Intriguing New Movie! Have you seen the trailer for CLOVERFIELD opening on 1-18-08?

[Radio_Lady]

http://www.cloverfieldmovie.com/synopsis.html

http://www.cloverfieldmovie.com

[Book Lover]

1. There is another site linked with the movie you may enjoy

http://slusho.jp

Hey, p.s. Happy New Year!

[Chovexani]

5. That site is part of the ARG for the movie.

More info: http://cloverfield.despoiler.org

And info on ARGs in general: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game

[Radio_Lady]

6. Thanks for the education on ARGs, Chovexani. Interesting stuff.

This does appear to be a "Blair Witch"-like introduction of a new film. I have to see if there is a free preview of it on our schedule. If not, I won't bother in any event. I got caught in a couple of these tangles in previous years -- for M. Knight Shyamalan movie(s) in particular.

Appreciate your post.

[Chovexani]

11. They're really fun

The detective work that goes into them is interesting. :hi:

[Book Lover]

9. Dude! I was trying to breadcrumb her!

Aw shoot... And thanx for the despoiler linx :-)

[Chovexani]

10. LOL

I'm awful. :D

I haven't been following this one as closely...the last one I was really into was the game for Lost.

[NewJeffCT]

2. The trailer is really good

but, I've seen many a good trailer that translated into a sucky movie. The first trailer for the movie "Descent" was terrific as well, but the 2nd trailer sucked and the movie sucked, too.

However, it's an interesting concept. The roar sounds a bit Godzilla-esque.

[Radio_Lady]

3. DUer Peake has brought the subject up again in another thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7305698

[The Straight Story]

4. Have followed this for some time

I got a feeling it will kinda blow, but I am hoping I am wrong (ie, a lot of potential in it - just hope they can deliver).

I DO plan on seeing it in the theaters. I am worried though about the camera work (ie, going for a blair witch sort of thing with a monster and a lot of shaky camera angles).

[Radio_Lady]

7. Appreciate your post. Never did see the Blair Witch project.

I am very subject to motion sickness. Without the Steadicam, I could never be a movie reviewer.

You might want to see this site if you do decide to go to this film:

http://cloverfieldclues.blogspot.com/

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. Thanks for the links. I am interested in: "There Will Be Blood"

with Daniel Day-Lewis

http://imdb.com/title/tt0469494/

[ghostsofgiants]

13. A new Paul Thomas Anderson film is always exciting news.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. Have you seen the trailers? It looks like a great and scary

story. I might even buy popcorn for this one :D

[ghostsofgiants]

16. I have, it looks intense.

And like I said, P.T. Anderson never disappoints.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. I really liked

Boogie Nights and Magnolia. Cigarettes and Coffee, too. I am not sure if I have seen anything else of his.

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Magnolia is one of my all time favourites.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. Yeah. I would rank it pretty high up there as well.

I need to watch it again. It has been a while.

[LynneSin]

12. It's being released in January - which is normally a month for the duds

But by looking at the Trailer I can tell 2 things

The movie will probably be very poorly reviewed, maybe go into the theaters without a review period
The movie will probably make a shitload of money

[Orrex]

15. It's my understanding that the whole thing is shot in that jittery POV cam

To simulate a handheld digital camera, or the like.

Has this technique ever worked on the big screen? For the whole length of the film?

[AlCzervik]

20. i saw the trailer yesterday when i went to see Sweeney Todd and while i do want

to see Cloverfield i will never make it through the whole thing if the camera work shaky through the whole movie.

[NewJeffCT]

23. What other movies have used that technique?

It worked well at the beginning of "Saving Private Ryan"

I can recall "Blair Witch" off the top of my head, and also the shark movie "Open Water"

Anything else?

For the record, I got into the hype on Blair Witch and even fooled my ex-wife into thinking it was a real story for a while... however, I think I got too hyped up and was disappointed in the actual movie. Hype letdown, I guess.

[Orrex]

26. Well, I asked for movies shot entirely in that format

That nixes Private Ryan, and IMO even when the technique was used there (at Normandy, etc.) it was unsuccessful.

Blair Witch, well, I guess so, but don't you think that two hours of a camera up her nose is different, in terms of necessary cinematography, from a huge monster devastating a city? I'm not sure how effective it was even in Blair Witch, though I grant that the format does fit the intent.

Open Water. Hmm. I admit that I hadn't thought of that one, and if there's any precedent for successful use of POV-cam (outside of porn, I guess) then that's probably it. Still, there's the question of scope, but I won't quibble.


Anyway, I just don't think it's the best choice for a film about a huge monster.

[baby_mouse]

24. Hm. It was irritating in blair witch...

But this looks a bit bigger budget. And that might buy enough expertise to choreograph the shooting and editting properly. The trailer's really dramatic and well put-together, we might take this as a good sign...

Certainly I'll give it a peek...

[zingaro]

21. Saw the trailer the other night at Sweeney Todd.

It looked pretty darned good. I think it's probably one I'll spring for theater money to see.

[tammywammy]

22. I saw the trailer back during the summer

This movie looks freaking AWESOME!

[Forkboy]

25. I want to see it pretty bad, but that shouldn't surprise anyone who knows me.

Big monster? I'm there! :)