So...I Just Saw Cloverfield.
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I don't understand how you guys get motion sickness from these types of films..
Take "The Blair Witch Project" for instance. I never had a motion sickness feeling one bit. Actually, that movie scared the living daylights outta me. Partly because the estate my family has upstate NY in the middle of nowhere (been in my family for over 70 years now). It looked VERY similar to the woods in MD, not to mention there is also some very creepy reminiscence of old foundations from cottages on the property that were swept away by a dam that broke and ended up killing everyone inside... but back in the 1800's. There is also some tombstones scattered around the woods on our land (about 120 acres), and this really old stone wall that is smack in the middle of nowhere too, that we were told to "never go near". Also, my Grandfather was killed on the property and they ruled it as a "freak accident" because they couldn't figure out how it had happened or what caused it. So yeah, getting lost in the woods, trying to find your way back, and seeing the same old rock again IS scary, and I was glued to the screen hoping they would see this hairy or Russian witch so I could get some closure to the weird shit I've heard in the woods.. but no, instead we just see them get sucker punched in the back of the head and drop down. Not to mention the whole movie IS fake.. but hey, it sure is coincidential! The shakey camera part is what I like about it.. shows realism without the usual Hollywood camera work.
Can you tell I have ADD? Hahahahahhaa!!
Take "The Blair Witch Project" for instance. I never had a motion sickness feeling one bit. Actually, that movie scared the living daylights outta me. Partly because the estate my family has upstate NY in the middle of nowhere (been in my family for over 70 years now). It looked VERY similar to the woods in MD, not to mention there is also some very creepy reminiscence of old foundations from cottages on the property that were swept away by a dam that broke and ended up killing everyone inside... but back in the 1800's. There is also some tombstones scattered around the woods on our land (about 120 acres), and this really old stone wall that is smack in the middle of nowhere too, that we were told to "never go near". Also, my Grandfather was killed on the property and they ruled it as a "freak accident" because they couldn't figure out how it had happened or what caused it. So yeah, getting lost in the woods, trying to find your way back, and seeing the same old rock again IS scary, and I was glued to the screen hoping they would see this hairy or Russian witch so I could get some closure to the weird shit I've heard in the woods.. but no, instead we just see them get sucker punched in the back of the head and drop down. Not to mention the whole movie IS fake.. but hey, it sure is coincidential! The shakey camera part is what I like about it.. shows realism without the usual Hollywood camera work.
Can you tell I have ADD? Hahahahahhaa!!
Jon ... they have these things called theaters that are huggeee....say take both arms and spread them as far apart as possible...now 50x that....so its a little more intense, especially sitting near the front, then say watching blair witch on grandmas ole black and white 15 incher.
and i pretty much never get motion sickness (planes, trains, boats, coasters).
and i pretty much never get motion sickness (planes, trains, boats, coasters).
I saw Blair Witch in the theater... they have those things here in NYC, unlike in Canada where you guys still have to pull up in your cars and plug in the sound piece.
RESPEK.
RESPEK.
went and saw it this morning... I thought it was fucking intense.
the camera guy had a great script, and really made the movie. The ending rocked, and there were a few points where I was like "put the fucking camera down and RUN idiot!"
cool project.
btw: I sat in the very back row.
the camera guy had a great script, and really made the movie. The ending rocked, and there were a few points where I was like "put the fucking camera down and RUN idiot!"
cool project.
btw: I sat in the very back row.
I saw Blair Witch in the theaters too. And I had heard almost nothing about it before I went in so I thought it was real. Scared the shit out of me because I am ALWAYS in the woods, swamps and shit. Not to mention I live in one of the most haunted areas of America (Charleston, SC - lots of Revolutionary War and Civil War battle grounds).
I am STILL pissed about the Blair Witch ending, though.
And no, movement like that doesn't fuck with me. It would definitely fuck with my GF though.
I am STILL pissed about the Blair Witch ending, though.
And no, movement like that doesn't fuck with me. It would definitely fuck with my GF though.
just to clarify...its been a while since i saw blair witch....but the camera motion in cloverfield is a littlleee weee bit different... (think army missiles/bazookas shit flying everywhere/monster destruction) ..ya...lil different then just running through the forest with your pants down.
I ALWAYS have problems with camera movement.
Sometimes even pan shots (if done too fast) get to me.
Used to do quite a bit of 3D Animation back in the days, and I blame it on being hypersensitive / trained to see stuff like that.
I see the flicker if the transition between 2 frames is too big, the images jump for me.
Blair witch was scary as hell and OK on my TV. Would have hated it on the big screen.
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Sometimes even pan shots (if done too fast) get to me.
Used to do quite a bit of 3D Animation back in the days, and I blame it on being hypersensitive / trained to see stuff like that.
I see the flicker if the transition between 2 frames is too big, the images jump for me.
Blair witch was scary as hell and OK on my TV. Would have hated it on the big screen.
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I went in knowing nothing more than what was in the trailer.
I loved it! Wife hated it, but the kids thought it was pretty good (stuff blowing up!).
I see an easy sequel.
The effects, though... Wow. I mean, 'I am legend' had some cool shit in it, but this seemed so much better!
I loved it! Wife hated it, but the kids thought it was pretty good (stuff blowing up!).
I see an easy sequel.
The effects, though... Wow. I mean, 'I am legend' had some cool shit in it, but this seemed so much better!
SPOILER ALERT
At first I was like "ah fuck are they going to have the camera like this the whole movie", but as the movie progressed I grew into it more and more. When I left, I felt like that could have been me there running from a giant alien monster creature thing.
There were a couple retarded things about the movie though. Like that the camera being used was like the most godly camera on the face of the Earth. The battery lasts for hours, and that monster thing eats the camera man and still lives. Also when they go to escape, instead of flying AWAY from the fucking thing they fly beside it...uhh....
They also should have shot for those blubbery things on the side of his head, probably would have been a good spot. Did any of you catch him falling into the ocean at the very end of the movie when they're on the ferris wheel? You're supposed to be able to see that, as well as him swimming in the river when that guy and girl are on the train flirting.
Decent movie, there were some cool parts.
At first I was like "ah fuck are they going to have the camera like this the whole movie", but as the movie progressed I grew into it more and more. When I left, I felt like that could have been me there running from a giant alien monster creature thing.
There were a couple retarded things about the movie though. Like that the camera being used was like the most godly camera on the face of the Earth. The battery lasts for hours, and that monster thing eats the camera man and still lives. Also when they go to escape, instead of flying AWAY from the fucking thing they fly beside it...uhh....
They also should have shot for those blubbery things on the side of his head, probably would have been a good spot. Did any of you catch him falling into the ocean at the very end of the movie when they're on the ferris wheel? You're supposed to be able to see that, as well as him swimming in the river when that guy and girl are on the train flirting.
Decent movie, there were some cool parts.
I saw it last night, I liked it, very entertaining. There's a whole big ass backstory that he planted on the interweb along with real myspace pages for the characters, (very high tech...)
At least it's not fucking batman returns number 15. OR Rambo 12. It's taken a couple original ideas and mashed them together to make it's own original story. I don't understand the motion sickness thing either, but some people are wussies.
At least it's not fucking batman returns number 15. OR Rambo 12. It's taken a couple original ideas and mashed them together to make it's own original story. I don't understand the motion sickness thing either, but some people are wussies.
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!
I hate this movie!
It was good... But I hate it. You know why.
Why does EVERY movie these days end like that?
Ugh...
I hate this movie!
It was good... But I hate it. You know why.
Why does EVERY movie these days end like that?
Ugh...
Exactly my thoughts. I was pissed off after watching it. I mean the movie itself was good and original in some ways, but... wtf man, I want the movie to actually deliver.
Did any of you see the object that fell from the sky into the water during the last scene when they are on the ferris wheel together... crazy. Apparently you can see it (it being either the monster or some theorize a satellite falling which woke it) in the background in the water when they are on the train, as well.
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