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Well there really should be a distinction made, here. There's works like Cloverfield (and the movie Redacted) which are intended to be hand-held mockumentaries, and there's the the handheld camerawork that get abused by the likes of Michael Bay. Handheld garbage like the action scenes in Transformers should go away and never be seen on the screen again. But look at handheld done right, like the few handheld shots in Saving Private Ryan (a film I consider having birthed the moden epoch of shaky-cam) or even 2007's The Kingdom before you do away with it entirely.
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Well it's tough to give a hard, factual answer since even the mere definition of it seems to be open for debate (check the wiki article and the associated threads) but basically it's all about real, firsthand documentary of the subject (as opposed to something studio produced). And that's what Cloverfield is. It's not just some movie filmed with a hand-held camera. It's pseudo-documentary. A pseudo documentary monster/horror film documenting the ultimate demise of the characters, which is apparently a trope that goes back as far as Edgar Allan Poe. Think of it as a modern day The Call of Cthulhu, and substitute an SD card for the manuscript.
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And yet you really want to engage in some in-depth discussion? Which is it? This is usually a cop-out some people use when they want to slag something, but by removing themselves from the "fans" they want to sidestep any counter-arguemnts. Bravo, you googled the translation. Why don't you look a little deeper next time. You see, the gaping flaw in your arguemnt is that these two things are not necessarily related. In no way would I argue that Cloverfield is a "deep" movie, when in fact it has no real pretentions of depth. But that doesn't make it a "stupid" movie. But then you contradict yourself a sentence later and attribute the subway scenes with some genuine tension, something an ostensibly stupid movie should be incapable of having. Look, expecting any growth or character development in a 75 minute slice of 4 people's lives in the midst of an all out cluster*ck is pretty naive. It's a "documentary" of people trying not to get squished. Why can't people like you be this discriminating with the truly moronic films, like AvP:R? Anyway, Comming Soon has a brief interview with director Matt Reeves: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=41100 Apparently the Coney Island splash is legit. And he has some interesting notions about what he'd do with a possible sequel.
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Obviously the notion of cinema verite is completely alien to Jenius.
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I'm glad that at least Eugimon gets the point of the trailer. Next topic: The factory in the T2 teaser: worthy extrapolation of Skynet technology, or childhood rape?
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But...none of that is actually in the movie. Other than Beth's dad's apartment in the very, very beginning there isn't even any real reference to their parents, or what any of them other than Rob actually do for a living. I think you're making an awfully big assumption based on very very little. But then you post this ...and I know there's no real point in trying to engage you in any sort of adult conversation. Enjoy your crappy bootleg.
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What exactly did they do that was worthy of spit? Edit: Ah, hatin on the rich kids. Liberals do often hate successful people (other than themselves, that is).
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Judging by the leader on the film (marked US Gov't property) it seems to just be some random code-name given to either the monster and/or the incident involving it.
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The premise of the sequel will be that it was filmed entirely on a cell phone, and then the video file was compressed into a 300 meg, torrent-friendly file. Enjoy!
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Saw it last night, and I loved it. It's really, really short, but mainly because it discards all that "Roland Emmerich" preamble b.s. that we've all grown accustomed to. (His version of Cloverfield would have clocked in at 2:45, and not even had the monster attack until well past the 90 minute mark.) Instead, we get a brief intro the the characters, just sketching them in enough to carry us through the following 75 minutes then BAM the fit hits the shan and it's all "oh my god did you see that RUN RUN RUN! we can't go back! Jump! There's nothing more you can do for her now! oh noes, Hud!" until the credits roll. It's not a character piece, or a rom-com, or a contemplative look at man & science vs nature. Its a visceral thrill ride that puts you in the shoes of one of the poor sods running through the streets in the old Toho films, shouting "Oh no, Gojira!" Incidentally, anybody who'd say "Meh,....rent it or download it later" is only robbing themselves of seeing it on the big screen. Get yourselves a flyer route to score the $9.00 admission, because even the largest plasma screen won't have the impact of seeing it in the theater. And I can only hope that "Roar!" The Overture from Cloverfield gets released as a single at some point. It's the only music in the film, and it's a wonderful omage to the old 50's sci fi scores, minus the cheese.
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Quoted for truth.
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I was fooling around with the digicam tonight, and well....who likes pictures?
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Damnation Alley, with Jan Michael Vincent and George Peppard. Edit: Ghadrack types faster than I do.
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What Current Anime Series Are You Watching?
bsu legato replied to s_i_t_h_l_o_r_d's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
I'm two episodes into the recent fansubs of the 80's Starship Troopers adaptation. So far it's 100% free of Casper Van Dein. -
Some helpful canuck has posted a short video of his Dominion Arms 12.5" Grizzly on YouTube. Me wants!
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Thanks. If I get around to watching this show I may have to go back and see the final version of the pilot. For what it's worth.
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It starts off in 1999, which I though was a decent enough setting. That doesn't explain their decision to move the story forward to 2007, though.
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For those who saw the premiere and the leaked pilot a few months ago, were there any appreciable differences between the two?
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More effective than harsh language, for sure.
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Well it's a moot point for me anyway, sinc AK's are verboten here. So I'm thinking about picking up one of these, for only $289 CDN. I don't actually have much use for it, but it seems like a neat toy to keep handy for close encounters.
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Terminator Salvation, colon, Really Long Movie Title
bsu legato replied to bsu legato's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I hope that was supposed to be a joke. -
Anybody have any experience with one of these 5.56 AK-clones?
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Terminator Salvation, colon, Really Long Movie Title
bsu legato replied to bsu legato's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Are we getting a Terminator Animatrix? A Termanimetor, if you will? -
IESB has an interview up about the Joe movie. I love how some of these questions are danced around, without any real answers being given. Basically, if you liked Transformers, you'll probably like GI Joe. However, fans of good movies will have to find entertainment elsewhere.
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Yeah, I don't really remember that issue as well, but I think I saw the cover for it while looking for #45. Something to do with Flint jumping off a helicopter onto a roller coaster, I think. I really should track down a torrent for all the old Marvel comics. It'd be neat to reread them again, 20 year later.