Extraordinary CGI wasted on film student project

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In Reply to: Cloverfield, an amazingly good movie posted by Brian A on April 29, 2008 at 12:47:06:

This film's premise seemd to be "OK; we have budget for a hour of CGI...what do we do with it?". The monster and the destruction of Lower Manhatten were technically superb. Thats about all it had for me. The hand-held video technique had its value, but became really tiresome and made it a real chore to watch. Several scenes were closely copied from 9/11 events and footage, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. The party scene was interminable; five minutes would have been plenty to set things up. The subplot and characters were the std group of vapid under-30s with issues, ie, no real story. Putting this weak tripe in direct competition with a monster destroying NYC was dopey.
This film just dumps the audience into a situation with no explanation and skimpy resolution. Its like starting a book in the middle and not reading the last chapter. Instead of the cinematic experiment, I'd have saved the great CGI until finding a complete story, an interesting script with characters, and direction by someone who didn't have ADD.

As the guy who jumped off the 20-story building shouted as he passed the 10th Floor "So far..so good!"

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Topic - Cloverfield, an amazingly good movie - Brian A 12:47:06 04/29/08 (9)

Extraordinary CGI wasted on film student project - DWPC 10:53:54 05/04/08 (0)

How could such a large, gruesome creature build a spaceship? - mr grits 10:04:09 05/01/08 (1)

SPOILER IN THIS POST - Brian A 10:36:45 05/01/08 (0)

Popcorn vehicle. nt - tinear 05:16:06 05/01/08 (1)

RE: Popcorn vehicle. - Brian A 08:53:38 05/01/08 (0)

"...until the next global cooling scare comes along." It's here! - clarkjohnsen 10:12:09 04/30/08 (0)

I slept through most of this movie - Jack G 05:32:45 04/30/08 (0)

Thanks for the review. - grantv 14:17:16 04/29/08 (1)

RE: Thanks for the review. - Brian A 14:37:37 04/29/08 (0)

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Extraordinary CGI wasted on film student project - DWPC 10:53:54 05/04/08 (0)

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