Cloverfield series Cloverfield Holidays complements the Cloverfield movie trilogy, '08 The Cloverfield Files, '16 Cloverfield Lane '10 and '18 Cloverfield paradox". The Clover series is roughly a sci-fi movie extended around the core setting of "monster/alien". Through three works, a more mature Clover's worldview has been developed. As Zhuyu's first "Clover File", the whole film is a state secret file. The whole film tells the eve of the male protagonist Rob's departure from New York due to job transfer. When relatives and friends gather at a party to say goodbye , but was interrupted by a sudden attack, and recorded a series of escapes. The whole film uses a handheld DV shooting method, the constantly shaking lens, the rough picture texture and the casual composition, all create a tense and restless atmosphere. Although it uses the pseudo-documentary style that has become commonplace today, but The Cloverfield File, 10 years ago, still gives viewers a reckless, fearless, and vigorous look and feel, and the film still has the aura of a newborn calf. Looking at the three films, in terms of completeness, "The Cloverfield File" does the best. In addition to the excessive chatter of the recorder who tried to break the film "The Fourth Wall", the narration was a little noisy. Its consistent style, monster settings throughout the film, complete plot lines, and moderate sensationalism all contributed to the success of the film. s reason.
The second, 10 Cloverfield Lane, was even more surprising. Michelle, who suffered a car accident, woke up and found herself in a closed space. Howard, a strange man, claimed that he was Michelle's savior and said that the earth outside the space had been captured by aliens. Michelle was dubious. The story unfolds. The advanced level of "10 Cloverfield Lane" is that the film upgrades the tangible fear brought by "monster" to the invisible fear excavated by "human nature". Is Michelle imprisoned by a pervert? Or being rescued by a good man? The whole film presents a spiral structure of inversion and reversion. The director's skillful control of the emotions of fear and anxiety, the natural scheduling of the atmosphere of suspense and horror, and every turn of the plot, make the audience always immersed in the pre-established logic. self-denial. Regrettably, as if to forcibly coincide with the ending of the "Monster/Alien" set of the "Clover series", the force was too much, the grasp was out of control, and all previous efforts were lost and a thousand miles were lost.
The much-anticipated third "Cloverfield Paradox" came out this year. The film was screened online by Netflix and gave up on theatrical distribution. From an internal logic point of view, "Cloverfield Paradox" is more like a prequel to "Cloverfield File" and "Cloverfield 10". In the film, after the earth's resources are depleted in the future, the disputes between countries will become increasingly intensified. Human beings hope that the success of the particle accelerator on the space station will enable humans to obtain a steady stream of resources. However, the failure of the accelerator experiment has caused the space to tear apart, resulting in monsters from different dimensions. Earth appears.
Compared with the previous two films, the elements of hard science fiction in "Clover's Paradox" appear densely bombarded, particles, paradoxes, human-machine integration, and the collapse of time and space. Objectively speaking, the rationale in the film is acceptable, and the logic and details of the sci-fi are traceable. But the part of the text is extremely sloppy, not to mention the Chinese lines in the details that were complained about by everyone, looking at the context of the whole film's literary drama, the director handled it very perfunctory. Compared with another sci-fi movie "Arrival", it is also facing the choice of the future. It is the hasty and old-fashioned plot in the front of the film, which is not enough to pave the way for the protagonist's feelings, making the subsequent plot pointless, and the rigidity and rigidity of the actors' performances. reason. To sum up, whether it is the parallel time and space of science fiction stalks or the poor choice of plot stalks, "Cloverfield Paradox" has become a boring and mediocre movie.
Legend has it that the fourth installment of the Clover series has been completed and will return to theatrical screenings. The story is about paranormal phenomena caused by secret experiments carried out by the German Nazis during World War II. In fact, the background of the American/Soviet/German secret experiment is also a common basis for American movie series. For example, "Stranger Things" or "American Horror Story - Asylum", and the recent Oscar hit "The Shape of Water". I hope Clover's fourth installment can bring forth new ideas and return to the usual level.
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