http://www.koco.com/news/15112533/detail.html
The Blair Witch-esque (err...) way of filming in Cloverfield has left residents in Oklahoma City feeling nauseous. Oklahoma City, man up! I haven't seen Cloverfield but I've heard mixed reviews about it. However, ESPN's Gregg Easterbrook does make good points about the lack of thought put into the monster in this movie.
So it's a 100,000-ton sea-floor thing; Godzilla was said to weigh 20,000 tons, and the "Cloverfield" monster is a lot bigger. If this creature lived at the bottom of the ocean, why is it adapted to the substantially different pressure of the surface? Deep-sea creatures would die rapidly if brought to the surface, yet the "Cloverfield" beast strolls around Manhattan. How come the sea monster has lungs and breathes air? The creature must be an amphibian, or it could not leave the water. To possess lungs, part of its life cycle would need to occur on land, and a 100,000-ton living object in intertidal areas would, at some point in history, have been noticed.
You could read the rest of his article here but be warned his mention of Cloverfield is just one part of a really long article.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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I agree: the film's shaky camera is a bit of a set-back for viewers, but it just adds to the "realistic" aspect that the movie is aiming for.
And when it comes to comparing the details of the film from fact to fiction, it's a pretty pointless argument. If you want to see Cloverfield, watch it to be entertained. It's a movie made to entertain and even puzzle the minds of movie-goers. It's not claiming to be based on any sort of real setting (don't even get me started with the actual size of the Statue of Liberty's head). And, have we forgotten that it's a sci-fi movie?
Watch it with a grain of salt. Pointing out the lack of thought put into the film is like criticizing a film about dogs that can play basketball: it's made to entertain.
hey man i just thought it was funny. you're right, sci-fi makes expect the absurd. Hey and absurd article for an absurd movie. It would be nice to see to sci-fi movie that is thought out is all...
and btw, movies about dogs that play basketball are far from entertaining
Jorge! Let's make a movie about Scientology. Oh wait, that wouldn't be a well thought-out film ..
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