Project Cloverfield a.k.a The JJ Abrams trailer before Transformers starts.
 

Alright, so I go into Transformers thinking it was going to be a kick ass movie (which it was) and so I get there 30 minutes early to avoid the huge crowd.

The previews start up, and there is a new Adam Sandler movie where everyone laughed and that was about it.

Then it cuts to a movie where the camera is nothing more than a home video camera capturing a going away party for some guy. Everyone is having a good time, drinking, laughing, telling the camera they'll miss the guy.

Then something like an earthquake hits, shaking the entire building and forcing the lights to go dim. The earthquake stops and everyone is going "What the hell was that? Let's go see if any is alright up on the roof." It was a big party.

So on the rooftop it seems everyone's alright, but the entire city is blacked out, and someone says that their friend should have left a day early. Then there it is, a roar, and the camera shifts to the left to see the middle of Manhattan go up in explosion. Everyone starts screaming and running, the camera cutting out as they run down the stairs.

Outside everyone is running towards and past the camera man and from above an object comes flying towards him, landing right behind him and skidding, it's the statue of liberties head, and then the monsterous roar sounds off again.

No title after that, just says "J.J. Abrams" and then 1-28-2008

From the roar I'm banking it's a giant monster movie, of course, but insted of it being big budget, it's all shot through people with video cameras. Needless to say with the set up of the trailer, it got my adrenaline going, which very few movies do that. I'd love to know more about this movie, but I guess no one even knew it was being made before it was shown before Transformers.

Any ideas of what it could be? I was personally hoping for another Godzilla :tpg:

Ain't It Cool News broke the story on Cloverfield a few weeks ago and according to them it is a giant monster movie with the creature being called "The Parasite" for now.

Other than that and the director being the guy who did The Pallbearer there isn't really much else known about the project.

I can't stand the "amateur home video" style. I can deal with 2 minute videos on youtube but over an hour of it... no, it makes me dizzy and nauseous. The image will always be unclear and the camera will be constantly shaking. It makes me think Blair Witch Project, I never seen it but I've seen the commercials.

[RANT]
A bitch running around screaming and all you see is the floor. Then they film themselves with boogers oozing out their nose. Snort that shit back in or blow your freaking nose, I don't wanna see your snot!

If you're going to make a big monster movie, it needs to be big budget.

Otherwise... :/

Well, from the trailer they didn't cut costs on special effects, just camera work. I jouhou on the handheld issue though. Looks like crap.

Right now we don't even know if that how the whole movie will be or just that one part of it. I am going to have to see that movie when it comes out.

Appearantly, rumors say, is that the whole movie is going to be shot with hand held cameras, from different civillians caught up in the matter.

Problem with Blair Witch is that th acting in it was god damn horrible, and unbelievable. you don't see anything in it but a god damn ear cut off, and some guy standing in the corner before some bitch gets knocked out. Hype is why anyone went and saw that movie, and it was a peice of shit.

This, however, actually shows you what's going on around them, and if you thought any of the camera was too shakey excluding them running down the stairs, well, never play a FPS as long as you live.

I'm very interested in this movie. I don't mind the handheld camera and I gathered from the trailer that it'll probably be done from the persective of the average citizen bringing it down to a more personal level.

I really loved how the trailer opened up. I thought it was going to be some lame love type story or something and then BAM it comes out of no where with an 'earthquake' and an explosion. Definitely grabbed my attention.

Haha, when I saw that trailer during the Previews, that was just one big WTF for me. The movie seemed like a pass at first, but once the explosions and quakes happend it got so exciting. Then they ended it without title or look at what the monster/creature/giant is.

Could this possibly be a new Godzilla movie? Cause some of the things kinda hint at that possibly (eg. the guy going to Japan, roars, fire, explosions, people saying it's something big, the monster itself big enough to toss the head of the Statue of Liberty).

I like the handheld camera view. It makes it all look real. I know if I saw an actual video of some giant fucking monster tearing up a city, I'd be scared shitless. If the whole movie is like this, I bet it's gonna be awesome. I'm willing to forget Blair Witch and give it a chance.

No, it should be some other creature. Besides, I don't think anyone is going to try a Godzilla movie after the American GINO (Godzilla-in-name-only) movie.


Yes, I'm betting that's the approach they're after. I don't like that it's amateur video but I will admit that it is a pretty good idea. We'll just have to wait and see how it rolls out. The story, way it unravels, and elements of a movie can make it worth watching regardless of budget/or whatever. If it catches my attention I'll just do something like watch it in intervals.

Oh this! When I saw the trailer, my first thought was "Eww, what's this?" Then it was *BOOM* headshot, and I was stunned. I got pretty cised and excited too, but I didn't know how much was actually unknown about this film until I saw some news articles just today regarding an increase in "JJ Abrams" queries on Google and stuff. So yeah, it's not gonna be out for a while, but I'm pretty stoked for it.

Had to remember what this was called (because I thought it was the title of the film you know, for simultaneous date in the film gimmick or something)

Actually, I didn't know what the hell was fucking shit up (theater is kinda shitty). It will seem intereting enough to see when it comes out

I saw the trailer and I have to say this looks awesome. Reading what people said about it, I thought this was an attempt to be a low budget hand-held flick (aka: Blair Witch bullshit) and those are always awful.

Fortunately it looked really awesome. I can't wait until this film comes out. Sure, the camera work might be a little annoying and make me nautious but that's what will make or break this film. I just hope this doesn't become a trend.

I can already see all the battery died, ran out of film, found a new battery and or film four hours later after all the exciting stuff happened bullshit coming from a mile away, but maybe they'll prove me wrong (hopefully).

i really can't see them doing this coming from a logical standpoint. I mean, the camera -might- get turned off from time to time, maybe they accidently hit it or something, I'm not sure.

But if I was running from a huge fucking monster, I wouldn't necessarily look at my camera and go "Fooey, my battery has run dead, I must scurry to the nearest retailer and purchase another!"

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...94809056&hl=en

trailer.

I could kiss you <3

Damn, they're turning this into some wicked online game to find out what this movie is all about.

http://www.ethanhaaswasright.com/
http://www.1-18-08.com/

solutions to puzzles from ethanhaaswasright.com can be found here
http://fallingsky.blogs.com/falling_...overfield.html and..
http://thebraxcave.com/2007/07/05/so...aas-was-right/

Ok, now that I've finally seen the trailer I can comment properly. This movie looks awesome. Before seeing the trailer, I was worried about poor lighting but they did a pretty good job in the trailers. I just hope my eyes can handle shaking picture on the big screen.

Am I the only one that thinks this is going to be a spinoff movie for Lost or something? I know it's not going to be, but it would be awesome.

I love how J.J. Abrams pretty much uses the same material but presents it in interesting new ways.

Well, I'm looking forward to it.

I hope this is something to do with Chtulu.

Matchmoving the special effects with the shaky camera is crazy.

Here's an article that talks about some casting as well as filming locations.

Okay I don't knwo what the fuck it is about this movie, and what it's doing, but it's freaking me the fuck out.

www.1-18-08.com There are two things in that website that has to be noted. I put it in spoilers for those that want to find them for themselves. The two pictures definately have some weird shit going on in them.



Dear god this has me freaked.

That would be so fucking badass. Some kind of mainstream media that could actually pay tribute to the lore.

I actually never had a problem with Blair Witch. I've always been about delayed gratification, so all the scare tactics without the monster was what made me enjoy the whole experience. Hell, I even liked the horrible sequel, to a certain extent. And I liked the acting as far as it was authentic. People who just behaved how they thought folks would in that situation, instead of trying too hard and making artifice out of acting.

Needless to say I'll be at this one on day one. I'm torn whether I should try to research it going in or just go in cold and let it all be a surprise, though.

I thought I heard somewhere that there wasn't even a script to the blair witch project. That they would just impromptuly add shit in there to freak the kids out.