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Cloverfield [BLU-RAY] (Paramount Home Entertainment, 6.3.2008) Disguised under deliberately goofy, yet deliciously edible-sounding, aliases such as Cheese and Slusho, Matt Reeves' Cloverfield was produced and rushed into theaters under an equally appetizing shroud of secrecy. From last year's incredibly elusive Super Bowl ad to the film's viral marketing campaign, Cloverfield had everybody scratching their heads and drooling in anticipation. Aside from the as-yet untitled title and the Blair Witch-ian visual style, the film's biggest appeal was the enigmatic creature who was last (un)seen hurling the decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty onto the crowded streets of New York City. All we knew about the mysterious beast was that it was big and angry. Now that the highy-anticipated project has come and gone, one question has fortunately been answered: Cloverfield was a major success. (continued)

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Hollywood Chicago's Adam Fendleman is pointing to an ugly, cell-phone video of the new Dark Knight trailer -- shot in a theatre with reddish tints and all the crappy ambient noise that you always get with these things. An official, much better looking version of this trailer will be viewable this Sunday.

The best thing about the trailer is Heath Ledger's voice. He's speaking in a kind of raspy Midwestern twang. Nothing at all that sounds the least bit Ennnis del Mar-ish.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 29, 2008 at 1:27 PM

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actionman says ...

Joblo has a bootleg of the trailer as well.

I turned it off half-way when my mind started to get blown...need to see this trailer in quicktime. Now.

Posted by actionman at April 29, 2008 1:39 PM

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Jeffrey Kunze says ...

Yep, my nipples got hard and my scrotum tingled from watching that.

Can only imagine what the official version will do to me.

Posted by Jeffrey Kunze at April 29, 2008 1:45 PM

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Dzayson says ...

I'll see Dark Knight for Heath's performance alone. I'm really, REALLY sick of fuckin Batman, though.

Posted by Dzayson at April 29, 2008 1:46 PM

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storymark says ...

Can't wait.

Posted by storymark at April 29, 2008 2:05 PM

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Edward says ...

Iron Man and the Dark Knight in the same summer...wow!

Posted by Edward at April 29, 2008 2:19 PM

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Jamieson says ...

Nolan and Batman are a match made in heaven.

Posted by Jamieson at April 29, 2008 2:33 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

The cheering at the end makes me so happy. Bring on the summer.

Posted by BurmaShave at April 29, 2008 2:53 PM

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chicbn872 says ...

Even on a shaky camera phone, it looks great. It looks like some great performances are coming (or at least as good as they can get in a comic book movie) from everyone involved.

Is that the key to movies like this? Nic Cage, Colin Ferrell, Ben Affleck...those guys just don't cut the mustard. I think you have to get character actors to play these parts, not big stars. Even though Heath Ledger could have been a big star, he was really on his way to becoming a great character actor. Christian Bale, Michael Caine, & Aaron Eckhart are some damn fine actors & that's the only way to make these movies good.

Posted by chicbn872 at April 29, 2008 3:00 PM

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Aladdin Sane says ...

I've got a nice 1080p resolution (wmv format) of the first full trailer that I stream on my 360...I want that for this trailer too. It's fucking fantastic. When is it going to be July?

Posted by Aladdin Sane at April 29, 2008 4:58 PM

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MAGGA says ...

The best thing I've seen from this film so far is the youtube clip of the first five minutes of the film. Can't find it any more, but it looked like Nolan have learned more about shooting action scenes, which will hopefully remove the one real weakness from this series.

Posted by MAGGA at April 29, 2008 5:45 PM

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Kristopher Tapley says ...

Here's a better look:

http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/04/the-dark-knight-bootleg-trailer

Couple of Two-Face foreshadows in there. But on the whole, I don't really like this trailer. It adds nothing to the last and is kind of dull, actually.

MAGGA:

You can see the five minutes here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WIZIYN6mkZM

Or in lego, if you want to go there:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KQ9D0SWscMs

Posted by Kristopher Tapley at April 29, 2008 6:30 PM

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iamjoe says ...

Looks great, and the good thing is, its actually not showing everything in the movie like most trailers are. I got to be an extra in three scenes, and only one is in the ads. The others are going to be fun surprises for you...

Posted by iamjoe at April 29, 2008 9:31 PM

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