Cloverfield = Motion Sickness

So I almost went to see Cloverfield this weekend but instead ended up in a romantic comedy. These are the things that happen to your movie viewing when you get married I guess.

After the chick-flick I was in ended, I had a chance to walk into the Cloverfield theatre for a minute and it was an amazing experience due to the excessively loud volume, the method of shooting (lots of shaking) and the content.

I have heard the movie is not so scary but it seemed like it would leave a lasting impression as it did on me after just 60 seconds.

Apparently, I am not alone in my perception of this movie as at least in one theatre, guests seem to be getting motion sickness from it. Take a look at this sign for what I mean.

Actually I am now glad my wife talked me out of seeing this movie.

  • Joseph
    January 22, 2008 at 12:09 am

    I went to see this crapfest tonight and ended up leaving for the same reasons. I tried to stay and watch the movie, but 30 minutes into it, I had to leave. I was literally about to blow chunks and the after-effects lasted two hours. Fortunately, I got my money back and the manager said that they have 5-10 people leave in every screening.
    I would definitely avoid this movie anyway, because the first 30 minutes of character development sucked. J.J. Abrams really blew it on this one, because I didn’t give a crap about the boring idiots that made up the cast. Quite frankly, they were annoying and I hope the monster ate them.

  • Gina Dorman
    January 22, 2008 at 8:59 am

    Ticket buyer’s remorse set in after the first 20 minutes of this film. I became shaky and nauseous from the cinamatography-induced nystagmus…PUKE!!!! The director’s attempt at artsy-farzy using a hand-held camera, distracted me from the entire plot of the movie. The characters were a bit ho-hum too. I have kids their ages and my kids’ lives are a whole lot more interesting! Take it from me, don’t see this movie without drugging yourself with Dramamene and then, JUST TRY and stay awake!

  • Nelson Gonzalez
    January 24, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    Yea i got that motion sickness thing, and let me tell ya , it sucked. The first time i saw the movie i really started to feel sick around the part when they were all running in the subways. It was so bad i had to rush to the bathroom because i really thought i was going to throw up. At the time i never even thought it was the movie beacause right before the movie i ate some hot wings and i thought i just had some indijestion! While in the bathroom i missed a really big part of the movie so i went to see it again the next day. I heard some rumors about people getting sick during the movie but thought i was a joke. As im watching the movie for the SECOND time i start to feel sick again around the same part of the movie when i got sick the first time! i was like oh yea so it is the movie. The action of the movie was great but it it just discouraging to hear that u might get sick watching the movie =(

  • Mario
    February 3, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    Oh man… heed the warnings… turn back before it’s too late..
    I can’t say the movie wasn’t good… it was all right for a monster movie. But the camera shaking for 85 minutes and flying in every direction imaginable was just too much.
    I’m not one to get motion sickness that easily, but there’s something about this movie that had me begging for it to be over 30 minutes in. Maybe it’s the fact that it’s filmed at night and all you see are lights scattering all over the place, or maybe a matter of perspective from the huge movie screen… but this one brought me to my knees. First time that’s happened in a long time!

  • RIP
    April 22, 2008 at 6:43 am

    No motion sickness….The ideea of holding camera was grate..others ar sensitive to this on big screens..bullshit, i don`t think that`s enough to make you puke.Anyway…good effects.. good sound…grate movie =).

  • Keith
    October 31, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    Permit me to promote my newly released website for tracking which movies make people motion-sick so they can avoid them. The URL is http://moviehurl.keithwiley.com. Submit your reaction to movies, look up other people’s reactions to movies, save yourself the money and the trouble of going to a movie that will make you sick.
    Cheers!

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