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[orangerful]

So, we just finished watching 10 Cloverfield Lane

I think it's going to take me 24 hours to really get my head around the whole thing but here is my initial reaction:



First, a big screw you to the person that designed the DVD cover art, because on the back of the DVD there is a pretty spoilery image. It didn't ruin the movie for me, per se, but I did end up *waiting* for that image to happen.

It is unfortunate that was just watched the episode Ted from Buffy Season 2. Just...lots of the same red flags.

I know this was a semi-sequel to Cloverfield but all I could think about was Steven Spielberg's take on War of the Worlds, though I think that might have been because of the noise the alien ships made.

Yeah, I'm not sure if I loved or hated the last 20 minutes...



More coherent thoughts later, maybe. I'll have to dig around and find rhoda_rants's post about the movie from last month -- anyone else see it and/or post about it?? linky linky please!

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[bookishgeek.livejournal.com]

So that movie is a successor to Cloverfield in name only. It was made as a completely different movie 100% unrelated, but the studio dropped it at the last minute (it was supposed to just be a psychological thriller). The Cloverfield people picked it up and filmed a couple extra scenes, the last 20 minutes, etc. - so it takes place in the same UNIVERSE as Cloverfield, but that's about it.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and I really think that is a cool idea - same universe, different experience. I'd actually be up for seeing another one, though I'm not sure what the twist could be.

I did not know that it was sorta tacked on after the fact though. I was trying to decide today if having it just end with her going outside and seeing the aliens would have been cliche/infuriating or better than what we got.

This movie sticks with me, that's for sure, I keep thinking about it!!