Comments on: In Defense of ‘Cloverfield’ http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/01/in-defense-of-cloverfield/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:39:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Nima http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/01/in-defense-of-cloverfield/#comment-825 Nima Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:11:17 +0000 http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/01/in-defense-of-cloverfield/#comment-825 <blockquote> I almost want to punch <em>myself</em> in the nuts for agreeing to see <em>Dan in Real Life</em>. </blockquote> <p>If you decide to do it you have to tape that shit and throw it up on YouTube.</p> I almost want to punch myself in the nuts for agreeing to see Dan in Real Life.

If you decide to do it you have to tape that shit and throw it up on YouTube.

]]> By: Great White Snark http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/01/in-defense-of-cloverfield/#comment-824 Great White Snark Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:37:37 +0000 http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/01/in-defense-of-cloverfield/#comment-824 <p>I almost want to punch <em>myself</em> in the nuts for agreeing to see <em>Dan in Real Life</em>.</p> <p>Also? <em>Mean Girls</em>: woot!</p> I almost want to punch myself in the nuts for agreeing to see Dan in Real Life.

Also? Mean Girls: woot!

]]> By: Nima http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/01/in-defense-of-cloverfield/#comment-822 Nima Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:09:23 +0000 http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/01/in-defense-of-cloverfield/#comment-822 <p>It's funny that you mention the pretty hipsters... you realize one of them was the freaky outcast chick from <i>Mean Girls</i>?</p> <p>Yeah, that's right, I know my <i>Mean Girls</i>. Werd!</p> <p>Also, <i>Dan in Real Life</i>? Unless "under duress" means "accidentally while karate chopping all of al Qaeda in the neck" I think I might have to punch you in the nuts for this. We'll see what the judges say. ;-)</p> It’s funny that you mention the pretty hipsters… you realize one of them was the freaky outcast chick from Mean Girls?

Yeah, that’s right, I know my Mean Girls. Werd!

Also, Dan in Real Life? Unless “under duress” means “accidentally while karate chopping all of al Qaeda in the neck” I think I might have to punch you in the nuts for this. We’ll see what the judges say. ;-)

]]> By: Great White Snark http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/01/in-defense-of-cloverfield/#comment-820 Great White Snark Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:41:23 +0000 http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/01/in-defense-of-cloverfield/#comment-820 <p>Well, first: hooray for me for not getting punched in the nuts. This is turning out to be a good day.</p> <p>Also, you're right... more of the mass hysteria that we saw on the Brooklyn Bridge really would have added to the tension and sense of doom.</p> <p>Finally, yes--shaky-cam aside--the major issue I had with the movie was the characters. As you indicated, if you can't relate to or connect with the characters for some reason (my instinctive dislike of pretty hipsters probably didn't help), then you're not going to connect with the film.</p> <p>Which helps to explain why Dan in Real Life (which I saw under duress) is perhaps one of the biggest piles of shit ever put on film. I know that's neither here nor there, but I've been needing to get that off my chest.</p> Well, first: hooray for me for not getting punched in the nuts. This is turning out to be a good day.

Also, you’re right… more of the mass hysteria that we saw on the Brooklyn Bridge really would have added to the tension and sense of doom.

Finally, yes–shaky-cam aside–the major issue I had with the movie was the characters. As you indicated, if you can’t relate to or connect with the characters for some reason (my instinctive dislike of pretty hipsters probably didn’t help), then you’re not going to connect with the film.

Which helps to explain why Dan in Real Life (which I saw under duress) is perhaps one of the biggest piles of shit ever put on film. I know that’s neither here nor there, but I’ve been needing to get that off my chest.

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