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Is “Cloverfield” this year’s “Snakes on a Plane?”
I’m on the fence on this one, but the “New York Post” seems to think so. They’ve published the seven deadly signs surrounded by red flags that movie fans might think twice about buying a ticket to see “Cloverfield” this Friday. Here are the reasons they give that this film could be a monster of a disappointment:
1. It has no stars and an unknown director.
2. The budget is tiny.
3. It’s coming out now. (translation: January is a traditional dumping ground)
4. No one has seen it.
5. J.J. Abrams isn’t directing.
6. It was made to fast.
7. Interest is being driven by hype, not the film.
It’s No. 7 that really has a lot of “Snakes on a Plane” parallels for me. There was a good article from the New York Daily News that talks about how the filmmakers and Paramount Pictures kept production under wraps, only leaving cryptic bread crumbs for rabid fanboys to gobble up about this cinematic mash up between “The Blair Witch Project” and “Godzilla”.
I think the fanboy contingent will be enough to give the $30 million dollar “Cloverfield” a respectable opening weekend, but I also won’t be surprised if it suffers the same fate as Samuel L. Jackson and those deadly vipers did. So, weigh in. Will this be a hit or a miss? Will you be buying a ticket this weekend?
If you’re on the fence, here are 22 new production stills from “Cloverfield” to look over as well as a more recent trailer - that may help you make up your mind.
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