we are the earth intruders/ we are the sharp shooters.

[intertribal]

There isn't really much to say about Cloverfield.  Its plot is weak, some of its characters incredibly annoying, and it will not change your life.  It may make you nauseated from the shaking camera (it's basically The Blair Witch Project amplified a billion times).  But, it was the most fun I'd had at in a movie in years.  Yes, that includes Lord of the Rings.  I didn't get to see Jurassic Park in a theater.  I was very young when I saw The Lost World twice.  If I saw Independence Day in a theater I don't remember it.  When I was a bit older I convinced my mother to take me to Godzilla.  She agreed because I think she associated it with Japan.  Well, it was about the worst disappointment of my life.  The monster was not frightening, the baby-monsters (why are there always baby monsters?) blatant raptor rip-offs, the action completely unrealistic... I like my monster movies (see: Signs, see: Alien) on the ground, exciting, convincing, grotty, and unkind.  I don't care what the president is doing, I don't care that the news anchors are sad.  Meetings of higher-ups or knowledgeables discussing how to destroy the monster does not a thrill ride make.  Because action movies are a lot like roller coasters.  They're good for the ride and that's about it, so the ride better be good.

Cloverfield was like God getting back to me about my complaint over Godzilla and saying, ok, here you go.  Have fun. 

And now I immediately want to leave Manhattan.

Comments

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

haha...maybe i should see it then. it's been so long since i've seen something non-arty or 'good film.' i need more action in my life. or...on the screen in front of me.

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

Well, if that's what you're looking for, then Cloverfield is definitely your movie. No intellectual development, just mass destruction involving deep-sea parasites and gigantic whale-reptile-man-monsters.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

deep-sea parasites sound pretty awesome.

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/img/gallery/gallery_pops/page/page_a.jpg

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

whoah.

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they're like dobermann-sized lice. bad if you're arachnophobic to say the least.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

Makes having lice much more difficult...what would they live on?

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

What do you mean? The monster itself is humungous, and they feed off its blood. Not that this is ever said in the movie... I did a little research into the biological design.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

ah, so they live on the monster. i just meant i could not have these lice. nor could a dog, or whatever...

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, no. They're the monster's lice. If they bit you, well... I won't spoil it for you. ;)

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

i think it's kind of hilarious that the monster has lice.

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Either the sea has a whole 'nother ecosystem of monstrosities or the monster sort of manifested the lice itself.

[madali.livejournal.com]

Have you seen "The Host"?

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

Yes, on opening night. Not gonna lie, it depressed me. The beginning was hilarious, but by the end I was so attached to the characters that it depressed me. Kind of nice, but weak, political commentary though.

[madali.livejournal.com]

The Host, to me, took the monster genre to a whole new level. I mean, imagine you have all those gangster and mafia movies, and suddenly you get The Godfather.