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Willis 12:05 am UTC 06/03/08 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC: Cloverfield - Smeghead 11:29 pm UTC 06/01/08 |
| I get that the monster money shot wasn't the goal, and that it was meant to be a chaotic first person roller coaster, but it reminded me of playing House Of The Dead or something similar. I do think they tried to develop the characters, just didn't do it very well. I honestly didn't care who died or how. I wasn't overly attached to the trendy New York socialites. Again, I just thought that the film relied entirely on the hand held gimmick. As a film student/maker I can't seem to not dissect certain films. Maybe I'm just mad I didn't think of the idea ;). But, it worked for some people and they were entertained, and that's all that really matters in the end. Burtons Sweeney is the only version I've seen of the story. I'd like to see the stage production now, but don't think I would have if I didn't see the movie. To me the beauty of a Burton film is that even if the story isn't that good you can still enjoy his great Production Design and Cinematography. Like in Sleepy Hollow, a gorgeous looking film, but a pretty bad adaption (IMO). > Cloverfield was good in my opinion because it created a > feeling of being there. Maybe it didn't work for > everyone. The point wasn't a monster moneyshot or > character development. How much would people develop in > that situation? > > As for Sweeney Todd... have you seen the filming of the > Broadway production? Seeing that made the movie a > letdown... the stage show is so much better... with a cast > that can actually sing, and all the music intact, not > pulled apart like DOTV. > > > I wasn't impressed with Cloverfield. The entire film > > rested on the gimmick that is was shot with one camera. > > Once you get over that neat convention you're left with a > > sub-par monster film with little character development and > > no real monster money shot. Just a let down. Opening > > weekend it did real well in U.S. but tanked the next week > > once word got out. > > > > But I did finally watch Sweeney Todd this morning. This > > one did not let me down. > > > > > Just watched this film recently and what a pile of shit it > > > was. It's like an M. Night Shyamalan film meets Blair > > > Witch but worse. | |
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