No, that’s encouraged.
Of the people who didn’t like the movie, or didn’t like the end, what was their issue? The lack of a happy ending? Or, just the camera movement?
I think some of the stupid choices the protagonists made, the improbable injuries, the confusion of the secondary monsters, and yeah, the shaky-shaky ruined it for some people.
The Blair Witch method with which they chose to tell the story ruined it for me, the way in which the camera just happened to be in the right place at the right time to catch certain character moments seemed very staged and forced.
It also prevented any proper character development from happening, which meant that I did not care what happened to any of them latter in the movie. Because I had no emotional investment in them. And yes, the stupid decisions they made pushed the story even further into the realm of disbelief.
Nice eye candy and good production values, but poor storytelling and annoying camera work.
Stupid decisions? One of the reasons I like Cloverfield was because they actually did what I screamed at them to do.
“You better run now.” And, they start running instead of standing looking stupid for another 5 seconds. Yes, I’m Black. No, I don’t yell at the screen in actual movie theaters.
C’mon…Yeah you do.
Favorite yelling at the screen moment for me. I went to see Pacific Heights (the one with Michael Keaton as the bad guy). Anyway, during the film my best friend hands me his school ring and I’m like, “What?”
He says, “removed to protect the bitca just broke up with me.”
I said, “You wanna go?”
He replied, “No. We’re here let’s just enjoy the film.”
Well, I couldn’t. I was pissed and just couldn’t get into the film. I just wanted to get outta there and be there for my friend. Anyway, the film gets to its thrilling moment of the bad guy about to attack. Meg Ryan’s character is cornered and Michael Keaton’s character goes to attack…he falls down a flight of stairs, is impaled by something sticking out of the floor board, and dies. The theatre is quiet / shocked. I yell out, “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” The audience erupts in laughter. My bro high-fives me. The people behind and in front high-five me. For a shining brief moment I was a hero. Later that evening my friend said, “Thanx man. I needed that.”
Lol! No, I don’t actually. Came close once though.
Watching LotR: RotK with my older brother, his wife and our mother. The ring was destroyed and that long sb ending had begun. Legolas and Aragorn were about to say their last lines to each other when the audio cut out…
As an MIT alum, we’re all familiar with “LSC sucks.” It’s what we say when there’s a projector error which happens nearly every night there’s a movie shown at MIT (Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights). I wanted to say it, but I was too chicken… d:
The silence stretched on. Legolas and Aragorn looked longingly at each other. I hadn’t seen the movie before, so I didn’t know when their mouths would move. Finally, Aragorn spoke to Legolas and someone in the theater said, “I love you” timed perfectly with his mouth movements. Exactly what I wanted to say!! Hive mind even back then.
Anyway, people laughed and the audio returned a bit after that. So, I missed my chance. d:
The film we watched was documentary evidence of what happened in New York at the time. I don’t think the military or whoever leaked it cared about character development. Also, I don’t think this particular film would have been released in such a documentarian way if all we saw were people’s feet for two hours.
I go to movies to be entertained, not sit there and pick it apart and try to convince myself that I hate what I am watching. Sure, it wasn’t Revenge of the Sith, but heck, what is?
:p:p:p