Anyone seen a good movie lately?

[reese125]

Just saw Cloverfield earlier, thought it was pretty bad ass. Yeah It'd probably be your average, run of hte mill monster attacks the big city movie if it didn't come out so secretive and if it wasn't filmed the way it was. But even so, it was pretty good. And the acting wasn't all THAT bad.

And the monster and it's little minions had an interesting look.

Spoiler alert.
Anyone have any idea why that one chick exploded after being bit? WTF?

Ummm...the movie Alien 1-4

[Munson]

If you're drawing any comparison of Cloverfield to Alien, Aliens, Aliens 3, or 4, then you need to be shot with a hollow-point bullet.

[rjs246]

***More Spoiler Talk***

I didn't really think of her exploding as the same thing as Alien, but some sort of poison or allergic reaction. Whatever it was, it was clearly not meant to be over analyzed. Thought it was a pretty cool scene.

[SD_Eagle5]

Would have been cooler to see her explode rather than her shadow

[reese125]

If you're drawing any comparison of Cloverfield to Alien, Aliens, Aliens 3, or 4, then you need to be shot with a hollow-point bullet.

bottom line Siskel...alien bite doesnt mix well with humans...just like when Kane was bit what happened at the dinner table?

I dont think it was hard to put 2 and 2 together...you obviously did and yes..you over analyzed it.

[SD_Eagle5]

The ending with the supposed splash in the ocean

I watched a couple of other clips but the above one sort of explains it since the video is of such poor quality. Here are some explanations I found:

When people become bitten by the parasites, a high concentration of this nectar is introduced to the human bloodstream, at which point the body is unable to handle it, and it expands blood vessels and other internal structures to the bursting point, as seen in the case of Marlena and the exploded soldier. Not much is known other than it causes inevitable death and is potentially contagious, which also explains the full-panic mode of the army medics and the hazmat workers.

Basically, a Japanese drilling company discovers deep-sea nectar that happens to be delicious and makes the consumer euphoric and generally happy - decide to market it in a drink called Slusho. This awakens a creature who has laid dormant for thousands of years underwater, and drilling for this nectar awakened it (Abrams himself once stated in an interview that the creature had been sleeping for thousands of years, and did not drop from space. Not in the time frame the movie gives, anyway).

[Munson]

***More Spoiler Talk***

I didn't really think of her exploding as the same thing as Alien, but some sort of poison or allergic reaction. Whatever it was, it was clearly not meant to be over analyzed. Thought it was a pretty cool scene.

Yeah taht's what I  waas thinking too. Some sort of virus or reaction to the saliva or whatever of the...thing. Just wanted another opinion.

I like that we didn't see her explode, just the shadow. This movie was all about letting your imagination do most of the work, and just giving you glimpses of what was going on.

[Munson]

The ending with the supposed splash in the ocean

I watched a couple of other clips but the above one sort of explains it since the video is of such poor quality. Here are some explanations I found:

When people become bitten by the parasites, a high concentration of this nectar is introduced to the human bloodstream, at which point the body is unable to handle it, and it expands blood vessels and other internal structures to the bursting point, as seen in the case of Marlena and the exploded soldier. Not much is known other than it causes inevitable death and is potentially contagious, which also explains the full-panic mode of the army medics and the hazmat workers.

Basically, a Japanese drilling company discovers deep-sea nectar that happens to be delicious and makes the consumer euphoric and generally happy - decide to market it in a drink called Slusho. This awakens a creature who has laid dormant for thousands of years underwater, and drilling for this nectar awakened it (Abrams himself once stated in an interview that the creature had been sleeping for thousands of years, and did not drop from space. Not in the time frame the movie gives, anyway).

Good find. I read on wiki that they wanted to portray the monster as a scared baby looking for its parents or something like that. Gave the whole scared animal backed into a corner attitude. But...that's wiki.

[rjs246]

The ending with the supposed splash in the ocean

I watched a couple of other clips but the above one sort of explains it since the video is of such poor quality. Here are some explanations I found:

When people become bitten by the parasites, a high concentration of this nectar is introduced to the human bloodstream, at which point the body is unable to handle it, and it expands blood vessels and other internal structures to the bursting point, as seen in the case of Marlena and the exploded soldier. Not much is known other than it causes inevitable death and is potentially contagious, which also explains the full-panic mode of the army medics and the hazmat workers.

Basically, a Japanese drilling company discovers deep-sea nectar that happens to be delicious and makes the consumer euphoric and generally happy - decide to market it in a drink called Slusho. This awakens a creature who has laid dormant for thousands of years underwater, and drilling for this nectar awakened it (Abrams himself once stated in an interview that the creature had been sleeping for thousands of years, and did not drop from space. Not in the time frame the movie gives, anyway).

I sort of hate this shtein. Christ, how much energy can people put into this stuff? It's a movie. Then to publish your theories as though they are fact. Come on, iceholes.

[Magical_Retard]

heard of a sequel idea.

the director mentioned how there is a scene where you see other ppl running around with camcorders.

the sequel could be other view points. i dont know i dont think watching another movie on the same event. i just know the sequel is coming. it made too much money for the studios to ignore.

hell step up has a sequel coming out.

[SunMo]

saw a few movies over the weekend...

Derailed - stupid and predictable

Children of Men - very good...didn't read the book, so i can't compare, but i liked it.  clive owen was good, but michael caine was great

Magnolia - 3 hours of mess...a bunch of great acting performances that didn't result in a great movie, which is weird.  i understood what PT Anderson was going for, but he didn't pull it off, imo.  and then the frogs...wtf with the frogs.

[phattymatty]

i watched the astronaut's wife a few nights ago.  it's annoyingly weird.  johnny depp becomes an alien and impregnates charlize theron with alien computer babies who are going to pilot a plane when they get older to transmit signals to everyone.  or something.  and her haircut was stupid.

[rjs246]

i watched the astronaut's wife a few nights ago.  it's annoyingly weird.  johnny depp becomes an alien and impregnates charlize theron with alien computer babies who are going to pilot a plane when they get older to transmit signals to everyone.  or something.  and her haircut was stupid.

Best review ever?

[rjs246]

Children of Men - very good...didn't read the book, so i can't compare, but i liked it.  clive owen was good, but michael caine was great

I think I was the only person who wasn't initially that impressed with Michael Caine. And it took me forever to figure out why. It turns out that the recurring 'pull my finger' gag made me angry. Now that I've gotten past it, I agree, he was excellent.

[Sgt PSN]

Watched Catch Me If You Can over the weekend.  It was good but could have been a lot better imo.  I was expecting it to have a little more humor in it and I wasn't expecting Tom Hanks to have such a horribly forced and fake accent.  What made it even worse was that the accent was so inconsistant throughout the movie.  Sometimes it was real heavy and sometimes it wasn't even there.