John Goodman had to carry 10 Cloverfield Lane...and he was buckling under the weight of a lousy script.
Had to?
Touting the brilliance of John Goodmans INCREDIBLE performance in that movie is hardly a means to criticize it.
And the script was fine. The simplicity of it is one of its strengths. The way they ramped up the suspense and intensity was executed brilliantly, and the movie did a tremendous job making the question over whether Goodmans character truly was a creepo villain, whether there was something bad going on outside, looming for as long as possible. Made for an incredibly fun and interesting movie.
I do have issues with how over the top they took things with the ending. But I still applaud them for not merely going with the expected and generic, "cut to black...leave it open to interpretation" conclusion which I thought for sure i was going to get.
The first Cloverfield was as original as a turd the day after you eat a couple ears of corn. You've seen it before.
Actually i hadnt seen it before. THat's one of the movies strengths. It takes the tiresome monster movie/disaster formula and does something very original and unique with it. It breathed new life into the world of monster movies. Brilliantly executed movie, even if you dislike the found footage visual style.
Kong Skull Island Was much better...and it was lousy as well.
I sincerely dont get you or your bizarre tastes. You criticize Cloverfield for being generic/run of the mill/been there done that, but then go on to praise Skull Island over it. The latter is a far worse offender when it comes to one of your major complaints of Cloverfield.
Damn Jack...You better be a fan of Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns.
Yep, some damn good movies from that subgenre. Although Once Upon A Time In The West is the best spaghetti western, trumps any of the Eastwood classics.
The next Godzilla movie will be "Godzilla, King of Monsters" (2020)Not Kong.
Kong was like 50ft tall. How the fuck is he going up against a 400ft demi-god?
Skull Island establishes the new Kong in question as far bigger than that.
And I may have been wrong. It was announced that a shared universe IS planned(end credit scene of Skull Island already establishes this) and that a Kong vs Godzilla movie IS rumored to be on the near horizon. But it appears the next Godzilla is going to going to feature the traditional Zilla monsters. I would not be surprised if Kong makes a surprise appearance of some sort though, or if the followup film is in fact Godzilla vs Kong.
Actually what you describe was the original story ending which even Stephen King hates.
I know, and it is VASTLY more grim and horrifying, and dark.
Showed how a choice, any choice can go from right to wrong in an instant.
I dont know anyone who felt murdering his own son was a right choice in the first place.
And how is this some strong, worthwhile theme to establish/explore? Is there anyone who doesnt fully grasp that yes, what seems good at the time can very quickly turn out to have been a horrible mistake. You're essentially praising the movie for telling us, "hey, hindsight exists! and shit can turn south real quick sometimes!!!!" Absurd.
The film version was far superior for a few reasons.
If you like shallow, manipulative, moronic conclusions, sure.
Oops..I mean 3 times.
