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The Great 'Cloverfield' Mystery Gets Thicker!
The good folks over at AICN have been digging
deep inside Paramount's top secret horror film, which is said to be
called Cloverfield. So far what we know is that JJ Abrams (Lost,
Mission Impossible III) is producing with Drew Goddard of (Buffy,
Lost, Alias) writing the screenplay. To add more fuel to this fuming
fire, we've just scored some crazy new information from one of the
extras in the trailer! Read on for the monstrous news.
I attended a Transformers sneak preview last
night in Scottsdale, Arizona and wanted to tell you that, sure
enough, you were right about the Cloverfield trailer. It was the
first preview that played. While I'm sure plenty of people will
continue to write in with their take on Bay's latest, I wanted to
give you the play by play of this amazing new trailer.
The entire thing takes place from the perspective of a party goer
with a camera, waiting to surprise their friend, Rob. It's basically
a nice, big bon voyage party between friends. The entire thing feels
incredibly real and like plenty of parties I've been to
myself--people mingle, munch on chips, chatter, etc. Rob arrives,
everyone yells surprise, the camera person interviews people for
anything they have to say to Rob before he leaves.
After probably 30 seconds or a little longer, the apartment shakes,
the lights flicker, people scream and head to the roof. A crowd
approaches the edge of the roof immediately as a massive explosion
miles away takes place. People scream and start scrambling back to
the stairs. Right before they enter the stairwell, something like a
comet (a piece of the previous explosion) comes flying near the
people and the roof. The camera is very jumpy and cuts in and out as
people make their way down a darkened stairwell to the street. At
this point, I can't remember if the screen cuts to black and says
"From producer JJ Abrams..." or if that happens once they're all on
the ground. Either way, it's at a good moment and is the first
inkling as to what we're watching.
Once on the ground, some people are running in hysteria while others
look into the distance trying to figure what's happening. Pieces of
the explosion start flying towards the ground and hitting buildings
all around. The people that were just looking into the distance
finally start moving. At that moment, a massive piece of the
explosion starts heading towards the camera. It flies right by and
skids down the middle of the city street, hitting some people along
the way. The piece finally slows down, rocks back towards the
camera, and there she is--Lady Liberty's face, in flames and
destroyed. Cut to black. Hitting theatres January 2008 (I think it
was 01/18/08).
In my opinion this is one of the most effective trailers I've ever
seen. It's not polished like most big budget film trailers, but it
felt huge. It had people in the theatre chattering, wondering what
the heck this is and when it's coming. The entire trailer had a
verisimilitude to it. It felt like it was happening... like we were
there. In short, it did it's job and then some. Surprisingly, they
didn't say what the name of the film was in the trailer. Whatever
it's called in the end though, I'm there.
This preview had me more tense and excited than anything I saw in
Transformers. And heck, I even liked Transformers in all its Bayish
ridiculousness.
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