Has anybody else seen this movie? It is fantastic. Like any other Godzillaish movie you have to make some leaps in faith for the movie to work, but I mean, you should know that beforehand given the type of movie that it is. It is filmed FPS style, a la Blair Witch, but it’s smooth compared to your normal home movies not shot on a tripod so it’s not nauseating.
Just so anyone who is reading this knows, I can’t guarantee that there won’t by any spoilers in the remainder of the thread. Just know that you should drop what you are doing and go watch it right now.
I saw it today. I will not give away any spoilers, but I feel events that took place in the movie were more realistic than some stupid feel good action flick of the year.
I really felt like I was watching real video and not just some movie someone created.
The plot was great, but see the movie for yourself.
Graphics, what can I say, I was blow away. Everything looked so real. Almost too real at time.
Just got back from seeing it again. There’s some pretty subtle stuff in there that’s really easy to miss the first time. Do spoiler tags work on this forum?
I’m just going to go ahead and answer that one in this post so (I will hide the answer in a wall of text so it’s possible to skip this and not accidentally see the answer)
Minor Spoiler Alert
The dynamic effort (DE) method is one of three ways (the other two being the maximal effort and repetition method) to develop muscular force, and as a result, strength. One of the best, and coincidentally one of the least utilized, ways to get stronger is to get faster. By utilizing the dynamic effort method, you’re teaching yourself to explodethrough those sticking points that serve as obstacles in your pursuit of progress.
It is not Godzilla. The dynamic effort method is generally used for the “big three” movements (squat, bench press, and deadlift) using loads of 50 to 70% of your one-repetition maximum (1RM). On any given week, one training session would begin with a DE bench variation, and another would start with a DE squat/deadlift variation.
The reason it was left open is because he plans on doing a few movies around this, he wants to do some from different peoples prespectives and he wants to continue the story. This could be are Godzilla.
I thought it was ok - not great, but it definitely had its moments.
The idea to shoot the movie as a continuous home video was definitely pretty cool - way different from the standard methods where you’re detached from everything. so i guess that’s a plus.
Still don’t think it was worth the price of admission, though.
Haha ok, although i don’t know how much i can say without revealing anything.
Again, the way the movie was shot was definitely pretty cool, but it got kinda old after a while. Also, I was frustrated by the fact that we as viewers don’t have any more information as to what’s going on than the main characters. Stupid as it seems, I don’t like being kept guessing for this type of movie.
Another thing is that it was difficult to associate with the characters; the intro combined with flahsbacks throughout the movie certainly help the viewers get to know the main characters, but there’s not much depth to any of it.
I’m not going to give it away, but the ending was a huge cliffhanger. Kinda ruined it for me after all this buildup.
Rereading my post, I guess I should have expected all of the things I complained about, as the producers/writers clearly wanted to keep the audience in the dark about this one.
I suppose it was pretty good for what it was, then.
Anyone who hasn’t seen it yet and is interested:
watch the background during the very last scene.
Haha ok, although i don’t know how much i can say without revealing anything.
Again, the way the movie was shot was definitely pretty cool, but it got kinda old after a while. Also, I was frustrated by the fact that we as viewers don’t have any more information as to what’s going on than the main characters. Stupid as it seems, I don’t like being kept guessing for this type of movie.
Another thing is that it was difficult to associate with the characters; the intro combined with flahsbacks throughout the movie certainly help the viewers get to know the main characters, but there’s not much depth to any of it.
I’m not going to give it away, but the ending was a huge cliffhanger. Kinda ruined it for me after all this buildup.
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This seems to be the generic response to people who did not like the movie, so people definitely do relate to you. No movie is for everyone, it seems that its worth going to see though so I might go watch it in imax this weekend or so.
[quote]ghost wrote:
Anyone who hasn’t seen it yet and is interested:
watch the background during the very last scene.[/quote]
YES!
Definitely do this. Answers 0 questions and really only creates another huge one. I’ll bury this next spoiler in a wall of text similar to the last one, but this time the spoiler will be in italics so it’s easy to find.
Minor Spoiler Alert
Selenium has been shown in various animal models to prevent the toxic effects of methylmercury (Ganther et al., 1972; Iwata et al., 1973) and even increase the inorganic-to-methyl mercury ratio in tissues (Komsta-Szumska & Miller, 1984; Brzeznicka & Chmielnicka, 1985). But unfortunately, selenium has also been shown to increase the methylmercury concentration in the brain, which is just about the worst thing it could do (Magos & Webb, 1977; Brzeznicka & Chmielnicka 1985). At the end when the camera switches back to Beth and that guy’s “good day” at Coney Island, before he turns the camera towards them it’s giving a view of Coney Island. During that scene, look towards the right side of the screen and you’ll see a white ship. Now, look just a little bit left and you will see a tiny black dot fall out of the sky into the ocean and make a splash. Since methylmercury binds and potentially depletes glutathione stores in the liver, it would be a good idea for heavy tuna eaters to supplement with N-acetylcystine (a glutathione precursor) to insure that the liver maintains optimal antioxidant ability. Dr. Ryan Smith recommends 1500mg a day. This is a good recommendation and should be followed by heavy tuna eaters.
If you really want to get obsessive about this movie there’s all kinds of stuff on the 'nets that explains small nuances in the movie that was put out by the marketing department.
SPOILER
i hated the characters, and was happy to see the girl explode and the two of them die at the end. Almost all of the dialogue at the beginning was lame - i think at one they even called each other douchebags, which is how i felt about all of them. they did an awful job of making us feel any connection with the characters.
how come the guy could never hold the camera straight, even when they werent running.
I wish the monster had chewed them all up.
Overall, novel idea, excellent special effects, mediocre movie.
I liked the movie, thought it was pretty decent–also only paid $5 for a matinee, so that helped. Not sure I would have liked full price for that one…
The wife didn’t care for it, but that type of camera work usually gives her a migraine(screwed up my stomach a little–at least I think it was that).
Movies like this are frustrating to me, cause while I’m watching these people reacting to what’s going on, I keep thinking how I would react in that situation(I know, a little ghey). And then I get pissed when they make what I consider to be stupid decisions(masked killer is chasing hot teenage chick, she runs past the front door to run upstairs…duh).
I did laugh my ass off when the characters run into the Army(middle of a firefight). Not due to any errors, just imagining ‘normal’ people falling into that situation. Woulda scared the bejeezus out of me too, which was part of what made it funny. I’m dumb, I know…