tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post4833622604718402589..comments2024-03-28T15:43:10.488-04:00Comments on my new plaid pants: Hard Core CloverJason Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-50716362341404199042008-02-04T11:35:00.000-05:002008-02-04T11:35:00.000-05:00ok, ok, i know you posted this ages ago, but i fin...ok, ok, i know you posted this ages ago, but i finally got around to Cloverfield yesterday, and I love and agree with your assessment of it. Having been in Manhattan for both 9/11 and the blackout, i agree that the representation of the events, and how people related to one another (the solidarity that shared terror creates) felt very real. <BR/><BR/>In the scene where they're crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, I said "Oh hell no! you fools! why are you joining the mass exodus across that bridge! You're a perfect target!" And after the movie my boyfriend gently reminded me that, in fact, i *DID* join a mass exodus across that very bridge, during the blackout, at the very beginning when everyone was convinced that terrorist shit was ultimately behind it. So it's funny how much smarter we are when we sit in the movie theater, all comfy and rational-like, versus when the shit is really going down hardcore. I think that ties in to how when we see movies like this, we criticize the decisions characters make ("how about you DON'T walk through the fucking subway tunnels?!??") without taking into account the primal pre-logic instinct that takes over in total terror situations.Sam J. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15174947337122668561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-44046437694026739212008-01-22T20:28:00.000-05:002008-01-22T20:28:00.000-05:00Great post JA.I watched the film last night and ca...Great post JA.<BR/><BR/>I watched the film last night and can't say that I enjoyed it at all. A lot of possible post ideas flew through my head and I ended up going with one which I will post tomorrow, but another one I thought of is how Hollywood has learned nothing from 9/11. I speak specifically of Cloverfield and War Of The Worlds. <BR/><BR/>In Cloverfield, I couldn't believe the people standing around and taking photos of the Statue Of Liberty. I guess in situations like that, it needs to sink in, but there were major fucking explosions going on so who wants to take a photo of the Statue Of Liberty????<BR/><BR/>But you know what? I wasn't there, and you were so I'm glad I went with plan B on my post because I think I would have come off as a douche otherwise. And if this movie conjured up some real emotions for you and hit it on the head as far as panic is concerned, then it's worth something. But it was too flawed on every other level for me to say it was good.PIPERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-79713645388213403032008-01-22T16:54:00.000-05:002008-01-22T16:54:00.000-05:00WONDERFUL post. Our personal experiences are alway...WONDERFUL post. Our personal experiences are always, forever and eternally <I>supposed</I> to inform how we watch movies, how we react to art, how we jump or cry or laugh or throw things at the screen. The folks that are whining over the implausibilities and shortcomings of this terrific mind-coaster of a movie are more or less missing the point. It's good natured fun for most, and reaches deeper for some.<BR/><BR/>And there's nothing wrong with that.Burbankedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060477901077195090noreply@blogger.com