10 Cloverfield Lane

POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Monday, April 11, 2016 01:38
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AURAPTOR

Sunday, March 20, 2016 5:55 AM

John Goodman rocked. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a doll. The movie ? Suspenseful, to be sure. I won't even comment on the title , but the movie does leave ya guessing , through out.

Kinda reminded me of MOON, for those who saw that flick. It was and wasn't what I expected, which doesn't explain much.

I liked it.

WISHIMAY

Sunday, March 20, 2016 9:41 PM

I'd like to know the end of the story, but I won't see it in theater. Hubbs can't calm down from those kinds of movies, and it makes the whole weekend tense...

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, March 21, 2016 1:43 AM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
John Goodman rocked. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a doll. The movie ? Suspenseful, to be sure. I won't even comment on the title , but the movie does leave ya guessing , through out.

Kinda reminded me of MOON, for those who saw that flick. It was and wasn't what I expected, which doesn't explain much.

I liked it.

I normally enjoy and seek out Mary Elizabeth Winstead flicks, at least since Quinten and DH4, but from what trailers I've seen, her role appears like window dressing.
But I should check it out after your post.
Should I see the first film beforehand?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, March 21, 2016 2:50 AM

Guys, go see this movie. It is all kinds of AWESOME!!!

No, it's not better than Deadpool, but don't let that stop you. If you are into good movie making, straight out suspense and fun, got see 10CL. It starts out slow, but then picks up speed until you realize you're into it. Goodman is gold, and the supporting cast is solid as well.

You know what it's about from the trailer, but if you haven't seen it, a young woman has a car accident and a good Samaritan helps her to recover. I will not go beyond that because it would involve spoilers. Suffice it to say it gets interesting from there. Here's a hint, pay attention to details.

I have to say that the script, written by Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, was brilliantly developed and laid out, almost as if they were building a movie made with simple Lego bricks. Piece by piece they present the character-driven story, and, trust me, this is not a low rent version of Cloverfield, although, at first glance, it appears to be. Remember, like I said, it's all in the details. I could easily imagine that the writers are Joss Whedon fans, the way this turned out.

Anyway, I could see this easily being a sleeper hit. But, I'm curious as to why they would release it now (a week before the whole Batman v. Superman flick). Do they know something we don't, or did they run out of opening weekends to present their story. This film was good enough to present during the summer season, and, IMHO, it could have done extremely well.

Two thumbs, way up! (with apologies to Siskel & Ebert).

SGG

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, March 21, 2016 3:08 AM

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

First saw her in Scott Pilgrim v. The World and I was hooked. Then in Live Free or Die Hard, furthered my undying love for her. She is awesome!

And no, she is not window dressing..........she is just fine. I won't say more than that, NO Spoilers.

Yes, like Rappy says, it keeps you guessing. I loved it! It would take you down a path and then the floor would drop out, then twist you about, and never ever predictable. That's rare to do these days of derivative movie making. Like I said, it's Movie Making 101, leaving you little bread crumbs along the way and then "which way is up" good suspenseful movie making, done right. I will keep an eye out for Josh Campbell and Matthew Stuecken (the writers), they will go far.

Also special mention should go to director Dan Trachtenberg, in his first feature length movie.

SGG

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
John Goodman rocked. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a doll. The movie ? Suspenseful, to be sure. I won't even comment on the title , but the movie does leave ya guessing , through out.

Kinda reminded me of MOON, for those who saw that flick. It was and wasn't what I expected, which doesn't explain much.

I liked it.

I normally enjoy and seek out Mary Elizabeth Winstead flicks, at least since Quinten and DH4, but from what trailers I've seen, her role appears like window dressing.
But I should check it out after your post.
Should I see the first film beforehand?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, March 21, 2016 3:16 AM

By the way, although it has the name Cloverfield in it, it's nothing like the first film and I believe it's a stand-alone film.

It was paced and edited well, and keeps you interested. Everything in this movie counts as clues, like I said - unpredictable. Potential Sleeper hit.

Go and have fun!

SGG

SECOND

Monday, March 21, 2016 5:23 AM

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Originally posted by Wishimay:
I'd like to know the end of the story, but I won't see it in theater.

The review at http://moria.co.nz/sciencefiction/10-cloverfield-lane-2016.htm says, in part:
A point of comparison might by Xavier Gens’s The Divide (2011), a brutally harrowing story that had a group of people imprisoned in a cellar after the advent of a nuclear war. That was a film that pushed as far as it could go and scoured the depths of the human condition. By contrast, 10 Cloverfield Lane seems far tamer. Dan Trachtenberg generates a reasonable level of tension but Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s feeling of imprisonment, of just how much we feel we should not trust John Goodman never seems to hang on a knife-edge (although there is at least one good shock three-quarters of the way through the film).

And then there is the ending. Many audiences called it a WTF ending but I have seen too many similar things done in recent years. {PLOT SPOILERS}.

Select to view spoiler:

We get alien ships of ill-explained purpose, there is a moderately upbeat finale where Mary Elizabeth Winstead destroys one of the ships and then sets off to join the resistance. A good WTF ending either comes as a jaw-dropping surprise or throws everything that has gone before on its head but this is more one that leaves you with a dissatisfied feeling of wanting to know more about what is going on.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, March 21, 2016 2:53 PM

I totally disagree with the review and what is said about the ending. Plus there is a way of reviewing the film without giving away spoilers, this one, I feel, was an amateurish attempt at critiquing the film and including audience reactions to justify the overall critique.

Select to view spoiler:

Yes, it leaves you wanting more, that's the whole idea of that type of ending. To be continued............

Select to view spoiler:

SGG

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Originally posted by second:
Quote:
Originally posted by Wishimay:
I'd like to know the end of the story, but I won't see it in theater.
The review at http://moria.co.nz/sciencefiction/10-cloverfield-lane-2016.htm says, in part:
A point of comparison might by Xavier Gens’s The Divide (2011), a brutally harrowing story that had a group of people imprisoned in a cellar after the advent of a nuclear war. That was a film that pushed as far as it could go and scoured the depths of the human condition. By contrast, 10 Cloverfield Lane seems far tamer. Dan Trachtenberg generates a reasonable level of tension but Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s feeling of imprisonment, of just how much we feel we should not trust John Goodman never seems to hang on a knife-edge (although there is at least one good shock three-quarters of the way through the film).

And then there is the ending. Many audiences called it a WTF ending but I have seen too many similar things done in recent years. {PLOT SPOILERS}.
Select to view spoiler:
We get alien ships of ill-explained purpose, there is a moderately upbeat finale where Mary Elizabeth Winstead destroys one of the ships and then sets off to join the resistance. A good WTF ending either comes as a jaw-dropping surprise or throws everything that has gone before on its head but this is more one that leaves you with a dissatisfied feeling of wanting to know more about what is going on.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

SECOND

Monday, March 21, 2016 7:27 PM

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
I totally disagree with the review and what is said about the ending. Plus there is a way of reviewing the film without giving away spoilers, this one, I feel, was an amateurish attempt at critiquing the film and including audience reactions to justify the overall critique.

SGG

The http://moria.co.nz reviewer did rate the movie 3 stars, meaning “Fair But Not Great”.

I guess it is hard to keep up your enthusiasm for 10 Cloverfield Lane when it is not an outright Cloverfield sequel but rather, as Abrams has put it, a “spiritual successor,” which is pure marketing BS. It would have been the same movie if honestly called 10 Cornfield Lane.

The original Cloverfield got only 2½ stars in a much more detailed review.
http://moria.co.nz/sciencefiction/cloverfield-2008.htm

After reviewing one genre movie a day for 20 years, all Science Fiction or Horror or Fantasy, http://moria.co.nz has seen every cinematic and marketing trick humanity knows for those kinds of movies. Some old tricks and recycled story endings are not appreciated by a critic after the tenth time. Critic's Amnesia is the only cure for a certain kind of movie jadedness.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 4:05 AM

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
John Goodman rocked. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a doll. The movie ? Suspenseful, to be sure. I won't even comment on the title , but the movie does leave ya guessing , through out.

Kinda reminded me of MOON, for those who saw that flick. It was and wasn't what I expected, which doesn't explain much.

I liked it.

I normally enjoy and seek out Mary Elizabeth Winstead flicks, at least since Quinten and DH4, but from what trailers I've seen, her role appears like window dressing.
But I should check it out after your post.
Should I see the first film beforehand?

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

First saw her in Scott Pilgrim v. The World and I was hooked. Then in Live Free or Die Hard, furthered my undying love for her. She is awesome!

And no, she is not window dressing..........she is just fine. I won't say more than that, NO Spoilers.

SGG

You saw her first in Pilgrim (2010) and then in DH4 (2007)?

After Ring 2 (2005), I had to seek her out in such fare as Sky High, Final Destination 3, before she got her better roles in Death Proof, DH4 (both in theaters about the same time, both with Bruce Willis), Pilgrim, and The Thing.

Welcome to the club.

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