i don’t know exactly what this means for darcy in the mcu/how canon these books are but just seeing her name attached to any kind of post-thor content is enough to make my heart fizzle with joy :’) i will definitely get this when it comes out
“Do you guys know what it is? Out there? Do you know what that thing is?”
“If they know they ain’t telling me. Whatever it is, it’s winning.”
I. Intro
Today is the 10-year anniversary of the release of Cloverfield, and so it felt appropriate to watch it again today, for what will be my 10th time. I was too young to see it in theaters, and thus missed out on the original hype surrounding it. Hype was generated not only by the underground marketing campaign, but also by the fact that trailers for it did not even include its name for the first several months, only it’s release date: 1-18-08. Even more news was made following its first theater showings, as theaters began having to warn moviegoers about the film after the shaky-camera cinematography made several vomit. The mystery that shrouded Cloverfield’s real life release was perfectly designed to compliment the sense of mystery central to the film’s themes.
Despite missing the release, I still entered Cloverfield with a sense of mystery. When I was 14, I picked up the DVD out of the bargain bin at Blockbuster and bought it for $2. I did this entirely because I was into disaster movies at the time and was starting to get into horror, and the cover looked cool. I watched the movie at home without any idea at all what it was about, exactly how it is best viewed. 84 minutes later, I was stunned. My heart was racing as fast as my mind was. It captured my imagination completely. Over the years, I watched it over and over again. I showed it to two of my best friends and to two different dates (yes, really), in four separate showings. It sparked my original interest in found footage horror, a subgenre of movies I adore so much that I’ve now seen more than 50 of them. Some of those who know me understand how significant of an effect this film has had on me and on my understanding of both film in general and the genre of horror.
For that reason, I thought I would type out a very, very long explanation of how and why: the backstory, the story itself, and the story’s meaning. I can’t promise you this is short reading, but I can promise you this is interesting reading. This is what I see in Cloverfield.
Hey this is awesome. When I watched Cloverfield I didn’t know wtf was going on but I enjoyed it anyway as found footage, and now knowing all this just kinda ices the cake.
not to be harry potter on main but i honestly think the fantastic beasts series would have been so much more interesting if it was just about the beasts. i don’t give a fuck about grindelwald, just give me a movie about an eccentric wizard travelling the world looking for magical animals and teaching us the power of friendship
newt’s character should have been like the crocodile hunter but in a wizard hat send tweet
Tumblr users, for years: Hey we like using your website but can you please do something about all the vile content like the stuff that is straight up illegal
@Staff, for years: Sorry we don’t know how 😦 look I’m wearing my tie as a belt, we are designing webs site , no yelling!!!!
Apple: We aren’t going to have your app in our store anymore because the site is overrun with deplorable content to the point where 14 year olds needs to add “pedophiles don’t interact!!!” on their glitter slime gifsets
@Staff, immediately after being threatened with a hit to their ad revenue: *all stop doing coke in the bathroom for once and purge the site in a day*
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