Cloverfield: Reinventing the Monster Movie

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From the moment a mysterious little teaser attached to Transformers hit theaters last July, an Internet obsession was born. Name-less and featuring no recognizable stars, the minute-and-a-half tease started out by slowly fleshing out the basic concept of a movie shot hand-held featuring some attractive twenty-somethings throwing a goodbye party for a friend. It was all rather Felicity-like until the tease kicked into overdrive with a Manhattan explosion and the head of the Statue of Liberty rocketing onto the streets of Brooklyn. That money shot alone was powerful enough to send fanboys flocking to the web for answers.

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[tallacus]

i saw it. It was pretty cool, the monster is quite original, now there's hints of a sequel. I cant wait.

[DjVoyager]

I didn't care much about the movie...except, I WANT THAT CAMERA. Anything that can survive through all that chaos including a nuclear explosion should be invested in.

[tallacus]

actually i think they MOAB the beast, MOAB is like the second most powerful bomb before going nuclear, since they prolly couldnt risk the fall out