When I saw it tonight, it was completely beyond my expectation. It was the first time I saw a film that was shot with DV throughout, and the shooting angle in the scene was to record the "document" of the story that day. This point in itself is very attractive, not to mention the story of the day the monster attacked New York. As the person holding the DV keeps running away, the picture has never been frozen at a certain point, it has always been a chaotic and complicated image, nervously like experiencing that disaster, very cool.
The scenes of big monsters and small monsters attacking people are also very realistic and shocking. When the battered head of the Statue of Liberty was thrown on the streets of New York, and tanks and planes were all in battle, no one could imagine that the film's budget was only 30 million US dollars. After several battles between the protagonist and the little monster, the scenes where Hudson was eaten by the big monster are extremely realistic. In addition, DV has always been taking pictures of the surrounding situation with Hudson. The panicked upside-down and rotating lens has deeply increased the audience’s sense of participation. . (Although many people read it and said that they were dizzy and couldn't stand it)
Another interesting thing is the setting of the storyline. It really deserves to be JJ Abrams, the screenwriter of the popular American drama "LOST". The whole film is actually being played on a real DV material of the US FBI, and the name of the material is "Cloverfield". This material was shot by a group of young people about Rob's last day of life in order to celebrate Rob's promotion and about to go to work in Japan. Unexpectedly, it was unpredictable. During the party, New York was attacked, and the material they had taken while escaping became a document.
When monsters first appeared, I used to think that the protagonist Rob would again play the role of savior, just like the usual American disaster movies. But JJ Abrams obviously understands the audience's thoughts very well. He doesn't rely on it at all, and even despises this behavior in his heart. Rob in his heart is the person who puts love first in disasters. In order to clarify the love in his heart to his misunderstood girlfriend, he asked Rob and his friends to run under the eyes of the monster for more than an hour, and finally rescued Arrived at his girlfriend. And in the end, knowing that death is coming, when the sensational monster's feet fell down, they said to each other: I love you. Hypocritical? Of course hypocritical! But I just want to tell you who are watching the movie that it is none of my business when the sky falls, as long as I am with my love. That's why Hudson accidentally pressed the wrong button many times in the middle, and Rob and Beth were replayed in the DV when they were happy before. On the one hand, I want to express the regret in Rob’s heart. In the final scene, Rob and Beth said happily in the playground, "I had a good day!", and then ended abruptly.
Cherish the happiness in front of me, I think it is the theme that JJAbrams want to express most.
When the theater lights are on, many of us can't believe this is the end. The protagonist at the beginning was all dead except Lily (Lily didn't know his life or death), and the monster was still at ease. The outside world is still chaotic, but the story ends like this. Maybe the story can only be personal. No matter how big the world is, there will be no personal existence. No matter how chaotic or no matter how prosperous it is, it has nothing to do with oneself. What is the need to record. Alas~
In addition, I have to admit once again that our group of people have the ability to watch movies and never pay attention to the central content. We have been thinking about the following questions from beginning to end:
How is this DV so advanced? The battery is so long, it is so resistant to fall, and it has luminous and lighting functions.
Why can Beth run so fast after being pulled out by Rob and others from his chest? !
And the conclusions drawn are extremely ridiculous:
living in New York is terrible, and being bombed and attacked at every turn! Houghton is so small! Never go to New York again!
You can’t wear high heels to the party. You can’t run fast when you run away. If you want to escape, you don’t run away first. Escape early is always early.
In the end, what I am still confused about is: why should the title be Cloverfield? Although someone has explained that the name of this material is called this, but why? Does the director have any other deep meanings?
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