Actually to clarify the notion of the hypothesis of ghosts and aliens-- I don't believe in either. To me, they are idealistic. But don't think I'm contradicting or pontificating (my brothaz) anyone, I can respect all points of views as long as they are irrelevent towards "right and wrong".
Personally, I don't even think the monster was an alien. It never was clarified in the movie (unless I missed something cuz I did only see this film once -- if it was indeed an alien tell me where this manifestation took place in the film). Experimentation gone wrong, perhaps? Although if they make a Cloverfield 2, then perhaps the answers will manifest. For now, the paradox remains.
Blair Witch did put me on the edge of my seat when I first saw it. Too late to berate the film as overhyped or overrated. But from the get-go (sic?) I thought the film was annoying because of the bad camera shots and the actors abysmal personalities, but I wouldn't consider Blair as being the worst film ever made.
Thank you kindly, and I look forward to hearing thy consolidative (not a word, I know) opinion or refute or point of view.
Maybe I'm mis-remembering, but I thought that in the beginning of "Cloverfield" it was supposed to be implied that stuff was kind of raining down on the earth from the sky (outer space...hence, an alien). Maybe I'm totally wrong there...
My point in my comment on your review was simply that I thought it was odd that you were saying that the "Blair Witch" premise was much more believable than the "Cloverfield" premise, because to me they're both equally unrealistic if you wanna' be a stickler about it. I mean, gosts and monsters and aliens are all kind of in the same boat IMO. :)
the beauty of Cloverfield is that you can make you own assumption of what the monster is or where it came from. Who knows where it came from, exactly. All you saw was an explosion and, pow, the monster appears. It could mean anything, thus, it pertains to notion that whatever anything anyones says about it is theoretical or even hypothetical.
The realism (should of said surrealism, do'h) I was referring to was the ambience and the expression of the dread, the fear and desperation of people when they are conflicted with something they don't know or can even comprehend, not particularly the monsters themselves.Could a film like this or even Blair convince me to believe this through is fear? I guess I should of mentioned that.
Why Blair was more convincing was because of the desolation. It took place in a forest and only 3 people are there, filming their silly little project then weird crap happens to them (you know how it goes). and you never saw what was killing them so you could draw up your own conclusions of what happen in the end. I love stuff like, even if it is somewhat agitating. I think Josh was possessed by the ghost that made him kill his friends.
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