Yeah, looked at Cloverfield. It is...well it reminded me of the Blair Witch project, which I didn't like that much either. Focusing on a small group of individuals was a nice touch.
The camera style just didn't work for me. It may have been meant to be 'realistic'... but in reality it took away from the movie in my view. Apparently the best and worst things about it was the choice of this handheld camera 'style'. Did I mention the ending? bleh. I'm not sure if it would not have been a bigger success if it had been more traditional. On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 8. Only because I saw the splashy and because big monsters tearing > > down > > buildings is always fun. > > Eight, huh? > > Well, I can see that. > > But still, blowing eight goats... > > Reminds me of the time I interviewed Martin Brest, writer and director of > "Gigli": > > AC: Martin, you have blown many goats during your career, have you not? > > MB: Why yes I have, Adam. It all started in 1972 with my directorial debut, > "Hot Dogs For Gauguin," where I blew no fewer than seven goats. > > AC: Wow, seven goats right out of the chute. That's impressive. > > MB: Thanks. Then it was onto "Hot Tomorrows," where I took on one more goat > for my troubles. > > AC: A total of eight for that movie? > > MB: That's right. > > AC: When did you first realize that you were destined for goat-blowing > greatness? > > MB: Adam, I think that had to be Meet Joe Black, where I took a classic > supernatural storyline that anyone would normally enjoy, covered it with > cold molasses, and then stretched it out so long that not even a Chihuahua > on speed could have kept from falling asleep. > > AC: And for that you blew...? > > MB: Nine. > > AC: Nine goats a-blowin'! Wow, that's an accomplishment. > > MB: Not really. > > AC: I feel you. So... Gigli. Talk to me. > > MB: Not much to say. It was July, 2002. I had just finished praying to > Uhh-Duh, god of fucktards, where I had asked for a creative spark. Uhh-Duh > inspired me to write a story about a mentally handicapped person, Ben > Affleck, and Jennifer Lopez. > > AC: A tard, a turd, and a tart? > > MB: Precisely. > > AC: And for that you polished the goatly knob how many times? > > MB: Ten. > > AC: You rang the bell, in other words. > > MB: You know, funny story about that, Adam. You see, goats wear little > bells around their necks, so each time I lifted my-- > > AC: Thanks so much for joining us on VH-1 today, Martin. That's all we have > time for on Movie Chat. See you next week when we talk with Elaine May, who > hasn't directed since Ishtar over twenty years ago. Bye! > > > 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:252916 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
