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Rather long review - enjoy.
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Saiyan King
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badkarma wrote:
Bacon, that was a good review of a mediocre film. I really wanted to like Cloverfield, and some parts were fun, but the movie was just too damned coy...

Also, I generally like some sort of exposition in my movies. For instance, the filmmakers could have concocted some sort of origin, or purpose for the creature's arrival in Manhattan.

In Alien, you never find out why the creatures are on LV-426, but you damn well get to see one of them (up close and personal) and you learn the "nature" of the monster in the process (from facehugger, to chest burster, to fully grown drone). You don't get ANY of this kind of satisfaction from Cloverfield, just a bunch of disjointed "events" and glimpses. Some coherent backstory or explanation for the main entity and the smaller creatures needed to be provided.


I agree with you to a point, but most of the explanation didnt come until Aliens, so it was the sequal , not the first one that showed there was a queen and a social system. How do u know this wouldnt be adressed in a sequal to this
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Saiyan King wrote:
badkarma wrote:
Bacon, that was a good review of a mediocre film. I really wanted to like Cloverfield, and some parts were fun, but the movie was just too damned coy...

Also, I generally like some sort of exposition in my movies. For instance, the filmmakers could have concocted some sort of origin, or purpose for the creature's arrival in Manhattan.

In Alien, you never find out why the creatures are on LV-426, but you damn well get to see one of them (up close and personal) and you learn the "nature" of the monster in the process (from facehugger, to chest burster, to fully grown drone). You don't get ANY of this kind of satisfaction from Cloverfield, just a bunch of disjointed "events" and glimpses. Some coherent backstory or explanation for the main entity and the smaller creatures needed to be provided.


I agree with you to a point, but most of the explanation didnt come until Aliens, so it was the sequal , not the first one that showed there was a queen and a social system. How do u know this wouldnt be adressed in a sequal to this


To be fair, yes, these issues may eventually get sorted out in a sequel...but considering the quality of this film, are we certain that we want a sequel? At the very least, do we want Abrams involved with such an endeavor?

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 		Wow, that was cool review.
I haven't seen the movie yet, but your desrcibtions fit very good to my expectations.

And thank you not to spoil.

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Bacon Army wrote:
triforceguyver wrote:
just tell me, why does whats her name expload, or appear like she will expload as we see in the trailer?

her name starts with an M. answer to this Q would be greatly appriciated.

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Ah yes, Marlena. Well, when Rob & co decide to walk through the subway tunnels to reach Beth at her apartment, they hear the scuttling noise and three really creepy looking monsters with pointy beaks and lots of beady eyes attack them. Marlena beats one off Hud, but gets bitten by one that tackles her shortly after.

Later, they get to the temporary army hospital, and while Rob's telling the army guys about how he's going into the city and they ain't gonna stop them, Marlena tells Hud that she "doesn't feel too good" and starts bleeding from her eyes and mouth. Marine doctors scream that they've "got a bite!!" and drag Marlena off, where they chop her head off and she blows up. So, yep. She gets bitten by a little MGP.


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I am with you on the way on this except for one thing. They don't chop her head off. She just explodes and splatters against the sheet.


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 		The past few days i have been very lost
im hopeing some one can help me out without flameing

The attack is supposably happening before 1-18-08?
on May which is Many months ago?

The scene at the end cuts from the attack and goes to a scene of them on top of a ferris wheel which is suppose to be like OLD footage on the tape??

So that means that something fell in the water even before MAY??!?!?!?
This shit attacked 2 years ago!?!? lol Some 1 clear this up for me plz

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