I thought Cloverfield was great.
Fire bad. Tree pretty.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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Polter-Cow - Mar 03, 2010 3:00:54 pm PST #7043 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Laga - Mar 03, 2010 3:11:47 pm PST #7044 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I didn't dislike Cloverfield but I have no desire to watch it again. Mostly I'm glad I saw it so I could get the jokes when South Park was invaded by guinea pigs.
Jessica - Mar 03, 2010 3:20:44 pm PST #7045 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Cloverfield mostly bored me. The characters were all too dumb to live and there wasn't even a minimal attempt to get NYC right. I think if it had been a better story I wouldn't have been so thrown by the massive geography and continuity errors, but there really wasn't much else to focus on.
billytea - Mar 03, 2010 3:24:20 pm PST #7046 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Cloverfield mostly bored me. The characters were all too dumb to live and there wasn't even a minimal attempt to get NYC right.
What you didn't see was when the monster had first attacked a couple of weeks before and just jumbled everything up like a game of Boggle.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 03, 2010 3:29:54 pm PST #7047 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I enjoyed Cloverfield well enough, but it's not one of those movies where I'm shocked and appalled that others didn't. And as it's basically Godzilla with shakycam and bonus explosive-venomed giant lice, I seriously doubt that many people have formed a dislike of it due to failure to understand it.
Aims - Mar 03, 2010 3:31:17 pm PST #7048 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
We started calling it "Six Douchebags, a Monster, and the City."
Volans - Mar 03, 2010 4:19:28 pm PST #7049 of 30000
move out and draw fire
"Six Douchebags, a Monster, and the City."
This is brilliant, and I'm stealing it.
As far as Avatar goes, if I view it as a 1950s/60s pulp sci-fi B movie, I really enjoy it. If I start thinking about the massive story/plot problems, my head explodes.
Sadly, it's become impossible for me to think of it as anything but Jim Cameron's sweaty junk swinging in my face for 3 hours.
Amy - Mar 03, 2010 5:37:15 pm PST #7050 of 30000
Because books.
I hated Cloverfield so deeply, I actually shouted at it while watching. Aims, your title is perfect.
I don't remember 12 Monkeys much. I do have a certain fondness for the spectacle of The Fifth Element, though. Mostly naked Milla helps.
tommyrot - Mar 03, 2010 5:39:17 pm PST #7051 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't remember 12 Monkeys much.
Me neither, and I've seen it again a few years ago.
I called it 12 Angry Monkeys for so long now I have to pause to make sure I've got the title right.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 04, 2010 5:27:17 am PST #7052 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
12 Monkeys freaked me out more than anything I'd seen since Eraserhead by somehow managing to make Brad Pitt look exactly like the friend I was watching it with, including mannerisms and speech.