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.
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comment #1
JHRussell says ...
Wow...Brolin is good...hope the movie is good enough for this inspired casting...
Posted by JHRussell at August 20, 2008 11:00 AM
comment #2
Joshua Mooney says ...
By George, I think he's got it!
Posted by Joshua Mooney at August 20, 2008 11:12 AM
comment #3
Emmanuel_Goldstein says ...
Looks almost too good for a film on a no good hack like bush... Saw the full trailer in the theater the other day before Tropic Thunder and it was very well received by the audience. More for its artistic appeal than the obvious embarrassment laughter that comes over you while watching that petterass make a fool of himself and our country in front of the entire world. Here's hoping to a great film and solid turnout to boot.
Posted by Emmanuel_Goldstein at August 20, 2008 11:30 AM
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Ray says ...
Holy cow ... while he only partially resembles our fearless emperor, his vocal inflections are absolute perfection. AMAZING.
Posted by Ray at August 20, 2008 11:30 AM
comment #5
Yves says ...
He's even practicing the Bush mannerisms while taking direction from Stone, and he's got it down pat. That third take was great, with the "um" and snicker. Now all you need is Stone's trademark variable speed negative shots of clouds mixed with black & white film loops to give it an outerworldly feeling. I really hope that more history gets into the script somehow, though, as I keep getting the nagging feeling that this will only be a shell of what Nixon was.
Posted by Yves at August 20, 2008 11:32 AM
comment #6
D.Z. says ...
Ray: I'm wondering if the fact that he doesn't look exactly like Dubya is part of the point of the film.
Posted by D.Z. at August 20, 2008 6:07 PM
comment #7
Bowiegirl says ...
Did I miss something? I don't see a clip.
Posted by Bowiegirl at August 20, 2008 6:35 PM
comment #8
frankbooth says ...
At first, I thought that the green screen reveal was part of the film, a reference to how carefully controlled his public appearances have been. That would seem very Stone-ish, to suddenly have the background drop out.
And does Toby Jones look evil, or what?
Capote, Lazar, Rove...how many more diminutive, funny looking real-life figures can he play? If I were him, I'd secure the rights to Mickey Rooney's life story.
Posted by frankbooth at August 21, 2008 3:05 AM
comment #9
JaySmack says ...
Damn right SPOOKY how much he sounds like the chimp in chief. I wasn't totally sold on Brolin until now. Stone nailed it again.
Still, Brolin should have lost some weight. He looks too masculine to be portraying the incredible, incompetent, shrinking she-man Dubya.
Posted by JaySmack at August 21, 2008 6:32 AM
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