The shaky camera, only able to glimpse the action, nauseous feeling, etc. were all the things that I feared the most when I started reading about the movie.
Adam pretty much confirmed my fears :( On Jan 22, 2008 10:11 AM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > did you read ray camdens take on it? > completely opposite of adams. > > http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/index.cfm/2008/1/20/Cloverfield-is > > however, on adams goat scale, i like his > taste in movies, so i may tend to slant in > his direction, more than rays... > > but either wouldnt sway me... im a dvd > watchin fool... movies are out of the way > and expensive... > > tw > > On 1/22/08, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You just ruined my week :( > > > > Well, YOU didn't....Abrams did. I HATE HATE HATE first perspective > movies, > > with shaky cameras and all that shit. If i wanted to watch that crap, > I'd > > watch my own home videos. > > > > This sucks. > > > > On Jan 19, 2008 5:08 PM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Okay. been waiting for this one since the first trailer sighting many > > > months ago, and Mike (#2 son) and I had been really amped about going > on > > > opening day (picked him up from school and went straight to the > theater > > > for > > > a 4:40 showing). > > > > > > > > > > > > So the movie starts. and starts. and starts. It's only an 84-minute > film, > > > but there are twenty minutes of self-absorbed over-privileged > > > twenty-somethings whining as they simply must do, and a camera being > slung > > > around on a lanyard. Great for making you feel like you want to vomit > > > from > > > motion sickness. I'm thinking, "okay, pay attention, because this > somehow > > > has to have something more than trivial significance later in the > film." > > > > > > > > > > > > Not a chance. > > > > > > > > > > > > So the first thing happens (and I wake up), which on retrospect didn't > > > make > > > any sense for the monster to be able to create a reaction like that. > Then > > > you can't see anything that's causing it, which you expect was the > > > writer's > > > intention for building suspense, but it was only frustrating. And > then at > > > the end when you finally get a decent look at the monster, it not only > is > > > of > > > an entirely different scale than what you saw earlier, it doesn't > really > > > look anything like what you saw earlier. > > > > > > > > > > > > Alright, I get that it's a first-person perspective film. But for the > > > sake > > > of all that is decent in this world, get a minimal Manfrotto SteadyCam > > > mount > > > and just loosen the spring tension to give it more slop than normal, > then > > > film it that way. Feeling like I want to spew chunks doesn't increase > the > > > value of the film - or the entertainment. > > > > > > > > > > > > At best, this thing will become a half-assed video game for little > kids. > > > > > > > > > > > > Adam's Rating: 9 Blown Goats (on a ten Blown Goat system, with ten > Blown > > > Goats being something like Ishtar or Muriel's Wedding, and zero Blown > > > Goats > > > being something like Godfather or American Beauty). > > > > > > > > > > > > Respectfully, > > > > > > > > > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > > > > > President > > > > > > Productivity Enhancement > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251549 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
