Contains spoilers.darjamesJanuary 19 2008, 02:42:23 UTC
so, I just got back from seeing it myself. I had to blindfold myself in the theatre to stop myself from getting sick, and with the shaking of the camera, I probably "saw" as much of the film as everyone else, peeking out on occasions where I knew the monster was there. My statements are these
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I haven't seen the film yet, but your post just makes me think of something one of my professors said recently...I don't remember the exact phrasing but it was along the lines of "Audiences like it when they have to work to 'get it' (the payoff) in a film, but you can't make them work TOO HARD, but you also can't FEED it to them because then they'll be bored. It's a delicate balance. And making them work for it and STILL not get it is just no-go."
Sounds like this movie is a bit of the last one...>_> does sound interesting in a theoretical way though.
I've never watched anything from J.J. Abrams, never really got into the Cloverfield hype, and I'm one of the few people that didn't like Lost. I get the impression that this vastly improved my ability to enjoy Cloverfield. XD
While the camera views sometimes pissed me off (like when they got out of the subway and Bad Things happened) and did make looking at the screen unpleasant at times, overall I liked the effect it gave. And while as frustrating as it was to reach the end and still not learn anything (seriously, even just a bit of text at the end like there was in the beginning would have made it so I wasn't wanting to shriek as I left the theatre), it did help lend to the suspension of disbelief. For me, at least; I went in expecting a film where we didn't really know what was going on, and I got it -- along with a nice big set of Cloverfield blueballs.
Still, despite that, I really enjoyed the movie, probably even because, for once, we don't get to see what happened. It actually reminded me a lot of the Blair Witch Project,
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I thought you'd dropped off the ends of the earth! It was a sad, sad thing to think about, I assure you. Damn! How have you been? What are you up to? Will you be at any local cons? Katsu perhaps?
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Sounds like this movie is a bit of the last one...>_> does sound interesting in a theoretical way though.
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While the camera views sometimes pissed me off (like when they got out of the subway and Bad Things happened) and did make looking at the screen unpleasant at times, overall I liked the effect it gave. And while as frustrating as it was to reach the end and still not learn anything (seriously, even just a bit of text at the end like there was in the beginning would have made it so I wasn't wanting to shriek as I left the theatre), it did help lend to the suspension of disbelief. For me, at least; I went in expecting a film where we didn't really know what was going on, and I got it -- along with a nice big set of Cloverfield blueballs.
Still, despite that, I really enjoyed the movie, probably even because, for once, we don't get to see what happened. It actually reminded me a lot of the Blair Witch Project, ( ... )
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Holy shit!
I thought you'd dropped off the ends of the earth! It was a sad, sad thing to think about, I assure you.
Damn!
How have you been? What are you up to?
Will you be at any local cons? Katsu perhaps?
Let me know!
Shit! We gotta meet up some time. Seriously!
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