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10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
03-11-16, 08:23 PM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
Four stars from me.
03-11-16, 09:53 PM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
Nope. It was all
"Cloverfield" seems to be an anthology of sorts. This is completely a standalone flick. Hell, the only similarities to Cloverfield is in the title.
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03-12-16, 12:18 AM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
Got a War Of The Worlds vibe at the end
Well made movie for low budget
Not sure i'll ever watch it again
Well made movie for low budget
Not sure i'll ever watch it again
03-12-16, 12:44 AM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
Fun theory from the IMDB boards.
Personally I believe 10 Cloverfield Lane will connect with The Big Lebowski. 10 Cloverfield Lane depicts Walter Sobchak 20 years later.
Okay, so we know through the ARG that Howard is a Telemetry Analyst at Bold Futura. On his employee of the month timeline it states that he had a "breakthrough diagnosing transmission complications with two of our governmental clients' orbiting satellites". He is no stranger to diagnosing satellite issues, so in the past he found that that one of the companies satellites was downed in the Atlantic ocean (this was the ChimpanzIII satellite that crashed at the end of Cloverfield). He told his bosses about the problem, which caused Tagruato to contact the Chuai station to send down some submarines to locate and retrieve the satellite. While down there, they awaken the monster in the first Cloverfield and that *beep* destroys NYC.
Seeing the destruction of NYC, Howard decides to build a bunker. As construction of his bunker begins he only gets more and more paranoid about any apocalyptic scenario that might occur (he has a lot of ideas against the soviets). His wife leaves him, causing him to be more and more desperate for someone, so he kidnaps the neighbor girl Brittany. The ARG has a lot to do with him and his email 'exchanges' with his daughter, but in the end he gets a message from an unknown person who sends him an encrypted image of an alien spaceship in space. So, from here, he goes to the bunker because he knows some *beep* is about to go down.
Seeing the destruction of NYC, Howard decides to build a bunker. As construction of his bunker begins he only gets more and more paranoid about any apocalyptic scenario that might occur (he has a lot of ideas against the soviets). His wife leaves him, causing him to be more and more desperate for someone, so he kidnaps the neighbor girl Brittany. The ARG has a lot to do with him and his email 'exchanges' with his daughter, but in the end he gets a message from an unknown person who sends him an encrypted image of an alien spaceship in space. So, from here, he goes to the bunker because he knows some *beep* is about to go down.
03-12-16, 03:06 AM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
I enjoyed it. It was pretty much the inverse of the first movie, almost all indoors, no shaky cam, everything laid out very plainly, slow build up of tension without any jump scares or massive action set pieces. The filmmakers did a great job of laying each element on top of the previous ones, letting the tension release just enough to slowly build it up again to an even higher pitch. Goodman and Winstead are both fantastic.
Since Trachtenberg and Abrams keep saying this and the first movie aren't on the same "timeline", I'm thinking that either the events of the first film happened in this world but were covered up as something else, or the third film will reveal that Traguato has the technology to hop dimensions or something of that sort, the use of which triggers the events of the films.
Or likely it's neither and I'm reading too much into it.
Since Trachtenberg and Abrams keep saying this and the first movie aren't on the same "timeline", I'm thinking that either the events of the first film happened in this world but were covered up as something else, or the third film will reveal that Traguato has the technology to hop dimensions or something of that sort, the use of which triggers the events of the films.
Or likely it's neither and I'm reading too much into it.
03-12-16, 03:29 AM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
Was surprised to see Damien Chazelle as a screenwriter, looks like he was attached to direct until he got funding for Whiplash.
03-12-16, 04:52 AM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
I thought it was an entertaining film, well made, well acted by Goodman, M.E. Winstead and Bradley Cooper. Not a classic by any means, but a pretty solid suspense thriller.
Didn't really care much for the Emmett character though, so much so that...
Didn't really care much for the Emmett character though, so much so that...
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03-12-16, 01:46 PM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) - S: Goodman, Winstead, Gallagher
Is the price difference a big deal? If not then, sure, why not. If you don't like spending too much then the ROI for an IMAX ticket might be diminished. Without spoiling the movie, most of it does take place in the bunker and is dialogue-driven.
03-12-16, 04:51 PM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
From my Facebook review today:
"Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you." This old saying gets a bit of a work-out in the latest movie from JJ Abrams and his Bad Robot production company. Up front, be clear that 10 Cloverfield Lane is related to the 2008 "found footage" monster flick in name only - sort of. Michelle, a young woman in Louisiana (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who's running away from a relationship, is in a car wreck, and wakes up chained to a wall in a well-equipped doomsday bunker. The bunker is the creation of Howard (John Goodman), an extremely agitated prepper with a savior complex and a hair-trigger temper. Also in the bunker is the likable Emmett, a local boy who helped Howard build the shelter, and who fled to it when, well, something happened. What happened? We aren't really sure at first, and Michelle isn't buying into her situation, until it seems she has to. There are two or three plot-twists in this relatively suspenseful movie, and Michelle is a pretty smart cookie, quickly analyzing and adapting to every new challenge and truth she is faced with. Including the one that consumes the last 30 minutes of 10 Cloverfield Lane, which turns it into a completely different movie than the one it started out as.
Although I am not one for "kidnapped hostage" type films (as this starts out), it was interesting to see John Goodman play this type of character. And as the movie progresses, it morphs into something bigger than the three-person story it begins as. 10 Cloverfield Lane gets a 3 out of 5 stars from me, a decent thriller that ends up being something surprising and maybe a little unexpected by the end.
"Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you." This old saying gets a bit of a work-out in the latest movie from JJ Abrams and his Bad Robot production company. Up front, be clear that 10 Cloverfield Lane is related to the 2008 "found footage" monster flick in name only - sort of. Michelle, a young woman in Louisiana (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who's running away from a relationship, is in a car wreck, and wakes up chained to a wall in a well-equipped doomsday bunker. The bunker is the creation of Howard (John Goodman), an extremely agitated prepper with a savior complex and a hair-trigger temper. Also in the bunker is the likable Emmett, a local boy who helped Howard build the shelter, and who fled to it when, well, something happened. What happened? We aren't really sure at first, and Michelle isn't buying into her situation, until it seems she has to. There are two or three plot-twists in this relatively suspenseful movie, and Michelle is a pretty smart cookie, quickly analyzing and adapting to every new challenge and truth she is faced with. Including the one that consumes the last 30 minutes of 10 Cloverfield Lane, which turns it into a completely different movie than the one it started out as.
Although I am not one for "kidnapped hostage" type films (as this starts out), it was interesting to see John Goodman play this type of character. And as the movie progresses, it morphs into something bigger than the three-person story it begins as. 10 Cloverfield Lane gets a 3 out of 5 stars from me, a decent thriller that ends up being something surprising and maybe a little unexpected by the end.
03-12-16, 04:55 PM
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03-12-16, 05:03 PM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
Aside from certain things stringing along... I'm guessing this just an anthology type of thing. Depending on where they go for the third film. Which they've talked about to the public.
03-12-16, 05:04 PM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
Do we really have to put spoilers in our posts if the thread title itself says SPOILERS?
Anyways, just came back from seeing it and thought it was terrific. Great job of maintaining a constant sense of tension. It would deflate a bit at points and let the audience breathe, but then ratchet itself back up in no time. It felt almost like a three character play with the single set.
Agreed that if you're expecting anything like the first movie, you will be disappointed, so it'll be interesting to see how general audiences react. It's a story that just happens to take place in that universe, and approached in a very different way.
Anyways, just came back from seeing it and thought it was terrific. Great job of maintaining a constant sense of tension. It would deflate a bit at points and let the audience breathe, but then ratchet itself back up in no time. It felt almost like a three character play with the single set.
Agreed that if you're expecting anything like the first movie, you will be disappointed, so it'll be interesting to see how general audiences react. It's a story that just happens to take place in that universe, and approached in a very different way.
03-12-16, 07:12 PM
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03-13-16, 02:42 PM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
My only issue with this movie is the execution of the last 10 minutes, felt rushed and I didn't care for a few directorial choices, but overall I dug the movie. Winstead was a solid anchor for Goodman, who absolutely nailed it.
That all said, I'd like to have JJ oversee a Half-Life movie one of these days.
That all said, I'd like to have JJ oversee a Half-Life movie one of these days.
03-13-16, 04:21 PM
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Re: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016) The Reviews Thread — SPOILERS
Did anyone else catch the "Kelvin" gas station sign. Another little Abrams easter egg. And apparently, Bradley Cooper was Ben, Michelle's finance, on the phone...