First of all, what a film. Absolutely loved it up until the "twist" ending. The buildup was brilliant! My girlfriend who
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CalibMcBolts — 9 years ago(June 25, 2016 07:46 AM)
I completely agree, the buildup and everything is phenomenal, i loved this film up untill the final 15 minutes or so.
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lEvilDeadl — 9 years ago(June 26, 2016 08:32 AM)
you're right, it was a great movie but uh.what twist? This is a sequel to Cloverfield, a movie about an Alien invasion. How was the ending a twist? I'm guessing you watched this sequel without watching the first movie?
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ksauve2 — 9 years ago(June 27, 2016 09:04 PM)
OP did not get the ending that she 'runs away' when things get tough. So her heading towards the danger was her character arc. Also, yes aliens, it's a sequel the Cloverfield and in any case it's much better than another zombie virus movie.
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judsonkr — 9 years ago(July 03, 2016 01:15 PM)
You are not even remotely as smart as you think you are.
First, "twist" ending? Seriously? If you did not know from early on that it was aliens then you are not very perceptive.
Second, Route A & Route B a choice between nothing and something? You were not listening. Route A was a survivor camp north of Baton Rouge. Route B was Houston where people needed help. This was directly related to her story about failing to help the abused girl in the grocery store. That was the choice.
Route A, help yourself. Route B, help others.
Route A, the easy path. Route B, the difficult path.
I find it amusing when people, like you, come on here to post complaints that illustrate just how incapable they are of following a story and blaming the inability to understand on the people who created the story.
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gogofiascoboy — 9 years ago(July 04, 2016 07:05 PM)
I agree there were too many plot conveniences during the ending, but the "Route A or Route B" ending isn't quite what you've stated. She had a choice to RUN or Not to RUN. Route A meant getting to Safety, where the Aliens had already been taken care of; Route B was a call for help for anyone with medical or combat experience to help them stave off remaining threats there. Given her personal narrative of wanting to help, but always choosing to RUN, this was her chance Not to Run, when it matters most. So you've completely missed the fact that she DIDN'T take the easy way out!
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songod-95003 — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 07:52 PM)
The ending is what "Cloverfield" was about; a giant friggin monster. 99% of this "sequel" had zip to do with the original film. Not even in the same state. Could have been called "10 Anywhere Lane". It was a bait and switch rip off to use the name Cloverfield.
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Muinaiset — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 11:56 PM)
Having it just be the Cloverfield monster would have been far more predictable and boring than the alien attack angle. I loved the last part of the movie, it elevated it to an even higher level for me. As for her choice at the end, it was between a safe haven for survivors and going into the fray to try and help others but also face combat and danger. It would be a hard choice and she made the choice not wanting to "regret the decision to not help"
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dushanstojchev — 9 years ago(July 21, 2016 09:33 PM)
The ending was great, I really don't get what's so boring about getting finally rid of a human psycho and running into an alien invasion giving merit to some of that psycho's crazy theories. It's literally refreshing. Is there a movie like this, where a kidnapped woman escapes a psychopath and finds out there's an alien invasion outside? I doubt it, but you're free to prove me wrong.
And why would we want her to get dragged back inside with Howard, exactly? If she was you, wouldn't you put up a fight, after all you've been through? Hell, there's WAR going on outside, the air is breathable (contrary to Howie's lies), and you have 2 cars available to you. What do you do: a) go back inside and get raped/abused/cut to pieces/eaten by acid, or b) steal a car and try your luck?
The ending you suggest would literally make no goddamn sense after she escaped outside. If we even wanna go with her going back inside, I could accept it as being a cool ending only if she KILLED HOWARD. Like, grab an axe, kick that door down, chop his head off with one fell swoop, kick the head out, shut the doors behind you. There. Much, much cooler. Killer ending. -
Tivanboven — 9 years ago(July 23, 2016 04:30 AM)
I completely agree! I loved how there was a plottwist towards the end and Howard apparently wasn't such a bad guy after all (if you forget he shot a man - which was arguably for his and Michelle's safety). But aliens "Come on.." as Michelle said. It was almost as if the writers were justifying their lack of inspiration through her words.
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FairlyAnonymous — 9 years ago(July 30, 2016 07:26 AM)
First things first:
This movie has nothing to do with Cloverfield.
Replace the word Cloverfield with "The Twilight Zone", and that is what you get.
Second, I liked the twist ending (mostly because it felt like The Twilight Zone) however, I do admit that it could've been done in a much smoother manner. For instance, when she is in the shed and the alien has run-off, she decides to immediately run out into the open. This doesn't seem very logical for someone who has been using logic this whole time. Then her blowing up the spaceship also seemed like a leap, so it definitely felt a bit off.
What was also odd about the ending is how fast the pacing is. The entire movie has been really slow and been about building tension, but then with the aliens it moves very very fast.
However, why I think the ending is good is because you know there has to be some truth in why they are in the bunker. The entire time the movie plays it 50/50. Is the air toxic? Is Howard actually completely evil? Is Emmett actually a bad guy (look up the theories on that one)?
But, logically the air has to be toxic and something big has to be going on, because if the movie is leading you in the direction that Howard is insane and just keeping them hostage, then you know it has to be the opposite. This also has a slightly sad twist because you realize that Howard was pretty much right in every instance as to what was going on (those aren't our aircraft above. Definitely foreign.) -
Fredrik-Hamper — 9 years ago(August 19, 2016 07:13 AM)
I liked the ending a lot and the only thing that broke the immersion for me was the monster killing scene. That just seemed like something from a different movie and didn't fit. Keeping that thing in the sky as a mysterious threat would have been better, I think. It was eerie when it turned out to be more than a helicopter in the distance.
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tristanp25 — 9 years ago(August 27, 2016 12:23 PM)
It wasn't odd. Gotta pay attention to character development. Michelle was always panicking and running her whole life when situations confronted her. She explained this to Emmett. At the end (especially after Emmett is killed and she was just forced to watch him go down in a bloody mess), Michelle musters the courage to confront problems head on.