I haven't seen this movie yet (even though I did read the spoilers)...in fact I've never even heard of it except on this site.
One thing I did see on the web last night was that some people believe that the monster is in fact Cthulhu...which would make sense if he was awoken from his deep sleep on the ocen floor...well kind of since according the the mythos Cthulhu can only be awaken if the stars are aligned properly and then summoned with the use of the Necronomicon.
I'll wait to see this on DVD becasue I have no other choice. Oh well...such is life, but if it is Cthulhu I'd like to see another representation of the Great Old One.
One thing I did see on the web last night was that some people believe that the monster is in fact Cthulhu...which would make sense if he was awoken from his deep sleep on the ocen floor...well kind of since according the the mythos Cthulhu can only be awaken if the stars are aligned properly and then summoned with the use of the Necronomicon.
I'll wait to see this on DVD becasue I have no other choice. Oh well...such is life, but if it is Cthulhu I'd like to see another representation of the Great Old One.
This post was last modified: 01-29-2008, 07:54 AM by Sigokat.
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sigokat Wrote:I haven't seen this movie yet (even though I did read the spoilers)...in fact I've never even heard of it except on this site.
One thing I did see on the web last night was that some people believe that the monster is in fact Cthulhu...which would make sense if he was awoken from his deep sleep on the ocen floor...well kind of since according the the mythos Cthulhu can only be awaken if the stars are aligned probably and then summoned with the use of the Necronomicon.
I'll wait to see this on DVD becasue I have no other choice. Oh well...such is life, but if it is Cthulhu I'd like to see another representation of the Great Old One.
I heard that it may have been Cthulu or something from that mythos also, but i didn't see that from the movie. Definitely no resemblance to Cthulu, or Yog-Sothoth or any of the elders that i remember reading about. Although I confess it has been a long time since i read any HPL.
I believe Alex Ross did a magnificent job of creating a pedestrian's view of the arrival of the Marvel Superheroes in a comic series titled MARVELS. Can you imagine that comic series as a movie where the reporter and his camera man film the arrival of Spiderman, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, et al? Those of you who read the comic know what I'm talking about. If only...
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So the film tonight. Really enjoyed it. Very tense and well done. Yes it mimics Blair Witch but what Blair Witch did for horror this does for action horror. (The subway scene was particularly nerve-wracking.) If you don't want to pay full price then go to a matinée. It really is worth seeing on the big screen.
APhew Wrote:This wasn't a movie for me, it was an experience. From start to finish I was polarized by what was happening on the screen. Nothing took me out of the film, there could have been a thousand cell phones ringing around me and I wouldn't have noticed in the least. All I can say is that it's been a very long time since I've had a movie effect me like that. I went in completely blind other than the trailer I saw maybe 5 or 6 times. I didn't do any of the web surfing trying to figure out more. The concept alone had my ass in the theater the first showing of opening day. I was shaking as I left the theater, I had so many thoughts coursing through me, the main one being "finally, FINALLY, they made a GREAT horror movie, a GREAT monster movie, it's been way too long."My thoughts exactly, Mike. No, really, I might have written the same paragraph word for word.
What a great film (and the Miracle Mile comparison is a good one, one of my faves).
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GeraldRice Wrote:I can reveal this because I think I'm mistaken about what the creature is. I THOUGHT it was a person who had mutated. It may actually be a creature that was sleeping on the ocean floor and disturbed by a drilling company in Japan.
**SPOILERS, but if you havent seen the film and intend to do so, maybe this isn't a good thread to be browsing anyway?**
The last I heard, is that in the last 'flashback' to Coney Island, when Dooby-Flip and Dooby-Doo are on the ferris wheel, you're supposed to be able to see something falling from the sky and splashing in the ocean? I didnt spot it when I watched it, but by the end of films at the cinema my bum starts aching and I needed a cigarette, so my concentration plummets
I might pop over to wikipedia and mooch about. I would really like to know what this monster is, and if the movie won't deign to do it, then I guess I'll have to rely on wikipedia!
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[SIZE="3"]Finally caught this yesterday in an empty theater (determined to see it on the big screen) and was fascinated. I don't use the term brilliant often but I think it applies here.
This is pure POV. No cut scenes of scientists explaining what it is, or generals planning their strategies, we live the street-level experience of Gojira or The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. The terror, the confusion, the unanswered question of what the hell is going on -- it's all here and it really, really works.
I've always been a giant-monster fan, but maybe I'm taken with Cloverfield because this is how I try to write -- capture the visceral experience through the senses of the POV character.
Gotta tell you -- it put me there. I was engaged. And that nightmare scene in the subway tunnel had me curled in a semi-fetal position by the time it was over.
Do I have quibbles? Of course. But they weren't enough to pop me out of the experience.
I didn't catch anything dropping into the ocean in the last scene, even though I was looking for it.[/SIZE]
This is pure POV. No cut scenes of scientists explaining what it is, or generals planning their strategies, we live the street-level experience of Gojira or The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. The terror, the confusion, the unanswered question of what the hell is going on -- it's all here and it really, really works.
I've always been a giant-monster fan, but maybe I'm taken with Cloverfield because this is how I try to write -- capture the visceral experience through the senses of the POV character.
Gotta tell you -- it put me there. I was engaged. And that nightmare scene in the subway tunnel had me curled in a semi-fetal position by the time it was over.
Do I have quibbles? Of course. But they weren't enough to pop me out of the experience.
I didn't catch anything dropping into the ocean in the last scene, even though I was looking for it.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE="3"]I don't think Cloverfield can be work as well -- be as immersive -- on a small screen.[/SIZE]
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"It means 'Ask the next question.' Ask the next question, and the one that follows that, and the one that follows that. It's the symbol of everything humanity has ever created." Theodore Sturgeon.
I disagree Paul-it held my interest and it wasn't really a good copy either.
Roberta and I watched "IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE" (we had talked about Bradbury that day and since nothing was on tv, I put the disc on.) and even having seen it in 3D, we found it to be just as good on the small as on the big. Another example was the time Lindsey (my youngest-a very beautiful 23 yr old heartbreaker to all the boys!) walked into the room just as I started up the laserdisc to "GORGO". She really enjoyed watching it on our 25 inch Memorex tv-and she isn"t into monsters at all.
I think "Cloverfield" will work just as well in your livingroom (esp. with a good VODKA martooni).
Roberta and I watched "IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE" (we had talked about Bradbury that day and since nothing was on tv, I put the disc on.) and even having seen it in 3D, we found it to be just as good on the small as on the big. Another example was the time Lindsey (my youngest-a very beautiful 23 yr old heartbreaker to all the boys!) walked into the room just as I started up the laserdisc to "GORGO". She really enjoyed watching it on our 25 inch Memorex tv-and she isn"t into monsters at all.
I think "Cloverfield" will work just as well in your livingroom (esp. with a good VODKA martooni).