Comments on: Mrs Bigmouth’s seven-word DVD review: Cloverfield

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:19:22 +0000

I was expecting it to be more OTT, whereas in fact it is often completely disgusting, but never at the expense of realism. And it’s just a scarily accurate portrayal of parenthood, both impending and actual.

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:07:37 +0000

Yeah, I thought it was going to be more american pie.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:52:51 +0000

We finally got round to watching that this weekend. Not what I expected – it was really rather sweet.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:02:59 +0000

> out of all the films I’ve seen recently, that Ironman is still the most entertaining.

Spot the non-parent. If it’s not out on DVD, it doesn’t exist, as far as Im concerned.

I just watched Knocked Up for the second time last night. It is utterly superb. Best film about having a baby ever.

By: Mupwangle

Mupwangle — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:23:30 +0000

>>I finally saw Transformers on Friday, and thought it was brilliant.

I think that, out of all the films I’ve seen recently, that Ironman is still the most entertaining. However, I thought that Transformers was going to be a normal action movie, but thought that it was suprisingly funny and very enjoyable. There are some real laugh out loud moments.

Having now watched cloverfield a second time (we had visitors who wanted to see it!) after knowing the “really clever”JJ Abrams backstory – it’s a much better film if you don’t know the backstory. Knowing the other shite actually makes it not worth watching at all.

By: Dom

Dom — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:52:53 +0000

Well if it makes you happ (which from the sounds of things, it wont) the creators of Lost have got it all sussed out now. There’s none of that “making it up as they go along” stuff any more.

Anyways, Lost is good too, even if they did spend two seasons just idling along…

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:44:02 +0000

You know, Peter Greenaway built his career on that sort of stuff. Which is why the British film industry was dead for twenty years.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:33:39 +0000

> I can’t be arsed with all the “lost” type crap. That’s why I stopped watching lost too.

Yeah, same here. That, and the feeling the writers were making shit up as they went along.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:08:17 +0000

> make a judgement based on not seeing the actual movie

The judgment I’m making is whether or not to see the movie. If I’d seen it, I wouldn’t be making it. Obviously.

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:23:54 +0000

Have to admit that I didn’t notice the last scene at all.

I can’t be arsed with all the “lost” type crap. That’s why I stopped watching lost too.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:13:19 +0000

That’s right Jo, make a judgement based on not seeing the actual movie!! ;)

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:09:41 +0000

> Cloverfield is a great film!
Pay particular attention to the very last scene

OK, now I’m definitely never going to watch it. Someone gave me that exact same advice about The Blair Witch Project, without which I’d have happily walked out after a few minutes. And the last scene, when it finally and boringly arrived, did nothing whatsoever to change the fact that it really was the worst film ever made.