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From: OC, down by da beach
Originally Posted by mubibo,Jan 19 2008, 04:29 PM
kinda a spoiler in a way buuuuuuuuuuuuuut....
did anyone else see "cloverfield's" decent onto Earth?? If not, then pay close attention to the ending of the movie. In the final scene, Rob points the camera out to the ocean. Look closely to the right half of the screen, you can see "something" fall into the water, but it happens kinda quickly. It was pretty interesting to see.
Great Movie BTW!!
did anyone else see "cloverfield's" decent onto Earth?? If not, then pay close attention to the ending of the movie. In the final scene, Rob points the camera out to the ocean. Look closely to the right half of the screen, you can see "something" fall into the water, but it happens kinda quickly. It was pretty interesting to see.
Great Movie BTW!!
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Originally Posted by FISH22,Jan 23 2008, 12:22 PM
Well, the reason for the monster taking so many missiles, bullets, etc. is do to the fact that this monster lived in the very deepest parts of the ocean, possibly beneath it. So it has extremely tough skin from the pressure down there.
As for the guy in the alley. I've read that he is japenese and all he says is that he needs to find his wife and daughter and that he cant live without them.
As for the guy in the alley. I've read that he is japenese and all he says is that he needs to find his wife and daughter and that he cant live without them.
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Regarding black_mango's observation that it is hard to think that military might cannot defeat this monter, think of it this way. If you view the monster as a metahpor, then its ability to withstand the onslaught of bomb, missles and bullets makes abundant sense. Think of the scenes of falling buildings and billowing clouds of debris which recall the news video of 9-11. I think, without reading too much into the movie, that the director in fact wanted the audience to recall 9-11.
Just like the ostensible impotence of the U.S. to capture or gain retribution against those individuals most responsible for 9-11, despites its best efforts it can neither down this monster. Monsters have always been representative of our deepest fears, whether played out against an political, moral or pyschological backdrop. Beowulf, more so in the recent movie than in the Old English epic, becomes a three dimensional stand-in for the consequences of moral infidelity and the inability to live up to a heroic ideal. Throughout the 50's for instance, the movie monsters or aliens from outer space played on our fears of Soviet communists and death by ICBM. The Day the Earth Stood Still by contrast turns this theme around, with the alien protagonist assuming the role of a redemptive figure who dies and is reborn as a kind of blood sacrifice for man's collective sins.
This movie is entirely more secular in its outlook than Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still. One theme, perhaps a bit overdone and heavy-handed in the film, is that we need to seize the moment, to live in the here and now, for in the next instant the vicissitudes of life may take us or our loved ones away. We may be lost to forces and influences that feel no malice nor are motivatived to provide us succor, that are primal, elementally existential in composition. After all, is not that sort of monsterous mutablity the most terrifying experience of all?
Just like the ostensible impotence of the U.S. to capture or gain retribution against those individuals most responsible for 9-11, despites its best efforts it can neither down this monster. Monsters have always been representative of our deepest fears, whether played out against an political, moral or pyschological backdrop. Beowulf, more so in the recent movie than in the Old English epic, becomes a three dimensional stand-in for the consequences of moral infidelity and the inability to live up to a heroic ideal. Throughout the 50's for instance, the movie monsters or aliens from outer space played on our fears of Soviet communists and death by ICBM. The Day the Earth Stood Still by contrast turns this theme around, with the alien protagonist assuming the role of a redemptive figure who dies and is reborn as a kind of blood sacrifice for man's collective sins.
This movie is entirely more secular in its outlook than Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still. One theme, perhaps a bit overdone and heavy-handed in the film, is that we need to seize the moment, to live in the here and now, for in the next instant the vicissitudes of life may take us or our loved ones away. We may be lost to forces and influences that feel no malice nor are motivatived to provide us succor, that are primal, elementally existential in composition. After all, is not that sort of monsterous mutablity the most terrifying experience of all?
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Originally Posted by triman54,Jan 27 2008, 04:16 AM
Regarding black_mango's observation that it is hard to think that military might cannot defeat this monter, think of it this way. If you view the monster as a metahpor, then its ability to withstand the onslaught of bomb, missles and bullets makes abundant sense. Think of the scenes of falling buildings and billowing clouds of debris which recall the news video of 9-11. I think, without reading too much into the movie, that the director in fact wanted the audience to recall 9-11.
Just like the ostensible impotence of the U.S. to capture or gain retribution against those individuals most responsible for 9-11, despites its best efforts it can neither down this monster. Monsters have always been representative of our deepest fears, whether played out against an political, moral or pyschological backdrop. Beowulf, more so in the recent movie than in the Old English epic, becomes a three dimensional stand-in for the consequences of moral infidelity and the inability to live up to a heroic ideal. Throughout the 50's for instance, the movie monsters or aliens from outer space played on our fears of Soviet communists and death by ICBM. The Day the Earth Stood Still by contrast turns this theme around, with the alien protagonist assuming the role of a redemptive figure who dies and is reborn as a kind of blood sacrifice for man's collective sins.
This movie is entirely more secular in its outlook than Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still. One theme, perhaps a bit overdone and heavy-handed in the film, is that we need to seize the moment, to live in the here and now, for in the next instant the vicissitudes of life may take us or our loved ones away. We may be lost to forces and influences that feel no malice nor are motivatived to provide us succor, that are primal, elementally existential in composition. After all, is not that sort of monsterous mutablity the most terrifying experience of all?
Just like the ostensible impotence of the U.S. to capture or gain retribution against those individuals most responsible for 9-11, despites its best efforts it can neither down this monster. Monsters have always been representative of our deepest fears, whether played out against an political, moral or pyschological backdrop. Beowulf, more so in the recent movie than in the Old English epic, becomes a three dimensional stand-in for the consequences of moral infidelity and the inability to live up to a heroic ideal. Throughout the 50's for instance, the movie monsters or aliens from outer space played on our fears of Soviet communists and death by ICBM. The Day the Earth Stood Still by contrast turns this theme around, with the alien protagonist assuming the role of a redemptive figure who dies and is reborn as a kind of blood sacrifice for man's collective sins.
This movie is entirely more secular in its outlook than Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still. One theme, perhaps a bit overdone and heavy-handed in the film, is that we need to seize the moment, to live in the here and now, for in the next instant the vicissitudes of life may take us or our loved ones away. We may be lost to forces and influences that feel no malice nor are motivatived to provide us succor, that are primal, elementally existential in composition. After all, is not that sort of monsterous mutablity the most terrifying experience of all?
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Originally Posted by evo s2000,Jan 27 2008, 08:35 AM
wow... so many deep thoughts in a movie review. Your thoughts took me away
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Originally Posted by 9KRPM,Jan 22 2008, 11:32 AM
you might not want to watch this if you have not seen the movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXXWr...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXXWr...eature=related
That's funny! I finally saw the movie last night- and I thought it was pretty good (not great, but definitely not bad). But I got the feeling that I was the only one in the theatre that liked it even that much. Alot of people were booing it as soon as the credits started to roll, and the guy sitting in front of me turned around and said "that's the worst movie I've ever saw".
On a good note, I actually appreciated the camera work. Definitely an original movie. If you are going to see it, you should see it on the big screen to get the full effect. Curious to see how the sequel is going to turn out.
BTW- Loved the commentary from "Hud" behind the camera.... the fact that NY is crumbling around him, and he's still trying to hit on the girl- - classic move.
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Originally Posted by triman54,Jan 27 2008, 04:16 AM
Regarding black_mango's observation that it is hard to think that military might cannot defeat this monter, think of it this way. If you view the monster as a metahpor, then its ability to withstand the onslaught of bomb, missles and bullets makes abundant sense. Think of the scenes of falling buildings and billowing clouds of debris which recall the news video of 9-11. I think, without reading too much into the movie, that the director in fact wanted the audience to recall 9-11.
Just like the ostensible impotence of the U.S. to capture or gain retribution against those individuals most responsible for 9-11, despites its best efforts it can neither down this monster. Monsters have always been representative of our deepest fears, whether played out against an political, moral or pyschological backdrop. Beowulf, more so in the recent movie than in the Old English epic, becomes a three dimensional stand-in for the consequences of moral infidelity and the inability to live up to a heroic ideal. Throughout the 50's for instance, the movie monsters or aliens from outer space played on our fears of Soviet communists and death by ICBM. The Day the Earth Stood Still by contrast turns this theme around, with the alien protagonist assuming the role of a redemptive figure who dies and is reborn as a kind of blood sacrifice for man's collective sins.
This movie is entirely more secular in its outlook than Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still. One theme, perhaps a bit overdone and heavy-handed in the film, is that we need to seize the moment, to live in the here and now, for in the next instant the vicissitudes of life may take us or our loved ones away. We may be lost to forces and influences that feel no malice nor are motivatived to provide us succor, that are primal, elementally existential in composition. After all, is not that sort of monsterous mutablity the most terrifying experience of all?
Just like the ostensible impotence of the U.S. to capture or gain retribution against those individuals most responsible for 9-11, despites its best efforts it can neither down this monster. Monsters have always been representative of our deepest fears, whether played out against an political, moral or pyschological backdrop. Beowulf, more so in the recent movie than in the Old English epic, becomes a three dimensional stand-in for the consequences of moral infidelity and the inability to live up to a heroic ideal. Throughout the 50's for instance, the movie monsters or aliens from outer space played on our fears of Soviet communists and death by ICBM. The Day the Earth Stood Still by contrast turns this theme around, with the alien protagonist assuming the role of a redemptive figure who dies and is reborn as a kind of blood sacrifice for man's collective sins.
This movie is entirely more secular in its outlook than Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still. One theme, perhaps a bit overdone and heavy-handed in the film, is that we need to seize the moment, to live in the here and now, for in the next instant the vicissitudes of life may take us or our loved ones away. We may be lost to forces and influences that feel no malice nor are motivatived to provide us succor, that are primal, elementally existential in composition. After all, is not that sort of monsterous mutablity the most terrifying experience of all?
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Originally Posted by SlickShoe671,Jan 27 2008, 02:26 AM
Wrong. It came from space, or the sky at least. See the post above. /\/\/\
The splash was far too small to be a 200 foot tall monster.