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[brettoniasam]

 [SPEC]Art-house movie...?

[Melampus]

How do you explain J.J.'s speech at the S.D. ComiCon?

[TorgoBites]

You might actually have a point, but I don´t think it´s the point you´re trying to make.

If the way they show events in the movie are altered depending on who´s holding the camera... and we get to see different versions of some events... then that might be quite awesome.

[IronJ146]

Hmm...with 35 million as a budget, sounds about right. Sorta...
I've never thought this would be a strait forward monster flick. The film-makers involved beyond JJ point to there being a twist. Yea, the handycam view is the easy answer, but hopefully something more cerebral is in their back pocket.

HOWEVER, I'll be damned if there's no monster. If JJ stood up at ComiCon and said "I want a monster movie", and openly compared it to other monster films saying "King Kong is cute" or whatever, and turns around and there's no monster...Jesus, embarrassing me for the months of spec alone...okay I'll teach him about misdirection by making him look at my left while the right comes across his face. (<---Not really, but I'd definitely be inclined to)

[Red Walrus]

I like your speculation brettoniasam and the thoughtful post. It's quite possible all is not what it seems. It's always bothered me that New York is left devastated(especially post 9-11). maybe something is askew. Your references do point to a surreal, alternative reality. I think there will be a full blown monster attack but with a twist (something JJ loves).

Good Post

[Bruce]

If it involves Bobby Ewing in the shower, I'll be pissed!

[IronJ146]

Dream Theory

[brettoniasam]

Allow me to emphasize that I *didn't* say there'd be no monster -- only that I think the monster attack might be totally inside someone's head, or a virtual reality simulation of some sort...a la Vanilla Sky, or Fight Club, as I stated.

Yeah, we'll see plenty of action -- then wham! JJ hits us with the fact that nothing we just saw really happened. Wild spec on possible angles, but it could be anything like: the military conducting psych-war tests on a subject (how would the enemy react if they believed their city was being attacked by a giant monster?); psychotropic/hallucinogenic drugs being dumped in NY's water supply -- or Slusho supply (Scarecrow's plot in "Batman Begins" comes to mind); even a virtual reality simulation of a monster attack as part of some viral marketing campaign (remember, Rob is testing some new marketing program, and quite a few of the Slusho Seven have extensive backgrounds in marketing....think what Madison Avenue could/would do with virtual reality advertising....)

...remember, there's two main types of scifi films -- the big epic actioners (Lucasfilms, Trek, Transformers, Terminator, Matrix, Aliens/Predator, Independence Day, etc), as well as the "smaller" psychological films that tend to explore the nature of humanity from the standpoint of an alternate reality (Blade Runner, Gattaca, Sunshine, Donnie Darko, Children of Men, Solaris, Twelve Monkeys, Brazil, etc).

I just believe that when all is said and done, Cloverfield will fit into the LATTER category instead of the former.

[Lawlbringer]

JJ: THAT'S RIGHT, GUYS! THE MONSTER IS THE HUMAN MIND. THE MONSTER IS FEAR ITSELF!

Grunberg: JJ, dude, we're still in the car.

JJ: ...Oh...ok. THAT'S RIGHT, GUYS! THE MONST--

Grunberg: Still in the car.

JJ: What about now?

Grunberg: Still no. Hey, why don't you finish writing the movie, it comes out next week.

[dtweedokay]

maybe it's just me but I think this:

[MrToasty]

[Lawlbringer]

[pegassissy]

"The greatest fear mankind has is of the unknown. Knowledge brings power, and without knowledge there is no power. This is what human kind fears the most, being powerless."
Ive used this quote before, but still cant remeber exactly who its by. Im gonna say something that some of you wont like to hear, but its my opinion, and in my mind im right.

[SV18]

Good point

[pegassissy]

Re: Good point