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Cloverfield (2008) film

Discussed in 6 episodes · 5 film takes
PKA Score 6.2/10
Kyle
4.0/10
3 takes
Woody
8.2/10
2 takes
IMDb 7.0 RT 78% Metacritic 64
PKA rates this 0.9 lower than critics

Every time it came up

Brief discussion of the giant monster film and its shaky camera work.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Cloverfield, the first one is when you've got a giant monster destroying the city and I hated that too The second one, the John Goodman one”
▶ PKA 368 @ 2:34:11 — Painkiller Already #368
Discussion of third Cloverfield film coming April 20th with minimal marketing, discussion of previous film's ending
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“The thing that's interesting about it is they're not advertising it. They're not marketing it. I loved the last one. I thought it was excellent.”
▶ PKA 325 @ 3:13:30 — Painkiller Already #325
Taylor discusses watching Cloverfield films, noting watching the second one first made the experience better with more uncertainty
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I watched, is it The Visit with the woman who's really good with language? I watched Ultimate Beastmaster. I'm on episode 7 or something. I watched Cloverfield. First and the second? Oh, I've seen both now. I watched the”
▶ PKA 373 @ 3:31:27 — Painkiller Already #373
Discussion of the Cloverfield film's plot, characters, and comparison to expectations
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i liked it i liked it more than rotten tomatoes said maybe it helped that kyle kind of lowered my expectations”
▶ PKA 324 @ 3:13:38 — Painkiller Already #324
Discussion of original Cloverfield as found footage film and how it contrasts with 10 Cloverfield Lane
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“the first one is sort of found footage handy cam rough stuff they're almost completely unrelated except for if you watch closely in the first one, while they're jumping around, you see an alien crash into the ocean”
▶ PKA 807 @ 3:59:11 — PKA 807: Kyle's Mexican Plastic Surgery Trip
Discussion of the original Cloverfield film, its found footage style, and the connected universe films
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“The space one is good.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“The original is kind of it's found footage and Shaky Cam, so if you don't like that, you won't like it. And I don't like that, so I don't like it.”