Cloverfield (Spoilers!)

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That ad is great; I was going to post it here a few weeks ago, but I figured everyone had already seen it. It's in much better quality at Slusho's website.
 
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Harry Knowles of Aintitcool reports on his first look at Cloverfield.

He signed an NDA, I assume, since he makes it a point to say anything about the film other than telling us what we already know:
Harry Knowles said:
I guarantee you that as this movie takes place… all the **** that you've seen in Giant monster movies is happening. Somewhere a general is screaming about nuking New York…. Somewhere is a politician screaming that you can't nuke New York. Another General wants to know why our weapons are not affecting this thing. A PRESIDENT wants to know where it came from – and several thousand journalist are trying to figure all that out too.

But this film isn't about the scientist, the generals, the Presidents, the mayors or any of the big people. This time, the film is from the perspective of those people that live in those buildings that the monster is breaking through. This is about the people running in the street that scream, "GODZILLA!!!" and run. This is about trying to survive that insanity. Not just that, but to try and save one life.
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Also, this is proof that my Namor pitch is highly marketable, viewable and financeable.
 
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Yeah, I hope he's right.

I was just thinking the other day: In the 60s, George Romero looked at what was basically a trashier sub-genre of trashy genre and made something brilliant, shocking, terrifying, and relevant. I want Cloverfield to be to monster movies what Night of the Living Dead was to zombie movies. That may be asking a lot, but monster movies are a genre that needs a kick in the *** in the form of a Post-9/11 story that actually takes **** seriously.

But who knows.
 
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But this film isn't about the scientist, the generals, the Presidents, the mayors or any of the big people. This time, the film is from the perspective of those people that live in those buildings that the monster is breaking through. This is about the people running in the street that scream, "GODZILLA!!!" and run. This is about trying to survive that insanity. Not just that, but to try and save one life.
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That's what I love about the film.

Also I want to congratulate the production for not leaking one think, that' very impressive considering the huge spike of interest in the movie. I mean the movie is only a few days away and no one still doesn't know what the monster looks like (even though I'm sure it wont be shown until the end) but still, hats of to them. But if my dream is any indication, the monster has four arms and shoots two weird curvy laser beams out of his mouth.
 
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Random said:
That's what I love about the film.

Also I want to congratulate the production for not leaking one think, that' very impressive considering the huge spike of interest in the movie. I mean the movie is only a few days away and no one still doesn't know what the monster looks like (even though I'm sure it wont be shown until the end) but still, hats of to them. But if my dream is any indication, the monster has four arms and shoots two weird curvy laser beams out of his mouth.
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i was also thinkin it wouldn't be shown until the end and then i though if that happens, maybe it'll be a atrilogy.
 
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Hibiki said:
i was also thinkin it wouldn't be shown until the end and then i though if that happens, maybe it'll be a atrilogy.
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I wouldn't go as for to suggest a trilogy. I just think after a climatic city crashing disaster the "gang" avoids, with only few glimpses of the monster. They get onto a helicopter and then we get our only full view of the monster right before the movie ends
 
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So is that basically all this film has going for it right now? People just wondering what the monster looks like?

Eh, pretty lame.

I'll check the movie out, though. As Moony said, Abrams could have accomplished something worthwhile out of an almost dead genre of movies (giant monster movies).
 
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I hate that I accidentally read a possible spoiler as to what the monster was on another site.

Even though it hasn't been confirmed as to whether it actually is the monster...I'll be disappointed if it is. Like Proj...I'm going into this virtually dark. I don't wanna know anything.
 
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Victor Von Doom said:
I hate that I accidentally read a possible spoiler as to what the monster was on another site.

Even though it hasn't been confirmed as to whether it actually is the monster...I'll be disappointed if it is. Like Proj...I'm going into this virtually dark. I don't wanna know anything.
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Personally I dont really care what it is really, I know the movie is about the monster but the destruction it brings and how that effects everyday people
 
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I'm hopefully going to this on the 17th...
 
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Victor Von Doom said:
You mean "Reign of Fire" didn't?
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Reign of Fire FTW.

A fundamentally imperfect movie, but it still got some things right and did some things cool. I just love how it pretty much took a patently absurd concept and treated it with resolute seriousness, never broke that approach/stuck with it, and took it to the end.

Think about it, if you remove the dragons, I suspect people would have beat on it less.
 
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