Why even bother posting the BD coverart? It's always exactly the same as the standard.....

this movie suuuuucked.

"Godzilla" + "The Blair Witch Project" x J.J. Abrams = Poop.

vegeta21x wrote: stevesoprano wrote: I really liked this movie, i had to watch it twice. I have never seen my GF so intrested in finding out about all the hidden things in a  movie, she was up all night researching. From what i been hearing, there is a planned sequal..SteveSky67

There were hidden things in this movie? Like what? Can u name a few?

When you pause the movie after they shut the door from parasites in the sewer, in the static, you can see a monster that looks like Godzilla. After the helicopter crash in the end, you can see if you pause during the static, King Kong. If you read into the viral marketing, Tagruato owns Rob's company Slusho and on their website in November or December '07, they made an announcement they lost one of their satelites and that's the assumed object that falls from the right side of the screen into the ocean at Coney Island. Tagruato also owns drilling stations, one of which was the one near the Statue of Liberty that capsized and caused the "earthquake" which wakes up the monster about 15 minutes into the movie.

Glad to see Dolby TruHD for this title. It must sound amazing.

Speaking of Dolby TruHD, Paramount needs to embrace it's Blu-ray soundtracks using this output.

yankeemike81 wrote: well at the end at the movie with rob and beth when there at the park you can see something falling from the sky into the ocean its in the right hand corner of the screen and during the credits you can her scrambled audio going on saying its still alive.

Ohh I heard about that but I didnt see it. Is it possibly the monster coming from space then mixed with whatever the name of that drink is?? Or something?

stevesoprano wrote: I really liked this movie, i had to watch it twice. I have never seen my GF so intrested in finding out about all the hidden things in a  movie, she was up all night researching. From what i been hearing, there is a planned sequal..SteveSky67

There were hidden things in this movie? Like what? Can u name a few?

no i think its the same extras they just list the easter eggs as extras to

The tranfer for the DVD is actually quite remarkeable

am i wrong, or are there way more extra features than the regular dvd?  maybe it doesnt and its just the way they're listed but yeah.

anyway, as i said in the R2 thread, im glad i waited.  

I saw an HD trailer for it, so even though is meant to look handycam-ish, it still hads an HD master transfer.

I knew I shouldn't have bought the standard DVD release.

I am gonna buy this DVD, but i wuz expecting a 2disc special edition or an Unrated DVD, but no. Is it true dat the movie will make u dizzy? i haven't seen it.

Scullysguy wrote: I cannot wait for the DVD release. I saw it 4 times in the theater including twice on a Mega-screen. Phenominal movie that has set a new standard for monster movies and horror films. I think most people who don't like the film are either bothered by the 1st person aspect of the film and get motion sickness easily OR are expecting a deep, emotionally driven, meaningful movie. Folks...it's not always about the hunt for an Oscar or about making you cry and then delivering the happy ending. It's about telling a story in a convincing manner and evoking an emotion out of it's audience. This film acheived both in dramatic fashion. All filmakers and directors and writers need to see this movie. It's a masters class in movie-making and story telling. Remember that this film was shot on a 10 million dollar budget...laughable by todays standards yet this film is what is still being talked about even today. How do you do that? A great script and a great director and relatively unknown actors (see starwars to get why that's important).
I say bravo, Mr. Abrams! I cannot wait until next February.  

Overbloated

I saw this movie twice, really loved it, cant wait to get the dvd and watch it three OR MORE times.

laobuddy wrote: yeah...this movie was awesome...good plot...I saw this twice and i got sick at the same part...i had to go to the bathroom to throw up

Yep, sounds like a ringing endorsement to me...

LMAO

Very well said. There are children starving in the world and people are getting this upset about a frickin monster movie.

If you don't like oit don't buy it, very simple really.

Mike D-ouche

What is clear here is that you are a rabid fanboy for this movie, and the genre in general. You are trying to say that Blair Witch and Cloverfield are different other than the way they are shot. You are desperately trying to argue that there was no intent to give the audience the feeling that these were actual accounts. You are vastly in the minority with that opinion. And I suppose you know the "intent" of the marketing campaign because...? But yet you say "yes, it was filmed and marketed that way - but not with the intention of making people believe it was a true event (ie, the blair witch project)" Does this not sound as if you are saying "that blair witch came across as real?" Maybe I see a contradiction where others don't, semantics. What you imply is that Monster movies should be fluffed off, but Witch movies can be believable. So we should not believe in monster's... but witchcraft is now a scientific fact deserving of merit? I'll give you this, you're unprovoked insult lead to my aggitated response. You can say I'm the idiot, but your logic is flawed.

this is completely not worth arguing over, but the issue here is that you two morons keep complaining about the realism component of this movie - I am saying that it is a bit of a stretch to expect realism from a monster movie. in my opinion, the home video style simply offers a different/unique perspective on a genre that has already been beaten to death. as others have said, if you wanted the 'scientist/government' perspective - you watch godzilla :S

would someone put so much effort into filming an event like this while their lives are in serious danger? that's anyones guess. take a look at the number of videos from 911 where people are standing underneath these buildings, taping when they could collapse at any moment... most people would not, but its not completely unrealistic to expect some douchebag would value their camera more than their lives in a situation like this. either way, in the context of the film - if the camera was left behind, we'd have no movie would we?

and dave, there's a huge difference between what was in cloverfield and... "talking donuts" / "people growing wings" - you can't seriously be trying to make that comparison?

billy - you clearly can not read. did i once state that blair witch came across as real? no. i said it was MARKETED that way. kinda hard to believe it's a 'true' event when the stars of the movie feature in other films huh but since you're so bitter about it, im going to make the assumption that YOU were one of the people fooled by their marketing :D

but your above rant demonstrated the extent of your IQ so i needn't bother arguing with you

Mike D wrote:  ITS A FREAKING MONSTER MOVIE!

SO F**KING WHAT!

What the f**k has a fantastical element got to do with it's ***real world*** setting?

By your f**king logic, as I said, people could grow wings and fly.
Talking donuts could help mankind with their knowledge of the monster's weak points.

I mean why not?  
It is after all... A FREAKING MONSTER MOVIE!


And what the hell was this?
Quote: and your puppy dog billy black

Grow a pube,  child.

Dave Brock wrote: More rot!

No, the film carries on (just as any other Monster film has) only with the stupid idea that it's all being filmed left behind with the camera.  As it would have been anyway.

Get real?  Just did.

you still completely miss the point, and your puppy dog billy black appears to be as well. ITS A FREAKING MONSTER MOVIE! how can you possibly expect any realism from a monster movie?! yes, it was filmed and marketed that way - but not with the intention of making people believe it was a true event (ie, the blair witch project).

that is one point a lot of people seem to be missing. yes, they were both filmed with hand held cameras - but blair witch was marketed as a 'true' event. they even went as far as to air a behind the scenes type documentary featuring interviews with 'friends and family' of the persons from the film.

lighten up!

In the UK there were signs saying not to sit so close that the screen filled your entire eyeline. That was what was making everyone sick in the US.

I loved this film. One of the best action movies I've ever seen. Despite the shaky cam (which was only horrible in the bridge scene) all the action was framed very well and served it's purpose. I really liked the way they used it as a device and I thought it was really well done. I near s**t my pants in the helicopiter scene and in the tunnel! It also had possibly the best sound design I've ever heard in my life.

I'm sure it won't be as good on the small screen though which is a shame.

That is the shortest back cover synopsis I've ever read.

lee09 wrote:  This should of been the last HD DVD title from Paramount though.

Uh sorry. Where have you been? Paramount is done releasing HD DVDs. Sweeney Todd is not even getting an HD DVD release on April 1st and I couldn't be happier they dumped right before. Serves HD DVD fans right for gloating right when they switched last August. And I like the back cover, but I cannot believe they showed the monster in the one picture!

What the c**p Paramont? Way to drop the ball on this movie.

i'm a fan of this movie i must admit. and i truly dont understand why everyone hates it so much. is it because the average joe was hoping for a godzilla rehash? was it that they loved the 1998 matthew brderick piece of trash taht they needed something that spectacular? the point of this flick was to get you to feel out of your element, to throw you into the flame as the characters were and learn whats going on as they do.

the execution for the flashback sequences was brilliant

come on






and the back is atrocious
doesnt explain the movie at all..
shows the monster...

what a piece of shiv

Dave Brock wrote: Mike D wrote: wow... there are people whinging that the movie wasn't realistic enough, that the camera wouldn't survive all that...

so how about this version?

movie starts, monster attacks, camera falls for the first time and breaks or is left behind by the people running away, movie ends about 20-30 mins in - would you be satisfied now? get real people...

More rot!

No, the film carries on (just as any other Monster film has) only with the stupid idea that it's all being filmed left behind with the camera.  As it would have been anyway.

Get real?  Just did.

My man Dave Brock to the rescue. I couldn't have said it better. I have no problem suspending disbelief, as I said it's not the monster I have a problem with. But as D-Brock points out, they pass it off as actual events. Which means they need to be aware of the reality of the world in which they portray. And in the "real world" 95% of the time people die in helicopter crashes. This isn't the A-Team, this is to be taken as real accounts of a Monster attack. Are we to believe that the laws of physics should "get real" cuz it's a monster movie? And 20-30 minutes into this snoozer, they were still eating fondue and crying about ex-girlfriends, so that "version" wouldn't work either. The characters were boring, thinly developed, poorly executed and I couldn't care less about them. I was happy to see them go.

Mike D wrote: wow... there are people whinging that the movie wasn't realistic enough, that the camera wouldn't survive all that...

so how about this version?

movie starts, monster attacks, camera falls for the first time and breaks or is left behind by the people running away, movie ends about 20-30 mins in - would you be satisfied now? get real people...

More rot!

No, the film carries on (just as any other Monster film has) only with the stupid idea that it's all being filmed left behind with the camera.  As it would have been anyway.

Get real?  Just did.

Kyle Mertes wrote: Maladroit, that cover your friend is working on is spectacular.yeah it's pretty cool.

wow... there are people whinging that the movie wasn't realistic enough, that the camera wouldn't survive all that...

so how about this version?

movie starts, monster attacks, camera falls for the first time and breaks or is left behind by the people running away, movie ends about 20-30 mins in - would you be satisfied now? get real people...

Maladroit, that cover your friend is working on is spectacular.

EXCELLENT FLICK.  Saw it 2 times and got the same response each time.  Can't wait to see the extras.  Truly destined to be one of the greatest monster movies of all time.  Hands down.  Cannot wait for the for any number of sequels or prequels.  

Manda of Mu wrote:

Dude, your talking about 1) a movie and 2)a movie about a gigantic monster, calm down....
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What rot!!  It may be a friggin monster but it's a monster meant to be in the real world!
If you're saying that basic common sense and natural fact means nothing because of a fantastical element (the monster) then it makes no difference if the people suddenly grow wings and fly away from it either!

But of course it does matter as, monster or not, the film is meant to be set in the the real world.

Billy Black wrote: you can drop that camera from 3 feet off the ground and it will never work again. This little hand cam survives several drops of over 100ft, INCLUDING A FLIPPIN HELICOPTER CRASH!! and still worked perfectly... not even a scratched lense. Preposterous. That's 84 mins JJ Abrahms owes me.

Dude, your talking about 1) a movie and 2)a movie about a gigantic monster, calm down....
oh, and this was the best movie I've seen all year, did I forget to mention that? 8D

Artwork is a bit cluttered with the text, but it's still relatively simple. I like it.

i loved this movie i even saw it 5 times once on the midnight showing and once with my friends, once with my mom, once by myself again and again with my other friends. I LOVED IT!!! i have waited for this movie to come to dvd forever.

This movie blew beyond comprehension. If you say this is the best movie you have seen all year, you've probably only been to the movies once. You need to go to the theater again. See ANYTHING AT ALL, and it will be better than this... except for maybe Dan In Real Life or anything else with Dane Cook in it. He sucks worse than Clovie. Booooring! and completely ridiculous. Not the monster mind you, but you can drop that camera from 3 feet off the ground and it will never work again. This little hand cam survives several drops of over 100ft, INCLUDING A FLIPPIN HELICOPTER CRASH!! and still worked perfectly... not even a scratched lense. Preposterous. That's 84 mins JJ Abrahms owes me.

im hoping the blu ray cover doesnt have that many quoets cause with that and the HD labels and all im sure that would be worse

GAH! Did they have to cover the art with stinking quotes?! damnit! I just hope that FYE exclusive is more accurate to the nature of the movie, like the R2 steelbook.

losthighway wrote: What the f**k does 'gaytarded' mean!!??

I don't think anybody EXCEPT that guy knows...

losthighway wrote: What the f**k does 'gaytarded' mean!!?? Apart from being extremely offensive!

And on a note re: Cloverfield. Walked out, the motion sickness was so bad, so haven't got a clue what happened in the final 30mins so will have to to rent this when it finally hits the UK! Oh and nice coverart, damn shame about the quotes though.

well in the final 30, the CIA led by Sydney Bristow come to the rescue just as Felicity's building gets demolished as the monsters tears it apart....we then realize that if you combine all the numbers on the CIA license plates, it forms 4 8 15 16 23 42

DUN DUN DUN.....

yes im bored..sorry  

That anyone would carry on filming all that (A MONSTER!  A REAL MONSTER!), while in the middle of it is s**t enough, but that the footage manages to capture enough gold footage that it can make up a cinema release film is even worse!

F**K this!  
F**k "Diary of the Dead" (Romero considers his once mighty zombies so unthreatening that they become simply YouTube tithead fodder as well as the fact no one would film all that while in it let alone make footage that is multiplex worthy) , "Blair C**p" and anything else.
One film and one director only, ever, made such a logically risky idea work from a genuinely believable level and they were "Cannibal Holocaust" and Ruggero Deodato.  

I'll wait for the BRD too. But I don't think this will be announced for BR anytime soon. Paramount is obviously still bitter over making the wrong decision (just like Universal), and they dont want to give in this soon. Sure, they both announced blu ray support right away, but as for actual title announcements, I think it will be several months, possibly as late as the holiday season, before the morons who run each studio will let some titles be announced. Right now, they'll probobly say the blu ray fan base isn't big enough. Both studios need to suck it up and take the defeat like men. Of course, they could still have legal issues to iron out with HDDVD, but if thats the case, they could at least let us know.

WAY too many quotes on the front.

im glad FYE (Transworld Stores) will be having a Steelbook Packaging for this flick, that has a better cover... all the quotes on this one are stupid!

Loved the flick though

for the people whining bout the shaky Cam This was the freaking point of the movie its filmed from someones point of view did you not watch any of the trailers? If you did i think you would have noticed that. anywhoo i loved this movie well the fact that there is no blu ray yet must be that there working on specail features for the movie wich i will pick up the blu ray movie day one. the best movie of the year.

i also get motion sickness easy, i didn't chuck for the movie thank god, but another 15 min i probably would have, i enjoyed the movie alot, i would love to but it on dvd but my concern is the shaky cam. how bad will it be on dvd. i know blairwitch when it hit to dvd there was hardly any ir not none like the theatical release. will dvd i was wondering if anyone knew if they were going to change the format on dvd, will there be less shaky cam to it?? or what?? i just don't wanna get sick everytime i pop in into a dvd player

Loved this movie! Can't wait to buy it on DVD!!

One The Dumbiest Movie Ever Made In Last 20 Years...I Thought "you" People Were Over The Blair Witch Project???

I'll wait for the BRD.

I enjoyed this movie, and I'll pick it up eventually. I'm pretty surprised there's no 2-disc though; maybe a double-dip for Christmas?

Enjoyed the movie in theaters.

But I'll pass on the DVD and wait for a Blu-ray version.

gaytarded

About the motion sickness,if you sat in the first three rows (Like I did) you will be sick to death!!! But on dvd (I got a bootleg of it) its fine it doesnt bother you that much!!!

this was good, though very cheesy effects coming from the monster.

I nearly fell asleep watching this stinker. Pass.

great movie, a must buy.

oh the irony...

many people (myself included) often complain when they dont use the theatrical poster art for DVD...and now here's a movie that does, but people are still complainin...lol

great movie!!! saw it twice!!!

Glad they kept the poster for the cover art.

Cloverfield had maybe one scene I liked, and it was way too short. The movie was incredibly boring, I watched The Blair Witch Project last night and couldn't get up to turn my tv off. I'll stick with my Gamera collection.

Also, in my newspaper the quote on the Cloverfield ad said, "You won't want it to end" I completely agree it was only an hour long.

i still haven't forgiven my girlfriend for dragging me to see this horrid piece of overhyped ****.

best part of the evening (besides watching how many people were walking out half way through) was looking my girlfriend dead in the face when it was over telling her, "Told you so."

The steelbook will be an FYE and Suncoast exclusive.

By far the greatest movie I have seen this year. I am defiantly getting this.

i knew they were going to use the poster for the artwork on the dvd. and there is also a collectors edition steelbook of the film which will have more special features on it

This is yet another movie where the hype greatly overshadowed the film itself. The marketing for this movie was very well done, and the movie itself.....just "ehhhh". Wasn't the worst I'd ever seen, but it wasn't the best either.

Hmmmm.... is one of the feats. on the viral marketing? If so, I hope they use the pics I took in central park back in early August! I would be so happy

I was gonna see this, but then I heard about that motion sickness thing. How bad is it?

Same here with the 2-Disc!!!

This is one of the BEST Movies of 08 (next to Be Kind Rewind) and I will SURELY Pick this up!!!

Am I the only one who didn't "get" the craze about this flick? It had an interesting plot, but it looked terribly lame.

i heard the blu-ray might be a barebone edition because they created all these extras for the HD version but since that format is dead, they wouldnt have time to redo em all for blu-ray so instead of delaying, they will release a bare version first. i surely hope this isnt true but i wouldnt be surprised.