Quick opinion and points about Cloverfield
Well everybody is talking about Cloverfield so I guess I should put my two cents in. You have probably heard the usual praises and complaints so I’ll pick something different. Stop reading here if you have not seen the movie.
I thought it was lame that Hud (the cameraman)’s last moments were spent staring at the monster up close. This demystified the monster because it gave the longest shot of it for the entire movie and it makes the monster look smaller and less terrifying than previous shots where it is surviving bombs and destroying bridges.
Also, one other observation a friend of mine made: At one point a building has collapsed into another building. They climbed up to the 57th(ish) floor of the building that was still standing and from there walked across to the roof of the collapsed building. They then immediately went into a room on the 39th floor that had their injured friend. At no time after getting into the second building did they enter any stairs. So, how is it possible for a building to fall over in such a way that the 39th floor is at the same height as the 57th?
And finally, why did their helicopter have to fly so close to the monster? Seems like risky business to me.
Comment by Richard C on 21 January 2008:
Few things:
1) I think they spent too much time on character development early on, which is unbelievable- the Pentagon would have eliminated much of that for debriefing I think.
2) Longest lasting camera batteries ever.
3) Only way to resolve the 39th falling onto the 57 (which bothered me too) would be to argue that each of the 39 floors were much bigger, or maybe that the lobby area was 20 floors tall so floor two was really really high.
Interesting idea but most people wanted more it seems…
Comment by henry on 21 January 2008:
Well, my argument for why they would keep the initial bits in the tape is that its always better to keep material than remove it. Perhaps there might have been clues from a few hours before such as a strange sound or an odd rumble.
As for the camera batteries, how long were you in the theater 2 hours? Its believable that a camera battery would last 2 hours.
Agreed on the floors. Each floor had to be about 1.4 times taller in the second building.
– Henry
Comment by Richard C. on 22 January 2008:
Actually new thought on the floor thing- we saw them climb to the 57something floor to get to the roof of the other one- they never said she lived on the top floor so they could have climbed back down after? I don’t remember the scene well enough to say if that was plausible.