Talking Points: So… What Did You Think of Cloverfield?

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on January 20, 2008

Alright folks, here is the deal. We have given tons of prime real estate on this site to the recently released Cloverfield, so it would be very inconsiderate of us if we did not at least see what you think about the damn film. You’ve probably already seen what we’ve had to say about it. If not, check out reviews from Robert Fure, Brian Gibson, Kevin Carr and Jessica Rogers.

But those are our opinions. We’ve already got enough of those. We now want, nay — need your opinions to make this whole thing complete. And we know you saw the movie — it’s making a killing at the box office this weekend. So speak up, people!

Talking Point: What did you think of Cloverfield?


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  • blackmanjew
    alright i know it was rated pg13 but come on it would of been a lot better if it was R and there were some BIG titties.. i wanted to see some tits and ass but nothing..
  • BMJ -- It never fails... You always find a way to surprise me with your quips...
  • Matt
    Cloverfield in math form.

    Felicity+Dawson's Creek+The Blair Witch Project+Starship Troopers alien bug+=Cloverfield.

    I’m not against anyone’s opinion. People love it. People hate it.

    "Disappointment"

    Is the best way for me to put it in to one word.
  • Gerald
    That Movie was so awesome! I just want to see it again! Wat the Hell Was up wit that monster!
  • Good rollercoaster ride. I wished they upped the reality of it a bit. I really think an 18A rating (us R) would have made it more enjoyable, but then again they wouldn't be able to reach everyone with this movie.
  • It was exhilarating, but left me clueless, not surprising given its an Abrahms film. I wish it stuck with the original opening of finding classified films and moved to another film or news broadcast to give another perspective. In fact, he could do the whole film over again from another perspective or a sequel that shows what happened afterwards, did the bombs work, does the monster move on to other states? What happened to the other something terribles?
  • Myself
    Honestly, the movie really is a 'love hate' relationship. I really enjoyed how intence it was. I caught myself eyes and mouth wide open while my heart was pounding out of my chest and I was on the edge of my seat ... But then again, I was wishing for more of a "real-life" movie. Not bashing that sort of something could ever happen ... Too many people are way too closed off, not "Open minded" ... I love to put myself in the movies as if it was happening to me. Because if you really think about something like that happening ... That would be some scary stuff and half the people that say "This movie sucks" those would be the ones that would be way to chicken dung about it and off them selves right away. Back to the Clover, the dramatic love bullcrap we saw in the movie MIGHT have been too much BUT again, put yourself in his shoes and wouldn't you have done them same? Yes you would have, shut up. Sometimes the actors made a real beleavable 'fright face' but at time it was just too Hollywood. That was the only thing that I didn't like, plus, anyone that has been to the Statue Of Liberty knows that the head which was torn off and thrown should have been A LOT bigger then that. All in all I thought it was a pretty good movie and I'd like to see it again, anyone care to join?
  • Red
    I don't know what to think about the Movie.
  • dbshark94
    dbshark94 said on:
    January 18th, 2008 at 3:18 am

    Just saw the movie. Brilliant! You either get it or you don’t.

    If you’re prone to motion sickness, the hand-held camera work will make you queezy, but that only adds to its sense of intimate, sickening, realism.

    I find it hard to believe this movie could ever have a sequel shot in 3rd-person perspective. It would somehow seem wrong… perhaps more ftg. of the creature shot from helicopters, on-sight gov’t agencies, or local news teams could find it’s way onto the viral (after-movie) marketing or onto the DVD? That would truly give the nay-sayers means for pause.

    Matt Reeves/JJ Abrams use the Brooklyn Bridge to pay wonderful homage to a most famous scene from “Beast From 20,000 Fathoms”. And many other scenes hearkened back to the days of movies that would only partially reveal their monsters… until the time was right.

    Great job… you go you Bad Robot.

    Now… JJ… if you were thinking of a sequel… and you could pull off the whole “Gorgon” angle… that just might rock the planet.

    PS.
    Stay for the closing credits to hear “ROAR”, the Cloverfield theme. Like the monster, it’s worth the wait… what’s that weak transmission heard at the end of it? "...It's still alive".
  • Tymothi
    After seeing cloverfield, I must say the hype was not worth it. There was some funny parts and yes. there were spots in the movie that scared my wife and made me jump but overall, there was no reason behind the movie. In a typical monster movie, there is a backstory about the creature itself. There was none in this movie, no foreshadowing at all about the creature.. my only real gripe is that they missed a major chance to fill out the story about the creature instead of creature attacks NY. I hope when they release it to dvd, they include more background info on the creature.
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