CLOVERFIELD (2008) MOVIE REACTION - THE KAIJU FILM WE ASKED FOR! - FIRST TIME WATCHING - REVIEW
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- Welcome to our first time watching as we react to Cloverfield (2008).
Man what an insane rollercoaster this was. It had so many elements we absolutely loved. From the suspenseful storytelling, intense action sequences, and finally the mystery surrounding the monstrous creature wreaking havoc on New York City this movie had us engaged throughout! Including that juicy gossip about Travis in the beginning!
Directed by Matt Reeves and produced by J.J. Abrams, "Cloverfield" follows a group of friends as they document their attempt to survive amidst a catastrophic attack by a towering creature.
This movie was exactly what we were asking for a few weeks back when we wondered if there was a movie out there that took the Kaiju genre into the found footage style. And this was it! Everything we were hoping for this movie absolutely delivered.
We hope that you enjoy our reactions, commentary and discussions as we delve into the film's potential impact on the kaiju genre, how filming it in the found footage technique might've enhanced our viewing experience and how the film toys around with tension and horror flawlessly.
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You guys have to watch “10 Cloverfield Lane” next, it’s a trio that takes place in the same storyline but a lot of people don’t understand the connections until after the LAST film “The Cloverfield Paradox”. These three films are all amazing.
That's a good movie, y'all should watch a rampage movie
You should like also watch Godzilla Minus One
And still no "Underwater" reaction. You guys should consider "Underwater".
So... "10 Cloverfield lane" next?!?!?
I dont want to say much but yes it's related to this movie
"They always destroy New York" Tokyo is like "Hold My Sake"
try being Paris 😂 that poor old eiffel tower has seen shit
Los Angeles California: Am I joke to you???
@@projectdelta50 Washington D.C: Nice joke man
my thoughts exactly!
Brooklyn Bridge 1 - Golden Gate Bridge 4,563
Did you watch until the end of the credits? There is a voiceover of a soldier calling out over the radio, "Target remains..." The nuke did NOTHING to stop the creature.
Which is really weird because according to JJ Abrams, the creature WAS killed by the nuke
@@Pridam meybe it was another one lol, what if the mother has multiple. but prob a plot hole lol.
@@PridamMust have just been a clumsy attempt by the studio to leave room open for a sequel. I tend to ignore the end credits voice over.
@@Karlach_ there IS going to a sequel for this
hopefully we get a godzilla vs cloverfield monster crossover with the big G man kicking his ass!
Keep in mind, when this came out it had been less than 10 years since 9/11. The initial attack scene was incredibly jarring for people who had watched the aftermath of the towers falling back in 2001.
Very true. I saw it in the theater in NY and there were a lot of people just shocked and upset. Some of the footage hit too close to home so soon for many at that time. I actually didn’t like this movie for that reason. However, watching it years later, being further removed from 9/11, I have an improved impression of this film.
A couple who are friends of mine were longtime New Yorks before they moved here to Toronto a few years after 9-11. One of them worked at a law firm in Brooklyn and went home.to their place (in Brooklyn) as soon as the attacks happened. (Even here in Toronto everyone was sent home from the office because, as one of the bosses said, no one was gonna pay any attention to work that day, not even himself.) His partner worked for a tech firm in downtown Manhattan and they had a meeting scheduled that morning with a client who was headquartered in the World Trade Ctr. As it happened he'd been undergoing radiation treatment for a type of cancer and his boss told him he was too sick to attend the meeting and that he didn't have to go. Sadly, his coworkers who did go died in the collapse. Fortunately, before the attacks happened he'd told his partner that he wasn't feeling well, that he didn't have to go to the meeting, and that he'd try to get off work early. So at least his partner knew he wasn't in the buildings as he'd been scheduled to be. But with all cell service down he didn't hear anything for hours til his partner made it home on foot. Turns out he was part of the multitude of dust-covered people crossing the Brooklyn Bridge on foot that day.
So when I watched this in theaters I thought "OMG, how do the people who lived through 9-11 feel watching this??" Talk about PTSD-inducing. 😱
Just like how Godzilla is based of Hiroshima and stuff
@@rohe1790Not really - Godzilla is a direct response to nuclear war, it was a statement.
Cloverfield is just a direct response to Godzilla, not 9/11.
Don't get me wrong, I love Cloverfield, saw it twice in the theatre - but its conception is purely out of entertainment and nowhere near as deep as Godzilla.
JJ and many others were very traumatized by 911, I have a feeling there is some of that catharsis going on here@@Angivel
The ending with the beach footage is significant. Iykyk. Look closely at the background/ocean horizon line.
I was hoping they'd notice 😢
@@MIGHTYM4RSIt's very easy to miss unfortunately. I didn't catch it at first and after reading this comment I had to watch that part multiple times to see it.
I didn’t catch it on my rewatch even after I knew it was there
Tied in with the viral marketing for the movie too pointing to satellite issues for the company Slusho that Rob was going to Japan to work for, implying the creature did come from space or was awoken by whatever was on the satellite when it crashed into the ocean.
@@joshluke5782 The creature created a weird flavour thing that was mined from the ocean depths were it was sleeping, the satellite ends up being the final nail in the coffin and it poked it too hard for unknown reasons and then it travels all the way up to NYC.
The creature itself is not native to Earth, or not to that Earth, the cloverfield paradox confirms the creature is from a parallel Earth, this one is a baby so there's reason to believe it arrived alone from other Earth when the cloverfield paradox plot advanced, didn't even notice it had completely shifted universes because it was sleeping underground the ocean floor and Slusho by accident founds the substance and mines it, slowly but surely disturbing the creature, the last straw was the satellite crash, whatever signal it was sending disturbed the creature and it finally went into "waking up" mode, then it fully wakes, destroys the Slusho mining platform that looks like an Oil platform, rampages through the sea floor and kills a few boats while going haywire on the sea and finally arrives at NYC coast, were it goes fully confused as the land from this Earth doesn't resemble its natural habitat at all. And because the creature evolved to sustain absurd pressure from the sea floor and from the sky when a fully grown adult, most of the conventional weaponry couldn't really poke it.
It is confirmed in the first movie by the director that the baby creature was indeed killed, they didn't use a nuke but rather a special bunker buster tactic that the US actually has but so far hasn't used or never used. Extremely heavy and penetrating ordinance carped bombing a large area, anything in that killzone has almost zero chance of survival. We can see a variation of these tactics in Shin Godzilla when they use the penetrating ordinance against Godzilla. A being whose body was practically nuke insulant elements. And it managed to penetrate it. Now imagina what it did to this thing that has zero caparace.
This was one of the top movie going experiences of my life. The sound design literally rocked the entire theatre during the initial explosion, shocking everyone
When they are running towards the subway and that stomp comes out of absolutely nowhere it almost blasted my headphones off my head 🤣 Some of the best sound design we've heard in a film of this genre!
This format and subject was pure trauma in the cinema, on that size screen, and from the front rows...
... Having sweated through my clothes, I think I almost pulled the arms off the cinema seat.
I went with my brother, and after, he asked: "you ok? “
..."no... No I am really not."
Ordeal.
Agreed. The marketing kept it so mysterious, and then finally seeing it in the theater, was an experience.
My nephew and I were in the front row center opening night, and the theater general manager came out and said "enjoy the best sound system in the state". The military street scene was wild. One of the best movie experiences
Huh... Birdemic got similar reviews... better movie in comparison.
HUD’s name was referring to “Heads up Display”. T.J. Miller, the actor who plays HUD has spoken about the filming. There were a few scenes where they needed a professional camera man to step in (time constraints) but he shot over half of the film on a Panasonic AG-HSC1U, which is a handheld camcorder. Truly fits in one palm. They decided to let him do this to make it feel more real- and it worked.
As a gamer I feel slightly disappointed in myself that I didn't make that connection 😂 It's awesome the lengths they went to make this feel so grounded despite the insane scenario!
@@OfficialMediaKnights I feel the same right now...I've seen this movie so many times and just now I realized that lol
I don’t think this film gets enough attention. I think it is not only a great found footage film, but just an awesome monster movie!
Oh it got plenty of attention in 2008.
@@gmodfan53 I distinctly remember when this came out and it was UNIVERSALLY roasted, lmao. The shaky cam was way too shaky for most viewers. I thought it was... decent, at the time, and the shake didn't bother me much, but I was also 18 and didn't really know much about what I was watching.
In retrospect, I can see what they were going for and why certain decisions were made, but I still think it's a pretty flawed movie. Not worthy of as much hate as it got, but flawed.
it would if it wasnt fucking garbage... no offense to you at all but the movie sucked in my opinion...
That’s sad this film didn’t get much attention fr. But I think the reason is that in 2008 “The dark knight”, “Iron man” and “Hancock” were released in cinemas. So found footage genre was obviously loosing to super heroes movies in popularity.
This movie blew everyone’s minds when it released, and a few years after that too. Like… it’s a great creature feature, but it very much had a lot of hype surrounding it in its day.
"How did they mobilize so quickly?" There are marines and soldiers permanently stationed in NYC, it has it's own base effectively, and several large bases nearby.
Nice!
This movie is GODZILLA meets The Blair Witch Project.
The idea of the movie came from JJ Abrams, who was in Japan and saw all these Godzilla toys and thought "What if we did our own Godzilla, but with a handheld camera and you're right there in the middle of this insane action sequence?"
The creature, nicknamed Clover, is actually a juvenile, standing 250 ft tall, while the adults are 700-800 ft in height.
Abrams said that he wanted the creature to be a stranger in a strange land and that it's in an unknown environment that it's not familiar with, which is one of the reasons why the military wants it destroyed.
He even compared the creature to elephants going on a rampage, and even though they are gentle giants, they can attack you without warning, as well as trying to defend itself.
Such an awesome backstory to how he got the idea for this! We've been delving into all the lore that and work that went into this as well as the insane marketing strategy. So unique and fascinating! It's crazy that more films haven't done the same especially with the rise of social media.
the big monster in this movie is 92 meters (298 feet) tall and is a baby clover, the adult is more than 6.2 kilometers (20,341 feet) tall, it even surpasses the clouds
Right. It's not a malevolent, evil alien going on a rampage. It's confused and scared and panicking.
Yeah so much so that it's written by Matt Reeves and written by Drew Goddard.... not JAR JAR. He is only a producer on it so basically he gave the money to make it. He didn't created it.
Nah it's pretty much there to invade. you can see it land atthe end of the movie with the roll back at the pier as for the "sequals" don't take them into account they don't really make sense in the same universe they were attached to it for marketing reasons.@@ProtusMose
Fun fact: they had created MySpace pages for each of the characters in the movie. After opening night they changed Hud's height to something like 3'6"
Poor Hud, that was so mean... accurate tho. 🤔
At 39:50 when it is the final shot looking out off the ferris wheel you can actually see the monster crashing into the ocean towards the back right
I’m pretty sure it’s a satellite falling into the ocean which when it sunk awoke the creature, remember doing a lot of looking into about this film when I was younger
That's not the monster
Yep it's the monster.
@@angelrosas2556
Speaking with SYFY, Reeves revealed that yes, the monster known as Cloverfield is in fact an extraterrestrial, with the final moments of the first movie showing its arrival on Earth. “When we revisit that footage where they're on the Ferris wheel at the end, you can see the meteor flying down and hitting the ocean."
Yeah. It's the monster.
Huh, before this I'd always heard that the story revealed through all the "augmented reality game" gimmick marketing leading up to the movie's release had been about a hibernating creature on the sea floor with some company using a fake oil rig as a cover for their operation harvesting the creature's bodily fluids (or was it from the parasites?) and mixing it into a popular slushee drink. With the end of that story being the fallen satellite rousing it from its sleep.
I know the other movies are all their own standalone things in separate corners of the multiverse, but didn't they tie into that same story with little details in the others? Like wasn't John Goodman's character in Cloverfield Lane a former employee of the company that quit because of weird shady **** he witnessed them doing?
And the alien theme is Cloverfield Lane's thing while Cloverfield Paradox goes more in the direction of the monsters being demons. I don't think they're all meant to have the same type of back story.
Wait a second, that director's quote that was mentioned doesn't say that the monster came from space, it says that a meteor came down.
I love that the beginning disarms you and you forget what you're watching when the action gets started ❤❤
That was exactly our experience! That initial rise in tension was masterfully done 😃
"Aawww.. look at the baby Kaiju!"
Those who know, know.
Oh yep! I laughed when the space station was taken out... 😆
That paradox one flipped me.
😉
I honestly thought the movie was fucking garbage... a 12 year old probably finds it entertaining...
stop your whinging@@Insomniac_Hart
the marketing for this was brilliant. they created facebook accounts for each main character and each posted in real time as each characters plot line through the movie. THERE WERE ALSO PLOT CLUES ALL POVER THE INTERNET WHICH WE ALL ATE UP.
Not FB, myspaces.
dude i dont remember this wtf thats amazing
I remember the marketing for this was so mysterious, we had no idea what was coming but the hype was insane!
I remember too, it was awesome. It was such a refreshing and rabbit-hole way of delving for clues surrounding the story. You can still look up websites like Tagruato (oil drilling company that woke up Clover) and Slusho drinks (Rob's new job)
@@StudioMod Thanks for this, I had no idea there was this guerrilla marketing going on at the time. But I wasn't in MySpace.
That shot where the autofocus goes between Huds body the grass is one of my favorite shots in any movie. Super chilling.
just brilliant how with minimized sound. they were successful in conveying the same horrific end for Hud, and did not have to show anything but left just that impression that i think everybody was left with.
LOVE this film and have seen it multiple times. A few things on this film:
The creatures that fell off of the monster were parasites unique to the monster.
Rob becomes so single-mindedly obsessed with finding Beth because of his brother. The last words Jason tells him before everything goes sideways is that since Rob clearly loves Beth, Rob needs to be with her regardless of what it may cost him, though at that point Jason is talking about Rob's new job in Japan. The next thing the group knows Manhatten is under siege by a kaiju and Jason dies trying to cross the Brooklyn Bridge and Rob very quickly realizes he cannot lose Beth too.
In the scene on the ferris wheel towards the end you can *juuuuusst* make out something rocketing out of the sky and crashing into the water. Given that it occurs several weeks before the attack on Manhattan a lot of fans speculated that it was an alien egg containing the monster. The director would later say that the monster in this film is only an infant, and essentially rampaging because it is unaware of itself and the world around it so it seems to confirm the egg theory. If I remember right Abrams later said that it was a piece of a satellite breaking up and crashing into the ocean, but the egg explanation is much more interesting.
Fun fact: at the very end of the credits (it is a bit difficult to hear) you can just catch a faint whisper saying "help us". I think the voice sounds a bit closer to Beth's so at the very least she may have survived the bombing, and the camera definitely does as the film opens noting that the footge you're about to see is of the NY "incident" and was found in what used to be Central Park. When the film came out on DVD fans went over a LOT of it and someone had the idea to play the end credits whisper backwards. If you listen to THAT recording online you can make out a man saying "...it's still alive."
It is referred to as the "Cloverfield" incident because that is the name of the area of Central Park where the camera was found.
It was satellite debris that awakened the creature from the depths, how it got there in the first place is probably something to do with the paradox
the satellite thing was from the backstory revealed in the arg marketing for the film. there were articles and things about tagurato's satellite getting lost and them mining there.
I recommend u both should check out Chronicle. It’s filmed the same way as this. It’s about 3 high school students who become superheroes. It stars Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell and Michael B. Jordan. I think u two will really enjoy it as much as u did with Cloverfield.
Also Project Almanac.
Chronicle is amazing!
I agree and highly recommend Chronicle it is SO GOOD!!!
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Chronicle always gave me the feeling of a live action Akira.
You touched on one of the best aspects of the writing of this film: It's so easy to forget it's a kaiju film until shit starts to go down. When I first watched this, I genuinely wondered: "Did I put the right film on?", subsequently forgot because I was really enjoying this found footage romance drama, and then got smacked in the face when the movie decided to remind me what I was actually watching. xD
Matt Reeves Confirmed that the final scene on the ferris wheel was the video of the monster falling from the sky into the ocean. Love that they put that in the movie
That is not true. Please go watch cloverfield 3 (cloverfield paradox). Then you would know whats crashing in the ocean
It’s a satellite lol geez
This is the best Cloverfield reaction I’ve ever seen! I love how primed you were to have this experience and your commentary was so engaging.💕
I admire the military, police, medic, and all the emergency service crew. Because, they also has family and friend they should be worry about. But they are all still out there helping people.
I was deployed in Iraq when this came out. I saw a bootleg cam version of this and I think it contributed to making this movie feel more raw and real.
I had a great first experience with this film.
I saw it on tv, in a Norwegian hotel, while on a business trip.
I knew nothing about it, but it was in English, so I put it on.
I was sure it was just a drama about some American 20-somethings and their humdrum love lives.
You can imagine my shock when all hell broke loose!
Oh man, that must have been a trip ! That's kinda the ultimate best way to discover this movie : not knowning what you're going into and taking the first act romcom drama at face value !
I can imagine there was a few loud WTF?! and wide open eyes when it got serious.
I envy you.
@@vincentdesjardins1354 Haha, "WTF" just about sums it up.
I did actually check that I hadn't laid on the remote and changed to another movie.
But aye, for sure, it really did make for one of the biggest and best twists I've experienced in any movie.
Saw this in theaters when it came out. I was in highschool. It absolutely captivated me. I left the building feeling different. It was awesome.
Over the years, I've watched it so many times, and i truly believe it's a MASTERCLASS in film dialogue. It honestly feels like real, genuine conversations, reactions and comments, compared to all the films I've seen since then.
More script writers need to take cues from this film. Idk if they were allowed to improvise, but it certainly felt like it❤ it's my absolute favorite aspect of this movie. 10/10, even after all these years. Nothing comes close.
Amazing reaction!❤ I'm shocked, stunned and not a little amazed that you guys have never seen this. Such an awesome film. It gets better every time you watch it.
Right at the end of the "day out" footage where they're riding the Ferris Wheel you see something fall from the sky and crash into the sea in the background!😮
YESSS, we actually caught that during the editing progress and it was nuts!! What a fantastic flick, we had a BLAST and cannot wait to rewatch it already 😂
I think the sequels are worth a watch as well, but they definitely go to some weird places and are also more rewarding if you delve into the worldbuilding and meta/analog horror campaign they created for these, because there is a lot of interconnectedness and extra details floating around not made particularly obvious by the films themselves. I'll never forget seeing this in theatres... It was wild with a crowd and we all had no clue what we were in for
We had a blast! We can only imagine how this was being in the theater on day one!
10 Cloverfield Lane was awesome.
@@mattquinn2215I love 10 Cloverfield Lane. John Goodman is so good.
Skip Paradox, awful movie. Painfully apparent that the Cloverfield name was tacked on, great cast though. But 10 Cloverfield Lane is fantastic, its tacked on too, but it doesn't hamper the result.
Igore Paradox. It's so unbelievably awful I doubt they would ever make it canon if they make another one.
The soldier is being surprisingly honest with them, that HAS to be against protocol, but it was nice to see
One thing I remember about the lead up to this movie is that the marketing was super vague, and nobody had any real idea what it was. In one of the first trailers, you can hear Hud say "I saw it, it's alive, it's huge!" Well, a ton of people online were convinced they heard "I saw it, it's a lion, it's huge!" and that led to a widespread theory that this was going to be a live action Voltron movie. It was a crazy time.
think this movie was part of a trilogy or theme set.. the other being 10 Cloverfield Lane. MUCH RECOMMENDED NEXT.. it was one of those movies you just had no idea what direction it was going .. so many turns.. and a third the Cloverfield Paradox (mixed reviews)...
Oh man! Love films that take that approach. Unpredictable in the best way possible!
i dont get why people dont like paradox its an amazing movie and gives a really good "prequel" vibe
@@Washinyot I’ll give it a go.
@@Washinyot100% agree super underrated
YES! So happy you guys listened to our comments!
Remember, this film was released not 6 years after 9/11, so some of the images of NY being attacked added an additional layer of evocation. I liken this film to what Godzilla was for Japan in the wake of the atomic bomb. Kind of a cathartic way of dealing with that trauma through pop culture and art.
The viral marketing campaign for this movie was INCREDIBLE. The original trailer, which only showed the first attack during the party, was released in theaters without even giving away the title, only the date! Audiences were left wondering what the heck they just saw. It was so cryptic, up to the release, with the promo website looking like a site dedicated to Rob's Japanese company. There were clues and more found footage released to the site, that even led followers to another site to find Easter Eggs, that were eventually tucked into the film. This movie was produced by JJ Abrams at the height of his success with the TV show 'LOST' and he used a lot of those speculation invoking techniques in marketing this movie. Dig into the marketing campaign if you want some fun research.
'The sequel, '10 Cloverfield Lane', though a much different movie, is worth a reaction. Please follow up;
Slusho!
The fake websites that were made for this film and even slusho drinks. Piecing together the clues of the monster's origin was really fun with the online community back then.
@@allenruiz964 I really fell down the marketing rabbit hole up to the release of this film.
Straight up I took a class on cultural trauma in film during my degree, and this was one of the centerpieces of the first 3 weeks. Exactly what we talked about, at length.
1) So at the end scene with Coney Island it’s hard to spot but if you look at the sky right as you hear the beep, you can see a satellite crash into the Earth. People first thought it was the creature landing from space, but the lore is that a satellite was observing the creature which was living in the ocean, sleeping. When the satellite crashed it woke it up.
2) Also just a scary insight, that monster was its baby form.
3) those little creatures weren’t its babies, they were a parasite that fed on the monsters blood. If they bite you, you explode a few minutes after.
4) It’s said that the monster wasn’t doing this on purpose, most of the destruction was due to it being confused and frightened due to the explosions and loud noises.
The best thing about this movie? We get reeled in with all that Beth/Rob story and then all of the sudden... KAPOW!
I'm always so impressed at how they got us to care so much for these characters so quickly. That's a gift. Those are writers who are really considering their audience completely. I will always appreciate this script SO MUCH.😭
YES!
This is one of my favorite monster movies of all time and it doesn't get nearly as much recognition as it deserves! Thank y'all so much for reacting to it!!!
Thank you guys for watching and always suggesting bangers!
I could not have said it any better! One of my absolute favorite movies. There was no buildup and very little advertisement or trailers going in. By design no doubt! The sound design of “Clovers” screams are incredible! Matt Reeve became on of my favorites after this one…
@@laminar0886 Yessss that sound is so iconic and hauntingly well-designed!
The look on your faces the first time you get a good look at it was priceless!
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The part where they see it and it cuts to the army firing right behind is one of favourite shots ever done, with the sound etc it puts you right in the moment
I liked the subversion of the hero trope in this movie, in that Jason was the obvious leader of the group: smart, forceful, decisive. You'd normally expect him to be the main protagonist. Then he's unexpectedly killed off in Act 2, and Rob "the douchebag" has to take the lead role, which he plainly isn't cut out for.
It was jawdropping and felt so real in that found-footage aspect. Such an impressive film! Always looking forward to all these movie reactions!
Right, the acting and dialogue was so natural, it sold the premise in an instant! Thank you so much for being so kind and for your support, it truly means the world to us!
I saw this in theaters and had no idea what i was in for. Definitely in my top 10 theater experiences.
Maaan, this must have been amazing in theatres!!
Guys you have to read everything about the viral marketing about this one, 100 easter eggs of fake news they sent out before, fake brands, fake happenings, and so on and on. Even the last scene of them together you get snippets of something happening. Won't tell more but all these things together made this movie one of my absolute fav ones ever.
The first found-footage movie that really pushed meta engagement well was The "Blair witch project". Fair call though. 👍
@@sgtleska Yess! Totally, I appreciated both because of the extra-mile they went. That's what I call cinema "experience" and I really miss these things nowadays
I LOVED this in theaters. It was such an experience. By the end of the film I felt just like the main characters. Stressed, exhausted, dizzy, on edge. It was wonderful. Never been so into a movie like this one.
Scariest moment ever in a movie for me was when they’re on top of Beth’s apartment and you see the monster barreling right towards them through the park. SO much anxiety.
I remember when this came out and lots of people got dizzy/sick watching it in theaters lol, but I absolutely love "Found Film" style movies, especially when it comes to monsters. Another fun one is a Norwegian film called Troll Hunter from 2010, although it's all in Norwegian, it won a few awards and was deemed a "Norwegian classic". Worth checking out sometime, especially if you like these Blair-Witch style found footage movies!
These monsters really make me think of the cosmic horrors invented by HP Lovecraft, which is why i love these Cloverfield movies.
Funny you say that because we're FINALLY getting an Call of Cthulhu movie with Justin Wan directing it.
@seanderoo37 nice. I have a call of cthulhu movie from 2005 that was made as a 1920s silent film. Looking forward to a new one
I love watching reactor’s completely forget that this is still a monster movie and get invested in the characters and their story beforehand. That’s how you know they really did a great job fleshing out the characters, reeling you into their lives then BAMM straight to the main plot of the movie.
What’s crazy is that according to the director and producers, this is just a baby monster looking for it’s mama. Can you imagine how big it actually is as an adult.
This is one of my top favorite movies of all time
I still remember when I saw this at the theaters it was such a blast because the marketing and trailers did not absolutely give nothing away.
At the end you can see something fall into the ocean👀 I didn't notice when I first saw it, but my best friend was like "YO WHAT WAS THAT" lol
The ARG (artificial reality game) for the cloverfield universe is next level, like the amount you learn like that Clover (the monster) was a juvenile and the big things are parasites that feed on Clover, the shot at the end you see a satellite fall into the ocean which lead to a drilling from a company that’s important later that’s actually what woke up Clover. So much lore it’s great
After watching this film we did some research on the production as per usual and learned about all that went into the marketing for this film. Not only did we learn a bunch of interesting lore, but the strategy was actually pretty insane!
@@OfficialMediaKnights it was one of the most creative and immersive movie marketing campaigns I've ever seen. It was a rabbit hole.
I'm sorry if I gave a tiny bit away when you announced you were doing a reaction video on Cloverfield. I just love this movie SO MUCH and got carried away. The movie means even more when you live here in NYC and you see how realistic they did locations and distance between them. Can you imagine a fire fight in Lower East Side? BTW, I think that store is Bloomingdales. Which is 59/3rd. I used to work in that area.
The only thing is... The version you watched has a little more clues to what's going on. My version keeps you almost always in the dark. And I saw the 'making of'... The creature designer did a ton of research and didn't want to make some weird looking monster that makes no physical sense.
This movie hasn't aged a bit. It looks SUPER realistic. You know when the comments part of your video is long you loved it!
So in the DVD extras one of the behind the camera folks mentioned that the monster is actually supposed to be an infant. When I learn this it made me look at the movie in a whole new light. A baby waking up in a strange place lashing out and crying seemed to give the creature some depth
I definitely gotta join the Patreon now! This is one of my favorite monster movies of all time. Hell, it's one of my favorite films! The handheld style, the sheer chaos and panic being portrayed, and GOD, THE MONSTER! Just MARVELOUS! I'm glad you two are watching it!
This was exactly what we asked for and then some! Such a thrill ride!
I remember the ARG and theories surrounding this movie when it came out@@OfficialMediaKnights
Seeing this at the cinema 15yrs(already!) ago,I was astonished.The visuals,the anxiety,the fear and boy...the sound!One of the loudest,most visceral cinema experiences I've ever been to.
Glad you loved it,it's a unique,top drawer movie,so well executed.
Loving your scaredy cat reactions to this!🙀😁
This film succeeds so well as a found footage film as well as a Kaiju film, but I think what will be talked about the longest is the marketing for this film. The trailer was basically the roof top of the party and the head landing in the park, the the release date. It told nothing about the story, but got people talking. Everyone had their own theory of what it could be.
Also, I don't know if you guys are familiar with the SCP universe, but my fan theory is that this film is part of that universe. They mention operation "Hammer Down," which in the SCP universe is a super heavily armed paramilitary unit employed by the foundation. So I think that was the O5 Council voting to level Manhattan in order to maintain containment. Iykyk.
on the bluray version there is a live radar map to the main characters, clover and military with some nice story informations
No way! We would love to check that out!
I've been watching your channel recently and I have to admit that I really like your style. Keep that energy going, guys. ❤👏
Thank you so much!! ❤️
Yes, they are awesome. A sweet balance between fun honest low-key reactions on one side and genuine passion for the craft and knowledge on the other.
Amongst the very best movie reaction channels on YT.
Literally always feels like we’re sitting down with a couple of our friends and geeking out about movies…my wife and I always watch your reactions together.
Please watch the sequel - 10 Cloverfield Lane.
The sequel isn't a found footage handheld, but it's an incredibly well acted, creepy movie well worth watching.
Sounds good to us!
Then the sci-fi switch up Cloverfield Paradox, for the origin story.
Remember the guy who had his stomach gone? My theory is that they bite you and transfer something inside you and you explode like you guys were saying about that girl that got bit in the subway(I don’t remember her name). Notice how she was bleeding from the inside e.i. Nose, eyes and ears. You guys might have nailed that theory! Awesome reaction as always. You guys will be my favourite reaction channel forever ❤
I didnt get to see this is theaters but I remember seeing the scene of the head the statue of liberty flying off and landing. I was just like that looks like my kind of movie. Been obsessed ever since. Its very well done and has aged well.
So so freakin glad you guys liked it ❤️ it hits every time.
Next stop Pacific rim
We are SO game for that!
@@OfficialMediaKnightsjust avoid the Sequel.
@@GreatOldOne9866sequel isn’t a bad movie
@@_Skullguy_ let’s not go into details so we don’t spoil the first movie for them. If you like it then more power to you. But It’s pretty awful, it’s all just pretty colors and no soul.
@@OfficialMediaKnights Del Toro's love letter to kaiju films and mecha anime. You can't go wrong, my friends.
I have to say, this might be my favorite commentary from you guys. You just seem so lax and like how me and my friends and brother would commentate during a film.
This is not only my favorite found-footage film, but one of my favorite films ever. I remember watching Transformers in theaters back in 2007 when this trailer was first released. We talked about what this film was gonna be instead of the movie we just watched lol, because they didn't give us title or anything....just a release date. Also, this film had the best marketing campaign of all time, which I'm sure you've both heard of by now. I watch it at least once a year. It's that good! I'm a new subscriber. Found your channel through the LOTR reactions. Love your energy and insight in every video!
In the last scene when there on the Ferris wheel you can see a splash on the distance of the ocean, it's when the creature made touchdown. That's probably why the military confiscated the footage because they wanted to know how it got here.
In facts wrong. Please go watch cloverfield 3. Then you know whats crashed into the ocean.
There is actually trilogy to this universe. JJ Abrams had a hand in all three also. I hope you two continue this franchise!
Will do!
Your saying that as if it’s a good thing, JAR JAR ABRAHAMS, only made 1 good movie and destroyed the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises .massively overrated.
@@irwin3381 Agreed. Jar Jar Abrams: the Destroyer of Worlds
@@OfficialMediaKnights10 Cloverfield Lane is fanDAMNtastic. The Cloverfield Paradox not so much.
@@irwin3381Star Trek 2009 was amazing. Into darkness not so much and beyond was fantastic. The sequel trilogy of Star Wars is better than the prequels straight up. So yeah he’s made amazing movies with only 1 that’s just ok being rise of skywalker.
Two things:
1) The teaser trailer for this was FANTASTIC! And it didn't even reveal the title, just the opening date. So you would have to come home from the theatre and Google your way to what movie it was.
Which brings me to
2) At the quiet parts, you could seriously hear a pin drop in that movie theatre. I don't think people were even breathing!!
That bridge collapse scene feels way too real after Francis Scott Key Bridge tragedy that took place this morning in Baltimore. My heart breaks for those poor people who can be seen driving on the bridge as it went down. How awful it must be to go from perfectly safe on a bridge, to plummeting to your immediate doom. The scene really made me think about it more than I would have
32:47 - “it’s, it’s a terrible thing…” 😂
My favorite part😂
Also, "Something else, also terrible!"
This was TJ Miller’s film debut.
He hardly actually appeared onscreen, but he still carried the film using his voice.
He later went on to play voice roles in Ready Player One, Big Hero 6 and the entire How To Train Your Dragon franchise.
He even played a recurring character in Gravity Falls.
And the HBO series Silicon Valley.
He was the worst thing about the movie.
Don’t forget Deadpool 1 and 2
My first time seeing this in the theater back in 2008, I kept forgetting Hud's name, so I just called him Cameraman Jish. When he died at the end, I was like, "It got Jish, Cameraman Jish, noooooooo"!!! Also, let me just say, watching this in a movie theater, with the surround sound, truly an experience
Yes! My popcorn flew everywhere, the whole crowd was so into it!
@selardohr7697 I went with my friends, one of them had her arm around mine the entire movie, Lol. She was genuinely freaked out. I have yet to have another experience like that in theaters
I forgot how -looking back 15 or so years- actually good the movie was. Thank you!
The sequences are also very interesting.
Two things, it’s inter-dimensional and it’s just a BABY👀
IT'S JUST A BABY?!?
Yes you see the umbilical cord on it when it jumps where they crash and looking doen at hud, you can see it.
@@OfficialMediaKnights and do ya wanna know something heartbreaking AND funny?… it was just looking for it’s mother😦… they get into all that on the DVD lol
I was lucky enough to see this in the cinema and it was amazing 👏
Yall haveeeeee to watch the mist, the fourth kind and district 9, those along with cloverfield were some of my fave scifi thriller/horror movies growing up 😩🤌🏽✨️✨️✨️
Bloody good reaction you two. AS someone who was in NYC on 9/11 this film gave me an opportunity to revisit feelings I did not know I still had. In the comfort and safety of a film theatre. Forever grateful I am to Reeves for allowing me and others like me to revisit this titanic moment in time. Helped in therapy to be able to identify new/old things and work through them. I learned for me that there is no such thing as closure and became acquainted with resolve and resolution for moving on from trauma. Bloody good film. Bloody good reaction. Cheers!
Hey guys. Thank you. I've recommended it in the comments to your 'Blair Witch Project' one. So happy that you've actually done this - and without too much of a delay as well. Amazing reaction as always.
This movie has a special place in my heart because I was the same age as a lot of the cast, living in a cool loft in New York, and saw this solo on a quiet day in Manhattan in a nearly empty theater. Kaiju aside, kind of a time capsule of that time of my life.
One of my all-time favorite movies! So unique, even within the found footage genre. FYI, the little beasts were anamatronics, hence why they looked so real.
I could recommend so many interesting creature movies for you. Try one of these out:
Lamb (2021)
Hatching (2022)
The Color Out of Space (2019)
Very different to this movie but "10 Cloverfield Lane" is a good movie too
This movie cost $25 MILLION to make! Unreal they did this crazy of a job! Also, they took the marketing baton from Blair Witch Project and did an amazing ARG campaign!
Very happy u guys watched this. I remember the posters for it and it was the statue of liberty misssing its head which is pretty damn scary on its own. This is one of my favourite monster movies of all time and im so glad that in recent years its been getting more of a cult following and the recognition it deserves. Hoping one day that we get a direct sequel to this one.
The writer of this Drew Goddard wrote and directed a fantastic film called Bad Times at the El Royale. Great underrated film
10 Cloverfield Lane and The Cloverfield Paradox continue this universe albeit in very different ways. 10 Cloverfield Lane was first supposed to be an original movie but then got aquired by Bad Robot and reshoots reworked into a Cloverfield Universe movie. It is directed by PREY-director Dan Trachtenberg
The Cloverfield Paradox is completely different AGAIN from the other two, being a big Sci-Fi Thriller, kinda of bookending the other two films by acting as the origin and ending-story of the trilogy.
Seen "Cloverfield" back then in a pretty good theater and I was absolutely amazed. Couldn't understand why there were so many negative reviews later on
This came out at peak hatred for shaky cam.
@@OldMan_PJ
That's a good point, you probably right. A real shame if they couldn't differentiate anymore, because this film definitively did a great job using this type of film making.
Fun fact though; there *is* a godzilla found footage, only it's an ARG video and quite short.
The Cloverfield series is actually really good, too. There was a massive viral ad campaign when the movie originally came out and the hidden backstory of the creature and the general lore is amazing.
The TLDR of it is that a Japanese/American oil company drilled deep into the earth and harvested a sort of smile that is addictive to humans and was added to "Slusho" drinks. This slime was basically part of the species that the monster is, afectionatly called "Clover". Oh, and the kicker? This Clover is a baby.
It adds a new dimension to a great film when you watch it with "friends" who know the locations. Thanks guys.
YEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!
Btw, the kaiju is just newborn baby.
YEAAAAHH!
@@OfficialMediaKnights the first military scene were real soldiers hired to do this scene
You can see the juvenile and adult side by side in Godzilla 2016. Yes, they ARE the species used here.
:) This was a surprising film. Believable use of found footage, and a good "WTF?! Big Monster!" movie. We need one of those every once in a while, and this delivered. I'm excited! Here we go!
That is exactly what this was! We hope someone can give us another found footage flick with a giant monster sometime soon!
@@OfficialMediaKnights Got busy... Just watched. Another great time with ya'll. Extra joy from your knowing the terrain. It really feels real, no? Guerrilla vérité? I'm repeating myself but you two see a lot. Always a pleasure.
I love that everyone who watches this movie forgets it' a monster movie for the first part while at the party. It does such a good job of just pulling you into the drama that when it starts to go down its a little shock to the viewer.
This movie is a gem! Super under rated. When it came out, it was the closest thing to a modern kaiju movie, and to people like me who adore those movies, it was amazing. I 10000% recommend you guys to watch the "sequel", it's called 10 cloverfield lane. it's SO good. And of course, You HAVE yo watch Pacific Rim!
You two need to watch Split by M. Knight! So good. Please!!!!! James McAvoy is so good in this ❤ looooooove your channel ❤your my favorite reaction channel ❤
Omg yesss, it's on our list!! Thank you sooo much for your kindness and support, it honestly means the world to us!
Unbreakable first!!
@@OfficialMediaKnights your very welcome! Can't wait to watch it with you 😍
Fun fact! They spliced in frames from the old black and white gorilla and Kong in the movie. Also at the end. For the shots of them from before all of this, in the background you can see the monster landing in the ocean.
Whaaat, that's crazy, we gotta look into that!! And yes, we caught that moment during editing, completely missed it during the reaction!
All these years I never noticed King Kong until you mentioned it. It happens right when the helicopter crashes and the camera glitches for a second.
I still don't see that...
Wrong. Go watch cloverfield 3 then you know whats crashed in the ocean. ..
"Cloverfield", masterpiece of my teenage years.
your reactions are some of my absolute fave on yt, and this was extra special because you're from NY and knew all the locations which is extra immersive. I can't even imagine how it would feel watching this plot happening in my city and streets I know.. extra scary
I love this movie. I live in Midtown Manhattan. I am impressed with your knowledge of the layout of Manhattan. I used to work in one of those buildings at Columbus Circle. Yikes!😰
We ❤️ NYC
nice to see you guys reacting to this awesome suspense movie if u liked this i hope you'll check up war of the worlds 2005 movie also worth it
Adding it to our list!
great this is a movie by steven spielberg and Tom Cruise play as the main charachter you won't be disappointed! can't wait to see you checking it. @@OfficialMediaKnights
Absolute fantastic reaction on this movie..by far your best yet. You do actually feel like you are their with them. I remember seeing this in the cinema and the sound effects blew me away
I adore Cloverfield. Watching it in the theatre was a wild ride. Seeing you view for the first time both as cinematic professionals and as viewers was so much fun.
At 39:50
That kinda hard to notice thing you see fall drop in the ocean is believed to be part of the trilogy where it's falling from multiple dimensions as part of Cloverfield Lane and I forget the other movie but I've seen all 3 and connected them
...but to me really really really it's not a trilogy it's a well brilliant connected five part franchise that as a fan you really really have to open your eyes and connect them look at the news feed on each movie the scientist in them the minor characters or extra backgrounds characters and products placements in all five movies connect them all. It's brilliant in my opinion but you gotta see all five each has eerie endings and I like Paradox ending cause it send chills when we see what we see.
To me this is the order of the five Overlord was originally suppose to be called Cloverfield Overlord
Check all five movies but everyone knows of these series one of them explains what happened that these creatures appeared but I won't spoil which one
Cloverfield
Cloverfield Paradox
Cloverfield Lane
Life 2017
Overlord (Nazi-movie)
Oh and you didn't watch the end credits distinctive on this one Cloverfield where it kinda hints they were both still alive in the tunnel you can hear her say "it's still alive"
Here's some facts:
th-cam.com/video/mqRl4kxkd0A/w-d-xo.htmlsi=qEixBg2nQyahelQk
Life has nothing to do with cloverfield
I have a suggestion for a film for you to react to: QUARANTINE (2008), this film is remake of REC (2007), which, even though it is not at the same level, is still very sinister and with convincing performances, it is worth checking out.
We actually have REC on our list! As well as some other found footage flicks on the horizon 😄
Haven't seen either of those, but I'd recommend you see Right at Your Door, and Contagion based on those titles, and that also extends to the media knights if you're interested.
This is such a brilliant Kaiju movie! I remember when it came out and I saw it in the theater. It was pretty mind-blowing. Glad you enjoyed it so much. Really love you two as reactors. I can see the love and respect you have for each other and the love of movies. 🙌🏽 ❤
Great reaction, guys! I know I am in the minority of creature lover films, but I absolutely love this movie! It's just so raw, and only gives you glimpses of the monster, but I just love it. Cloverfield 2 is good, albeit a bit of a departure from this story line, but it has John Goodman, so it's still awesome. The 3rd installment (Paradox) is supposed to tie it all together, and I DO love it as well, but you have to be a physicist to understand all of the details. I HIGHLY suggest that you watch them all !!