manhattan. Plus why would they say that the site was formerly known as Central Park? Wouldn't they say that its formerly known as Manhattan. There are five boroughs to NYC so they could have set Cloverfield as Manhattan or just Central Park, Central Park is over 800 acres of land which is around 1.25 square miles, and then the others get different names. Plus the monster could have kept going though more sites. I used to live in that area and even on the outskirts of New York there are A LOT of people. Lumping the entire city into one site would be ridiculous. Then again... alien invasion could be possible. Who knows, this is all just speculation.
When the monster is over Hud I thought, "Why don't they just shoot it in the head?" Those air sacks on the side of its face can't be too strong. Then again, in monster movies the army fights hard but not necessarily smart.
It would be really sweet to see the company that made the cameras they used, its probably Sony, start advertising cameras as "AS USED IN CLOVERFIELD!" It would just be some more cash for JJ Abrams and the gang.
Id really love to follow the unit that is running the hospital in the mall, of course, like you said, from a private's point of view. Considering that it would be a sequel, the only tie ins would be NYC and a giant monster. Unless Cloverfield 1 and 2 cross paths, i.e. the second movie crew some how helps out the first like the army outfit did in the hospital. Personally I would love to follow the guy that watches Marlena die. She was my favorite character in the movie, I too am a sarcastic asshole, and a pretty hardcore woman. I mean, she did kill a few of those parasites and all Hud did was kick one until it left.
Maybe even the army crosses paths with the news crew that Rob was watching in the electronics store.
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Where does the monster come from? Outer space possibly, all I know is that in the Coney Island footage toward the end where Beth is saying how great her day was you can clearly see in the background, that is if you weren't paying attention to Beth, something very large fall from the sky and into the water. I've been to Coney Island and large objects dont just fall from the sky. Sure there was a bit of plot in that little clip that is obvious, but its all about the details.
Another thing. What flippers? It looked like the monster had arms without hands, which still isn't very intimidating.
You're right, that camera went through alot. Thrown to the ground several times, dropped when Hud was attacked... twice (one of which was a fall of several stories), survived a helicopter crash, AND a bridge fell on it. Sony has really made strides in their cameras, powerful flashlight, night vision, INSANE battery life and now there indestructible. But then again if the camera broke the first time Hud dropped it the movie would be really short and all we would see are those creepy lice.
Lastly, (this post is much longer than I intended) I'm sick of the whole; RPGs, machine guns, tanks, fighter jets and bombers... cant stop this thing. Its cheesy, its over done, we saw King Kong pluck a plane from the sky one to many times. I'd get it if it were bombed and still alive but NO WAY could it have jumped and attacked that helicopter.
There is a lot more to this movie than we first thought. Be ready for a sequel or 6, comic books, novels, maybe even tv shows. I just want to know what happens to Rob, Beth, Lily, the rest of the party, does Jason actually die, why did Marlena explode (saddest part of the whole movie for me. 33% of the eye candy was gone), and what exactly happened to Hud.
The director, Matt Reeves, has been talking about the possibility of a sequel. Also considering that its based in New York City how many people had video cameras with them, probably alot. Im sure this movie could be made over, and over, and over, and over again. But personally I agree with you. The army idea would be really fucking sweet.