This time, we are no longer spectators

Rowland 2021-10-18 19:51:09

Generally speaking, there are so many disaster movies in the United States that are uninteresting;

and the monster-type disaster movies in the United States are even more uninteresting;

if you want to add the background of the story to such a boring level. in the United States is the epitome of material civilization - the original non-reinforced concrete forest soil Manhattan, New York, and that the patience of the audience, this should be the lack of imagination to the indignation of the writer tortured to yawn, plus a refund of the money situation ......

However, Amidst all the plainness and vulgarity, Cloverfield came up with a surprise trick that was quite playful.

Abandoning the same old-fashioned multi-angle lens and nD smoothing effect, these guys are actually using DV with pretensions!

And we can no longer lie on the comfortable lounge chairs of the theater, or curl up on the comfortable sofa at home, smiling with interest to watch another miserable world on the screen, watching the fire from the other side.

Even a bit of a smirk, thinking about how much money this group of full-hearted and screaming extras would receive in the end, Shi removed the blood on his face, blowing a small whistle into the theater or returning with interest. At home, I watched my appearance for 3 seconds and cheered with both hands raised up: "Oh my God, you see that? It's me! They paid me 50 bucks for that!!"

Uh... Take it back and digress... In fact, what I want to say is -

this time, we also exposure to this sight, confusion desperate Cloverfield.

And the distance between us and the film, just because of such a trick, but a sufficiently clever form of expression, has been greatly shortened.

Even erased.

The building that crashed to the ground, the crumbling wreckage, the danger at hand... it sounded like Godzilla and his like.

But the protagonist's dialogue throughout the DV, from the trembling of shock, to the cry of terror, and finally to the howl of despair, so that the spectators who are trying to doubt have no chance to withdraw and regurgitate, but with the intensified violence of the film, they can't help but move towards. The horror of being in it.

DV, a modern digital perspective that rarely lies, gives us a rather real virtual thriller.

This time, we are no longer spectators.

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Extended Reading
  • Chase 2021-10-20 19:01:05

    I forgot where I heard it was okay, so I watched it one afternoon. . . As a pseudo documentary that is no longer new, the only highlight is the original film it covers, which is equivalent to the flashback of memories of men and women in the ambiguous period, and is slightly more eye-catching than other pure pseudo documentaries. . . In other words, can pseudo-documentaries only make thrillers? Ask seriously. . .

  • Abigail 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    The style is very unique, and the plot is also good, but the front is a little longer

Cloverfield quotes

  • Rob Hawkins: My name is Robert Hawkins. It's 6:42 AM on Saturday, May 23rd. Approximately seven hours ago, some... thing attacked the city. I don't know what it is. If you found this tape, I mean if you're watching this right now, then you probably know more about it than I do. Whatever it is, it killed my brother Jason Hawkins, it killed my best friend Hudson Platt and Marlena Diamond, and many many others. We've crashed into Central Park and we've taken shelter underneath this bridge. The military has begun bombing the creature and we're caught in the middle. Okay, ready?

    [Rob turns camera to Beth]

    Rob Hawkins: It's okay.

    Beth McIntyre: I don't know what to say.

    Rob Hawkins: Just tell them who you are.

    Beth McIntyre: My name is Elizbeth McIntyre. I don't know why this is happening. And we're going to wait here until this passes.

  • Beth McIntyre: [sees monster] What is that?

    Hud: It's a terrible thing.

    [while trying to get to a flight of stairs, Rob encounters a parasite and kills it]

    Beth McIntyre: Oh my God! What is that?

    Hud: I don't know! Something else! Also terrible.