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Ignore the hype and get along and see this movie, it is not going to change the world but it will certainly entertain.
Point is that hype ruins movies (as do spoilers) and it would be a shame to miss out on the magic of this movie :notworthy:
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The housemate rolled in, and told me '5/10', said it was just a basic chase movie that did indeed die under it's hype...

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I tried to see it opening day.

My wife got motion sickness, so we left :(
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Mm, that crap is going to rack me off. Blair Witch was years ago people, move on and put your 'edgy' cameras aside.
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I'm looking forward to this.
even read all the spoilers :roll: (I can't resist)
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Best bit is when Jeremy Beadle pops up at the end, all a joke....
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Watched it last night thanks to a dodgy download :innocent:

It's OK, just another monster movie IMO. Not great but not bad either.

A bit like Godzilla without the gloss (or Jamiroquai....which can only be a good thing :lol: )
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Can't be any worse that The Zombie Diaries!

Just dreadful from start to finish. How on earth do these crap films get backing?
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DerekR wrote:Watched it last night thanks to a dodgy download :innocent:
I usually approve of this but Cloverfield works so well on the big screen :?
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Derek has a big screen :lol:
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Aye but I dont use it for dodgy stuff as it tends to show just how bad the quality is. I watched it on the wee 32" and it didn't look too bad for a CAM job. I reckoned given the 'amateur' filming style the drop in quality wouldn't affect my enjoyment too much, and I was right.
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Saw it here in Liverpool last night. I tell thee, any opportunity to watch a load of Abercrombie and Fitch twenty somethings getting eaten, trampled under foot and bitten in half is fine by me!

I don't know what the fuss is about with the shaky camera, it's just like watching a home movie - But with a few more wee beasties thrown in. But the actual style of filming and story line is very different to what you'd normally have to endure. There's no real cheesy 'saving the world' speeches or back story - it just goes for it from the off!

Loved it. Best film I've seen since Superbad :)
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DerekR wrote:It's OK, just another monster movie IMO. Not great but not bad either.

A bit like Godzilla without the gloss (or Jamiroquai....which can only be a good thing :lol: )
Spot on... I would add that not one of the characters is worthy of a second thought... instantly forgettable after about 5 minutes after leaving the cinema. The jerky camera work distances the viewer from giving a fig about any of them. That and the fact they are yuppies...

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Blue Angel wrote:I would add that not one of the characters is worthy of a second thought... instantly forgettable after about 5 minutes after leaving the cinema. The jerky camera work distances the viewer from giving a fig about any of them. That and the fact they are yuppies...
If they were working class minorities getting eaten the general public would go spare, the only way you can do this type of movie without a hero would be using the one group of people no-one gives a s**t about :lol:

No-one spotted that this was a love story then? :oops:
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