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Monsters 2010

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Element 117



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teaser

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Budget ~$15,000.


#2

Espy

Espy

I've been keeping my eye on this film... looks very good. Kind of a 28 Days Later meets War of the Worlds vibe...


#3

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Just heard about this the other day. I had no idea it was coming out this year, but it's gotten my interest.

EDIT: Trailers look good. And it's coming out the weekend I visit a friend who loves horror movies.


#4

Dave

Dave

$15,000? Whoa. I hope it's good.


#5

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

This movie looks amazing, even more so considering the low budget. I will definitely be checking it out.


#6

Null

Null

Definitely has a District 9 meets Cloverfield kind of vibe to it. But in a good way.


#7

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Looks a little too much like Cloverfield - which I disliked :/


#8

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Looks a little too much like Cloverfield - which I disliked :/
Not enough SHAKE CAMERA. It looks like it actually uses regular cinematography so I am already optimistic.


#9

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Looks better than El Mariachi... The last movie that I could think of that was that cheap to make.


#10

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Looks a little too much like Cloverfield - which I disliked :/
Not enough SHAKE CAMERA. It looks like it actually uses regular cinematography so I am already optimistic.[/QUOTE]

Okay, so it's more like The Mist, which I considered a pointless waste of time and money. You happy now? ;)


#11

Espy

Espy

You didn't like The Mist??? D:


Whoa dude... I'm gonna have to re-evalute our relationship... :suspicious:


#12

PatrThom

PatrThom

Aww. I was almost hoping this would be a revival of the television series. One that didn't suffer from sequel suck, of course.

Movie sounds interesting, though. Sort of like Evolution, only probably less yucks.

(Watches trailer) Ok, now it sounds more like Andromeda Strain meets Evolution meets Splinter.

--Patrick


#13

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

You didn't like The Mist??? D:


Whoa dude... I'm gonna have to re-evalute our relationship... :suspicious:
It's just my opinion of that movie, nothing more. I just think the whole film could easily be summarized like this:

*Little town of Anywhere, USA*
- What's that mist?
- What?
- WTF?
- WTF MONSTARS!!?!!
- Let's go out. - Sure.
- WTF MONSTARS!!!??!!
- Let's do something really stupid. - Sure.
- WTF MONSTARZ??!!11??!!
- Let's go all Christian nutty. - Sure.
- WTF EXPIATION??!!!111?
- Let's kill ourselves. - Sure.
- Fuck, no more ammo for me.
- WTF IT'S OVER??!!!111?

A couple of cheap thrills, one garden variety religious nutjob and a downer ending, all wrapped in a nice little package of "Nyah nyah, we're not gonna tell you what's happening!". Call me old-fashioned, but I just enjoy movies that at least try to give some explanation, however stupid or soft sci-fi instead of just trying to make a bunch of geeks online guess what the hell just happened and why they paid $12 to see it. ;)


#14

Espy

Espy

Sorry man, as a Lovecraft fan it (both the book and movie version) was perfect for me.

(also, they make it ridiculously clear where the mist and monsters came from in the movie, compared the book they slam the viewer over the head with it. Personally, in a movie like this, I like vague answers at best.)


#15

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Sorry man, as a Lovecraft fan it (both the book and movie version) was perfect for me.

(also, they make it ridiculously clear where the mist and monsters came from in the movie, compared the book they slam the viewer over the head with it. Personally, in a movie like this, I like vague answers at best.)
Hey, I like my crazy-ass New Englander horror as much as the next guy. I just didn't get that kind of vibe from The Mist, that's all. It didn't feel like a Lovecraft movie; it felt like a bad movie adaptation about something that Stephen King wrote over a bout of diarrhea.

But like I said, that's just me. Zombie movies do vague answers quite well... The Mist seemed like it was just going "Ooh look at the weird monsters we can make with our computers and stuff!". I just didn't give two bits about the characters, which immediately dropped a huge swath of points for me. Even if it did have the sheriff from Roswell...


#16

phil

phil

I question the $15,000 budget, but that movie looks awesome.


#17

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

It looks like Giant Octopus vs Mega Shark meets The Road with some of The Blob thrown in, and a little inspiration from Jaws, Runaway Bride, and The Incredible Mr. Limpet.

Neat! I can just string titles together to create vague comparisons too. Amazing! An action-packed roller coaster thrill ride tour de force!


#18

PatrThom

PatrThom

What? Don Knotts is in it?

--Patrick


#19

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

What? Don Knotts is in it?

--Patrick
He's the nervous zombie.


#20

Null

Null

It looks like Giant Octopus vs Mega Shark meets The Road with some of The Blob thrown in, and a little inspiration from Jaws, Runaway Bride, and The Incredible Mr. Limpet.

Neat! I can just string titles together to create vague comparisons too. Amazing! An action-packed roller coaster thrill ride tour de force!
District 9 because it's taking real 3rd world conditions from often overlooked regions - a Shantytown in Johannesburg for disaster sites in Mexico - and using them to create an effective atmosphere for science-fiction and horror. Cloverfield because there's a big fucking mysterious monster, and a few regular people are trying to survive it.

Real vague there, yessir.


#21

General Specific

General Specific

What? Don Knotts is in it?

--Patrick
He's the nervous zombie.[/QUOTE]

I may just want to restart playing City of Heroes just to make Undead Don Knotts


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