Hollywood's Version Of I Love New York - Smashed, Flattened And Uninhabitable. (Trees And Things)

pO157: I Saw Cloverfield on Saturday

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:38:44 EST

I found it unrealistic for a few reasons (well, besides a giant sea monster attacking NYC):

FEMA couldn't get to Nawlins within 48 hours, yet the Army/Guard has it together enough to roll in within 2 hours with live ammo, properly eq

MayorBob: Re: So what's up with that new Rambo?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:35:33 EST

You seem so interested in stuff like that. Why don't you take the time to write a sub?

uncarved block: Inertia, Icons

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:39:07 EST

Well, a cynical first response might be that New York has spent the most money on image promotion- for decades, if not centuries- and that this is all that money paying off; if you want to destroy a city most of your audience has never

thefadd: So what's up with that new Rambo?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:18:38 EST

TonedEff: I went to see it today.

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:01:34 EST

It was actually a good movie. Maybe not the best horror/sci fi/end of life as we know it movie I've ever seen, but it was worth the $10.

thefadd: Re: I did the write up not to publicize Cloverfiel

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:56:21 EST

This does about as good a job breaking it down as anything I could google up in 10 seconds. I will tell you, I watch only comedy central and NFL football and I must be right in their targe

jwb: Re: I did the write up not to publicize Cloverfiel

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:37:11 EST

Exactly how omnipresent is this thing? I haven't seen any ads on the web, nor have I seen any posters or handbills around San Francisco, and I even watched some college football bowl games on Fox and didn't see any ads for the movie there either. &nb

Admit The Woods: Re: I did the write up not to publicize Cloverfiel

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:49:31 EST

The thing is, The Blair Witch Project can be considered a success, unlike Snakes on a Plane. The former, with an estimated budget of around $60,000, grossed over $140,000,000; while the latter, with an estimated budget of $33,000,000, grossed

thefadd: Re: I did the write up not to publicize Cloverfiel

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:17:55 EST

I think there is a whole subset of people who are attracted to anything because it's "viral." It's kinda like when you were 13 and wanted to be a rebel. So, when you know your movie sucks and you just need to get some audience you go viral. But that's givi

doom4rent: Because it's recognizable?

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:15:04 EST

Just going for the obvious here, but ripping a knife through the Mona Lisa is a far more effective display of symbolic artistic contempt than, say, ripping a knife through Composition 26 by A. Random Artiste.

If disaster films exist for bold, obvious br

MayorBob: I did the write up not to publicize Cloverfield.

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:58:40 EST

In fact, the whole viral ad campaign has been as annoying to me as it seems to be for thefadd. It has become so omnipresent that you literally can't get away from it. And the persistence and the obvious fakery of the whole thing has put me squa

thefadd: How 'Bout That new Harold and Kumar movie?

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:15:47 EST

It sure looks hilarious!

Lou: Wiki saves the price of admission

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:27:56 EST

Here is a wiki entry on the movie complete with spoiler ending. Watch the trailer a few times after reading wiki and you're good to go.