10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg)

[Ezee E]

You see Cloverfield, you expect aliens. There were aliens.

I don't know about this Season of the Witch though.

By the way, let's talk about John Goodman here. I did like that he had a right balance of being absolutely insane, no matter what's going on outside, but you couldn't tell just how far gone he was. I thought he did a pretty damn good job. I've always thought he could be a good villain.

I've always liked Winstead, but just seems like she's never gotten the role to set her apart.

[TGM]

What was Carpenter's plan with SotW?

It was supposed to be the start of turning the Halloween series into an anthology series.

[Morris Schæffer]

I was engaged, but it's...a bit awkward. [

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Why was Emmet there? Why did he shoot Emmet in cold blood? Couldn't they just both attack Goodman and forego all the secrecy? He's big, but probably not a match for both.

Did Howard really think he could keep fooling them for one, two years? Usually, kidnappers have the victims behind bars and they are not released. Ever. If he was a full blown psychopath, that would be the way to go. Howard comes across as half crazy... and half a lonely man in need of company given the fact that he cared for his 'victims.' But if he was serious about bad shit happening outside, and the final 10 minutes confirm that he was, then why antagonize the Winstead character further by shooting Emmet in the face even though he confessed they were up to something?

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Howard feels not like a flesh and blood person, but a plot device. He's there to keep us guessing as to what's actually going on outside and if there's something going on.

[Grouchy]

Man, what took me so long to watch this? Oh right, I wasn't a fan of Cloverfield back in the day... But this is something different and excellently done. Like someone said before, I loved that the movie was almost over and still packing genre reversals and surprises. And Goodman/Winstead might have been my favorite acting showdown of the year. I don't think I'd seen Goodman play a psychopath on this level before, which is weird given his physique and face.

[Yxklyx]

Finally watched this as well! Very good film and I don't have the same reservations/problems others here have posted about. Goodman was amazing! I liked Cloverfield and I don't see why this can't be in the same universe. Those aren't necessarily aliens, the vessel looked organic. The sphincter towards the end reminded me of what I saw in the original. I thought it was a bit ridiculous when she defeated that thing with a Molotov but after thinking about it more, if it was just some organic creature (and not an advanced alien) it makes more sense.