ROTTEN TOMATOES: RT on DVD: Cloverfield, Charlie Wilson and 2008's Worst-Reviewed Film Comments

RT on DVD: Cloverfield, Charlie Wilson and 2008's Worst-Reviewed Film

by Jen Yamato and Alex Vo | April 21, 2008

Summary

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a Slusho, whatever that is! Cloverfield stomps its way onto DVD as not only the most exciting new release of the week, but the one most chock-full of special features. Charlie Wilson's War, The Savages, and The Orphanage are also new -- but be on the lookout as the year's worst flick to date, One Missed Call, also shuffles onto shelves. Back to Article

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smartmoviekid writes:
on Apr 21 2008 08:37 PM

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hey man i suggest going to 1-18-08news.com/forum and make a name there. lots of ppl who stuck to the movie since the "Transformers" trialer, and mabe one of those guys could help u out with ur question of the monster's origin

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Sploich writes:
on Apr 21 2008 09:20 PM

It's "1-18-08," not "1-11-08."

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yowazup13 writes:
on Apr 21 2008 10:56 PM

Cloverfield was many things, but original it was not. Sure I can believe that JJ Abrams and crew never saw The Blair Witch project, but there's a thousand other movies, I can think of right now, they could've plucked their ideas from. Cloverfield was piss-poor. Sure I don't go to a movie like that to focus on acting-chops, but my god, that was some of the worst acting(in a wide release movie) I have ever seen. I found it incredibly distracting. I don't blame the movie for making me too sick to stay, though. Thats my problem.

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alexmovietracker writes:
on Apr 22 2008 03:23 AM

One Missed Call was not a Bomb... at least at the Box Office (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=onemissedcall.htm), it has double it's $20 million budget, and i don't think it was that bad to get 00% in here. Cloverfield is such a great movie but it's not for everyone...

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magicman30 writes:
on Apr 22 2008 05:32 AM

My problem with Cloverfield was not with its shaky camera but with the actions of its characters. The entire time I keep thinking to myself who in the world given the situation would do this. Overall not a bad movie but my goodness the actions of the main characters just insulted my intelligence.

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sportzboy698 writes:
on Apr 22 2008 07:30 AM

Everybody should check out www.1-18-08.com, I think we found our next guy for the sequel. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the guy they want to use for the sequel. Like if we followed his view around this time. Bring on the shaky cam!

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kodie131 writes:
on Apr 22 2008 07:53 AM

I am very excited to see Target's Cloverfield comes with the mix from the party at the start, thats so awesome!

And I am also very excited to rent One Missed call this weekend to joke sesh it.

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Superzone writes:
on Apr 22 2008 07:56 AM

Cloverfield = my favorite movie of the year so far.

One Missed Call = piece of monkey s***

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sportzboy698 writes:
on Apr 22 2008 08:07 AM

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Amen, superzone! But, the summer didn't hit yet!

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cypress550 writes:
on Apr 22 2008 08:45 AM

i liked cloverfield more than i thought i would actually and it wouldnt make sense if they didnt have a shaky cam with a handheld camera.

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Bathazar B writes:
on Apr 22 2008 08:49 AM

Was anyone else a bit put off by the American-interventionist white wash the audience is subjected to in CWW? I seem to remember Roberts having a line like, "Why aren't we helping the anti-communist forces in Afghanistan like we are in El Salvador and Nicaragua?"

I'm not saying *the character* (or the woman it's based on, for that matter)wouldn't say something like that, but the film doesn't offer anything to contradict her point of view. Anyone familiar with the record knows that the "help" America offered the two countries in question was actually several years of brutality.

Hoffman is the reason to see this movie -- it's a top-drawer, holy cow performance if I've ever seen one.

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Jen Yamato writes:
on Apr 22 2008 10:01 AM

Good point, warheart - King Kong aside, we don't really have many modern monster movies. Cloverfield was even more of a monster movie than King Kong, I'd argue, and much more in the spirit and paying homage to the classic Gojira flicks. I say, bring on Cloverfield 2!

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sickofitall writes:
on Apr 22 2008 10:06 AM

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go to hell

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danterandal19 writes:
on Apr 22 2008 01:14 PM

Does anyone know if "Cloverfield" is coming out on Blu-Ray (I know, I'm a HD whore, but if i'm going to get motion-sickness again, I might as well see it in all its glory.)?

I know that it was supposed to come out for HD-DVD before that whole debacle went down, but does anyone have any news about this? And while we're on the subject, how 'bout a "Transformers" Blu release?

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rt_hire_me writes:
on Apr 22 2008 03:00 PM

Skip Cloverfield, rent The Thing again. The characters and their 'real' dialogue are boring. Vitajex got taken, his friend got taken, we all got taken, and it doesn't matter that the camera was shaken: if you're going to spend money on fantastic gory creatures, spend a little more and get someone to help you write a script that will make your audience interested in the human creatures.

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thereign writes:
on Apr 22 2008 03:34 PM

Windors2;

I got your back. It took me 2 viewings to see the splash in the ocean, but IT WAS DEFINITELY THERE! Although for me, the idea of an alien monster invading ruins the whole story.

I liked the design of the creature, which looked like something which biologically could exist on this earth, although somewhere deep in the trenches of the ocean. If the sequel gives its origin as extraterrestrial, with more aliens on the way, I'm going to be mighty pissed.

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spitting into the wind writes:
on Apr 22 2008 03:50 PM

Fresh!?!?!
There was absolutely nothing original about Cloverfield.
It was an alright movie to see at the cinema, but the central characters were irritating and kept on making ridiculous decisions.
While One Missed Call was a smouldering lump of faeces, it seems a bit harsh to give it "nil point".
Both Charlie Wilson's War and The Savages are extremely good films.
And I personally can't wait to watch The Orphanage.

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Scottworth writes:
on Apr 22 2008 05:01 PM

Lol 'Don't Pick up the Cell Phone!'? We don't even use the word 'Cell Phone". If I didn't watch so much US entertainment a would have no idea wtf that even was, we say 'mobile phone'. If you are going to dumb down the title for Australians at least do a little research.

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Product_of_You writes:
on Apr 22 2008 09:30 PM

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It wasn't the shaky cam or that everything wasn't explained in Cloverfield that was the problem, those things I'm fine with. The story, dialogue and acting were the problems. It never once felt real to me because the reactions (bad acting) were so atrocious most of the time; not to mention that whole first 20 minutes and the dreadful dialogue throughout the picture. Plus the plot line of the main character going back to save his one time screw, and the others going along with him. It was a poor way to move the characters from point A to B. And need I remind everyone that the girl he goes to save is impailed (it looks as though through the chest) and can barely move, yet a few minutes later is sprinting around. Needless to say the story was pretty bad. I liked all of the scenes when the dumbass humans side stories and ridiculousness wasn't happening.

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duckmanx88 writes:
on Apr 22 2008 10:49 PM

cloverfield was great. the cam could have shaked a bit less and i had hoped for mroe survivors but still pretty awesome.

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