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The Enchanted One
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Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Los Angeles, CA
Cloverfield Ignored in the Golden Trailer Awards? A rant we all understand.... This is a rant by me but i think we "Cloverfield Fans" understand.
As i saw the nominees of the each category, Cloverfield was nominated twice :
One for "Best Thriller Trailer" and one for "Most Original" . Both for the teaser trailer.
But it didn't win. It lost to "Vantage Point" and "In the Bruges".
Also it wasn't even nominated for "Best Teaser Poster" .
So as i say this, was Cloverfield ignored in the GT awards.
Especially with the "Most Original" as it was NEVER DONE BEFORE. (With all respect with the other films, but are you kidding me?)
http://www.goldentrailer.com/gta9.html
So here's the question: Was "Cloverfield" robbed in the "Most Orginal" trailer of the year in the GT Awards?
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:49 pm
tMan930
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Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 458 Location: Up In There
You can't rob someone of something they didn't have.
BUT YEAH, DEM NI99AS WUZ ROBB'D
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 12:37 am
hunter2458
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Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 245 Location: Under Da Sea! Oh Shi- Parasites!
Your point? When was the last time the awards critics were right? No Country For Old Men Sucked.
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 4:33 am
intersect
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Joined: 24 Jan 2008 Posts: 882 Location: Gainesville, FL
i liked it, but that just shows that even between the two of us random ppl, opinions can differ greatly. So why should a couple of other guys get paid to tell us what movies they thought were good or bad?
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 4:49 am
porrphyrhia
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Joined: 03 Feb 2008 Posts: 308 Location: georgia, USA
lostgunslinger2 wrote:
i liked it, but that just shows that even between the two of us random ppl, opinions can differ greatly. So why should a couple of other guys get paid to tell us what movies they thought were good or bad?
exactly. in two explicit words: FUCK IT.
i've had so many people tell me that cloverfield sucked. most people just don't get it. they saw the movie. they formed opinions.
we're the rare breed that has followed this shit for nearly a year.
but yes, i agree that cloverfield got robbed. it had the single most intriguing trailer i've seen. pretty much ever.
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 6:49 am
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K1Ng5p4d3
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Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 317 Location: Heirohnmahkeistehr, India
as insignificant as these awards may be, WE LOST TO IN BRUGES??? WHAT THE FUCK?!
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:20 am
cysubtor
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Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 55
While I don't watch or pay attention to any award shows, I wonder if Cloverfield will win any? It wouldn't really change anything, but it would just be nice to win one of the big ones even if it's just for ROAR.
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 1:31 pm
McPhearson
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Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 288
The "Vantage Point" trailer gave away all the surprise twists and turns, and "In Bruges"... well... DANG IT! The "Cloverfield" teaser was one of the most thrilling and curiosity-sprouting things I've ever seen in a cinema. Wow. What a rob (no pun intended) it experienced.
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:00 pm
pegassissy
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In the end everyone made their money...
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 6:41 pm
Euchre
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Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 3342
It would seem that the people doing the trailer awards probably resent Cloverfield for it's trailer not being essentially a mini-movie of sorts (which far too many are anymore), and for having been thought of by someone obviously commercially savvy and not just artistically creative. I can't think of another trailer that so effectively 'teased' the audience as the teaser did. Who would have believed before this that a teaser with no title and no reference to go by could get people to actually hunt down the film's info - for 6 months!
Sometimes, the 'elite' are loathe to accept that an 'outsider' did a better job than they have. Oh well.
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 10:19 pm
skatehimrock
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Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 375
to look at both sides and not be a one sided person.
cloverfield is pretty fuckin original,
i dont see how it diddnt win.
Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 2:05 am
hunter2458
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Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 245 Location: Under Da Sea! Oh Shi- Parasites!
From what I've seen Cloverfield opinions are Black and White, Some Love it and think it's Underrated, the other half think it's lame and overrated, I still lean toward the latter, but I did enjoy the ARE regardless
Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 5:57 am
skatehimrock
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i dont see how its overrated at all.
teh trailer was only on tv for like a week.
Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:13 pm
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