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mazdamn02
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Tom just doesn't like to be at strange places in the night.
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mazdamn02
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Yep.
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spek1098
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So who's all on for this? They have a 7:10 and 9:10 up in St. Micheal on Friday, is that where we wanna go?
ij1889
New Member
i think this movie will be the next godzilla, it looked cool, a big ass monster attacks NY, and the use of military force is applied against the monster, ohh and its prob not gonna be that great, the only thing thats different is that they dont make a doritos commercial about it... or will they?
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mazdamn02
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SO is this still going down are is it crumbling? AJ is out it seems.
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spek1098
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Well I'm still down for going
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spek1098
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Doesn't seem to be to bad a movie, 3 out of 4 stars in the Trib and a grade of B from both users and critics on yahoo. So lets do this shit up!
StealthSpeed3
Charge THIS!!
going to go see it tonight with a friend of mine over in IGH
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spek1098
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Yea, got a few friends that wanna see it so look likes thats that
StealthSpeed3
Charge THIS!!
goseeitgoseeitgoseeitgoseeitgoseeitGoseeitGOseeitGOSeeitGOSEeitGOSEEitGOSEEItGOSEEIT
seriously...get off your behinds and go watch it! but after it's over might want to wait before getting up...you equilibrium might be off a bit depending on where you sit in the theater
seriously...get off your behinds and go watch it! but after it's over might want to wait before getting up...you equilibrium might be off a bit depending on where you sit in the theater
dmention7
Hater
Saw it today. Was not at all impressed. 1.5, maybe 2, stars out of 5.
It's 80 minutes long, and at the end of the movie I felt like I had just payed to watch a long movie trailer or video game commercial. And to be honest, I would not at all be surprised if that's what it was; just an ad for the coming Cloverfield franchise.
There was just nothing of any substance to the characters or premise, and the story was straight out of a clearance-rack video game--a video game that you played half-way through, got bored with and put away, for that matter.
Thank god I didn't pay full price, or I'd be pissed.
It's 80 minutes long, and at the end of the movie I felt like I had just payed to watch a long movie trailer or video game commercial. And to be honest, I would not at all be surprised if that's what it was; just an ad for the coming Cloverfield franchise.
There was just nothing of any substance to the characters or premise, and the story was straight out of a clearance-rack video game--a video game that you played half-way through, got bored with and put away, for that matter.
Thank god I didn't pay full price, or I'd be pissed.
StealthSpeed3
Charge THIS!!
the point of the movie was to show a major disaster from the average person's perspective, hence the video camera ala blair witch. some sites i have been going through today have been comparing it in a SENSE to the 9/11 attacks, due to the amount of amateur footage that was received. Jays reaction is the general concensus that i have seen from people who have watched it and didn't like it. This is one of those movies where you have to expand your horizons a little. Sure there are no big-name actors in it, but and that was another part of the movie as well when the director/producer was putting it together. they wanted it to feel like this was something that the average person was experiencing. Had you seen someone like Nicolas Cage or Will Smith you would have known that it was supposed to be shot like an actual movie.
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dmention7
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****Possible spoilers below*****
I can appreciate the effort put towards portaying a major disaster from the perspective of a single average person. But to me, the movie also failed in this regard. The characters behaved, interacted, and carried on exactly as I would expect if it was a major studio production with big name actors. The overall movie experience was that of a major hollywood studio trying to imitate a low budget interpretation of a disaster movie. It seemed to be trying to achieve a very subtle effect using an over-the-top premise. And the problem with that is the same as trying to crack a sunflower seed with a sledgehammer--if you don't execute it perfectly, you end up with a huge mess.
I see a lot of "it was really good for what it was". But nobody ever seems to know quite what it was or what it was trying to be. It wasn't a monster movie as it billed itself (because the monster played no role, but to destroy buildings), and as for the filming technique... it felt about as real or authentic as one of those movie rides at Universal Studios. Sure, they jiggled the camera a lot, but that was it. I never felt like I was actually there, or that the footage could easily have been real.
Maybe it's one of those movies that would've worked as a written short story, but as it was I found it to be wholly unsatisfying.
I can appreciate the effort put towards portaying a major disaster from the perspective of a single average person. But to me, the movie also failed in this regard. The characters behaved, interacted, and carried on exactly as I would expect if it was a major studio production with big name actors. The overall movie experience was that of a major hollywood studio trying to imitate a low budget interpretation of a disaster movie. It seemed to be trying to achieve a very subtle effect using an over-the-top premise. And the problem with that is the same as trying to crack a sunflower seed with a sledgehammer--if you don't execute it perfectly, you end up with a huge mess.
I see a lot of "it was really good for what it was". But nobody ever seems to know quite what it was or what it was trying to be. It wasn't a monster movie as it billed itself (because the monster played no role, but to destroy buildings), and as for the filming technique... it felt about as real or authentic as one of those movie rides at Universal Studios. Sure, they jiggled the camera a lot, but that was it. I never felt like I was actually there, or that the footage could easily have been real.
Maybe it's one of those movies that would've worked as a written short story, but as it was I found it to be wholly unsatisfying.
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