Did you like Mist? I read the ending to the movie and the book, (I knew it would be ages before I got to see it) and I've got to say the ending movie is has got to be one of the most bleak in movie history. What are your thoughts on how he choose to deviate from the book and dramatically change the ending?
B. Smith wrote: > I just hope they can keep the intensity and suspense at a high levels > throughout the entire movie while dishing up monster movie goodness. > I've heard a few spoilerfic rumors and if they are true this movie > may be as bleak as The Mist. > > Have you seen any of the tv spots yet? All I will say is that one of > them gives you a better look at the after effects of a monster bite. > Yikes. > > --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Wanna see an exciting trailer? Then you must check the trailer >> > for "Cloverfield", the top-secret monster movie from JJ Abrams (Lost, > Alias, MI-3, Star Trek). The monster(s) isn't(aren't) shown, but talk > about a suspenseful buildup! Seeing the freakin' Statue of Liberty's > head come sailing through the air *all the way from the water* to > crash into the street? Awesome. There's also a scene showing the > military firing like crazy at something we never see. It reminds me > of the great scene in Spieldberg's "War of the Worlds" when the > military attacks the Martians on that hillside and the whole area > literally lights up with weapons fire. > >> The Apple site has two trailers. The one labeled "trailer" is >> > longer and shows more stuff. it's the one you'll see at many other > sites. The one labeled "teaser" gives a slightly different angle. > Check 'em out. If you can't see the Apple trailers, try the second > link below, which is to a MovieWeb page with lots of videos, > including a two second glimpse of the monster (can't see a darn > thing, though). Hard to find a lot of stuff on this film, as there's > no real officiall movie site, but i included some info from a blogger > below the trailers. > >> If nothing else, Abrams knows how to tell an exciting, fast-paced >> > story, and he actually believes in good plotting and acting as well. > he also is a fan of old-fashioned monster flicks like "Godzilla". So > this looks to be a fun ride. The fact that the script has been kept > secret, along with any view of the creature, is only heightening the > anticipation. I'm looking forward to this movie! > >> Trailers: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/cloverfield/ >> http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/53/5153/videos/ >> >> ******************************* >> >> http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=10118 >> >> >> What is Cloverfield? >> >> This is the question that has been debated across North America in >> > the hours since Transformers debuted the teaser to this upcoming 2008 > release. Shrouded in mystery since its inception, the plot of > Cloverfield is one of the most carefully guarded secrets in Hollywood > right now. > >> BOP is generally not in the business of breaking news as it >> > generally leads to more aggravation than it's worth, but for the > first time since we unveiled the voice cast of The Incredibles, we > are going to make an exception and do so here in order to clear up > some of the mystery. Cloverfield is a J.J. Abrams production, so it > should not be surprising to hear that a couple of key players from > Abrams' television shows are on board. > >> The writer is Drew Goddard. Goddard has been a producer on both >> > Alias and Lost and served as co-executive producer for the latter > show's 2007 episodes. Fans of Joss Whedon (and BOP knows there are a > ton of you out there since we sometimes double as a Firefly fan site) > also know him as a writer for several episodes of Buffy the Vampire > Slayer and Angel. Goddard was the principal scribe on Dirty Girls, > the episode from Buffy season seven. This episode featured the return > of Faith as well as the transition of Nathan Fillion from the > recently canceled Firefly to Buffy wherein he portrayed a nefarious, > misogynistic man of the cloth. Goddard's work on Angel primarily > occurred during that show's final season as well. He wrote the World > War II submarine epic, Why We Fight, and earned his place in > permanent Whedon-lore for his invention of The Immortal in The Girl > in Question. Clearly, he is one of the most inventive and imaginative > young writers in the industry. His presence alone is indic > >> ative of a quality work in the offing. >> >> Abrams has not left anything to chance, though. He has also hired >> > one of his most trusted co-workers from the early days of Felicity > for this project. BOP has confirmed that Matt Reeves is the director > on this project. Reeves is the writer/director of the 1996 David > Schwimmer comedy, The Pallbearer, and he served as executive producer > during the run of Felicity (pre- and post-Keri Russell haircut). > Reeves and Abrams created that project together with Reeves even > writing and directing the pilot, so their working relationship goes > back a decade now. When Goddard came up with the premise for > Cloverfield, Reeves was the easy choice to helm the project. > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
