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**qd0vhq4f** · 12-05-2008, 08:52 PM

See, I dont get this? if we were allowed to see all of the creature then the fear and chaos of it all would have vanished!!

For example: why was alien such a genre defining and ground breaking film? because of what we DON'T see, the fear of the dark that it might be hiding in the shadows, gives the imagine a massive workout! nothing on screen can make us feel fear more than what our imagination can conjure.

I am glad we see little and know little about the creature... its what makes the film 'feel' like it is a real event or even worse.... that it is happening to us almost!

When i was in the cinema watching Cloverfield, at times i felt that i was watching some kind of real event that occurred and we just see the tape that was lost, its an awesome idea [i know blair witch did it first]

I 100% agree with all you've just said here mate!
Yes, Alien 1 & 2 were both fantastic because you never see the xenomorph properly, your imagination creates the rest of it like you said. Alien 3 was kinda sh!t because at points you could see the whole area and the way it was animated was crap too so it became un scary, and again in AvP (altogether proper bollocks film(s) ) - which was just, god you know what I mean - I don't want to talk about that crap.

And yes, being able to see the whole of the monster in Cloverfield (all the time), would have totally ruined the fact that you see the whole story from one small point of view. There's a lot of people in New York yet you only see through the eyes of the one camera, it's great. It makes a change to the crap Hollywood flicks where it would cut to the president suggesting how they nuke the whole ****ing thing for the good of America and all that tacky crap we've seen before.
What i loved most about Cloverfield were the bits that kept you guessing such as when that girl who was infected had her chest explode, yet you only see a bit of it and get pushed along with their story. It's something I'd love to discover about but it's another estuary in the river you can only look at and imagine what's down there.

12-05-2008, 08:52 PM	#20
qd0vhq4f Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 585 Senior Member	See, I dont get this? if we were allowed to see all of the creature then the fear and chaos of it all would have vanished!! For example: why was alien such a genre defining and ground breaking film? because of what we DON'T see, the fear of the dark that it might be hiding in the shadows, gives the imagine a massive workout! nothing on screen can make us feel fear more than what our imagination can conjure. I am glad we see little and know little about the creature... its what makes the film 'feel' like it is a real event or even worse.... that it is happening to us almost! When i was in the cinema watching Cloverfield, at times i felt that i was watching some kind of real event that occurred and we just see the tape that was lost, its an awesome idea [i know blair witch did it first] I 100% agree with all you've just said here mate! Yes, Alien 1 & 2 were both fantastic because you never see the xenomorph properly, your imagination creates the rest of it like you said. Alien 3 was kinda sh!t because at points you could see the whole area and the way it was animated was crap too so it became un scary, and again in AvP (altogether proper bollocks film(s) ) - which was just, god you know what I mean - I don't want to talk about that crap. And yes, being able to see the whole of the monster in Cloverfield (all the time), would have totally ruined the fact that you see the whole story from one small point of view. There's a lot of people in New York yet you only see through the eyes of the one camera, it's great. It makes a change to the crap Hollywood flicks where it would cut to the president suggesting how they nuke the whole ****ing thing for the good of America and all that tacky crap we've seen before. What i loved most about Cloverfield were the bits that kept you guessing such as when that girl who was infected had her chest explode, yet you only see a bit of it and get pushed along with their story. It's something I'd love to discover about but it's another estuary in the river you can only look at and imagine what's down there.
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