Body inflation in new Cloverfield movie?

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Lazypaw
doubleintegral wrote:

Having seen the trailer, and now reading this account that it happens faster than the trailer, it sounds like the whole thing happens too fast for any of this to happen. From normal to inflated to burst in about 2 seconds, so it doesn't seem like there's a whole lot of reaction time.

Exactly.

Some sort of slower-acting agent would have been amazing for us, but the brutal nature of this scene actually does a lot for the shocking atmosphere of the film. But what it comes down to is it *all* happens behind a curtain, and if you blink, you'll miss it.

Sorry. ;.;

doubleintegral wrote:

Brenda James (who played Brenda in Slither) took the role without finding out her demise, then read the script on a plane on the way to start filming and cried.

Ahahaha.

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caffiene
GumChewer20 wrote:
I read on Wikipedia that the actress took the role with no knowledge of her part at all, because she liked Lost, and that she would've never taken the role had she known about her part.
I think that adds a little realism to the film, that she'd actually be upset at the thought of playing a woman who explodes.

I think that's kind of funny in a weird way. Women have no problem playing characters that get mangled, raped, tortured, whatever; but they find out they're gonna get blown up, and they get all pissy about it.

oh, and I just checked imdb to get some pics of the actress; and I found a link to the character's myspace. I found it kind of interesting that in the "about me" it says this:

"I just quit smoking, so I've taken to biting my nails and chewing an exorbitant amount of gum. "

Do I smell a Violet reference or am I reading too much into this?

here's the link if you're interested

...I meant that sarcastically.

KorgFal

Ok, just got back from the movie.

Heres my 2 cents worth on it;

If your looking for a good new fresh idea for a sci-fi/suspense movie, then its definitely worth it to go see this in theaters.

However, if your only reason in watching the movie is to see this 1 incredibly brief inflation scene...do not waste your $8.50 folks. Its 1.5 seconds long, and happens behind a vinyl tent wall, and it ends with them (the movie makers) throwing a big bucket of blood/gore goo at said tent wall.

Nothing to see here...move along and wait for it to come out on DVD when someone will post it on youtube Im sure.

Mind you, these are only my opinions and Im only trying to help people to not waste money seeing this in theaters. :)

KorgFal

Vertigo

I just got back from seeing this. Frankly, I was a little disappointed. It wasn't by any means a bad movie, most of it was very entertaining, but it didn't live up to my expecatations. Perhaps that's my fault, but I suppose I really just expected more. It's a visual feast, and it has a lot of very tense moments, but I just expected more out of it, I suppose.

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ShinHakubi

I thought it was going to be a really good movie and that's what I saw. I went in expecting slither and there (thankfully) wasn't even that.

Slither, to it's credit, had a picture of an inflated woman. This movie has a picture of a shadow of an inflated woman followed by a bucket of blood being thrown at the shadow.

Now, not to disrespect the movie(Visual Feast!) but don't see it for the inflation. See it because it's a good movie.

Ataru

As far as I'm concerned, the 'blink and you miss it inflation' was no more than taking her behind a curtain and shooting her so she doesn't 'infect' anyone else. We TOTALLY didn't hype that up at all, did we, fellas? =/

Personally, I didn't give a shit whether the scene was in the movie or not, (not a big bursting fan myself), it was a kickass movie and I would definitely pay to see it again in theatres.

~A

PS: For those of you still insistent on seeing said inflation, perhaps there's an extended cut for the unrated DVD. IF they do an unrated cut.

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Ataru

On another note, the director said he wants to do a sequel and there's a manga adaptation of it in the works, so you know, there you go.
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Fukureru-Shogun

I thought the movie rocked too! :D

aussie_air

Found a gif animation of the burst here. Linked it because i guess its semi spoilers and more gory than i thought it was going to be.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2286/explodeyvt2.gif

Also grab it while you can i have a feeling Imageshack will take it down. If anyone else wants to host it go right ahead.

Omoikane

Well... I saw it last night, and the scene that it happens is interesting to say the least. Not to go to indepth about it (cause some people still haven't seen it) there is a little inflation in it. This is how it went:
One of the girls has gotten bitten by one of the creatures, and becomes sick. The groups stumbles into a military hospital and base of operation. When the women starts feeling sicker, the officer noticed she's been bitten, and rushes her into quarantine, and behind the sheets, you see her belly expand then pop. (It only happens in about a second.) After such, the group freaks out about and panics a little, but the officer calms them down.

My theory about why the inflation occurs is that the bite transmit a poison like a spider injecting its prey with digestive juices. The girls organs began rotting inside her and it all collected in her belly, and when her stomach brust, the acid fizzed up, creating a large amount of gas, and then bursting. Thats my theory.

And a side note, the creatures and the "Cloverfield" are awesome creatures. I love how they looked.

CaptainCaveman

Great and fantastic movie. Just don't go seeing it for the inflation. You WILL be disappointed.

I went because I knew it would be a kickass movie wrapped up in yes and testosterone. Needless to say I was right.

Ataru

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Fatality.
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Anonymous

I just saw the movie with some friends today and I gotta say did I did enjoy it. Even tho the inflation itself was very brief and you didn't get a good shot if it, thats still ok with me since I don't enjoy gory horror movie-themed inflations.

I recommend seeing the movie, its pretty fun.

kuumuzu

Yeah the movie was awsome, seen it 4 times now...

So much for the 'inflation scene'! *laughs*
I didn't think it would be much if anything, in fact... it was around the same duration as the clip in the trailer! Guess this topic can disappear now, eh? ^_^

Fantastic film though, just what I expected to see. ^_^