Cloverfield 2 – Cloverfield Sequel
Even before the first movie was out there were rumors of a sequel to Cloverfield. And since the firs film has been released fans of the shaky-cam monster movie are really hopping to see Cloverfield 2 one day.
Still dreaming of the previous viral campaigns launched to promote Cloverfield, fans are trying to catch signs of the new sequel online. But that would be in vain for now. Indeed both Producer J.J. Abrams and Director Matt Reeves aren’t yet decided about what direction Cloverfield 2 should take….
They gave some hints though:
If it’s not a literal sequel then it’ probably a retelling of the central story or some yet-unexplored backstory that would shed a new light on the events.
But I still think that a “traditional” sequel is still likely. And some doors are definitely opened for this:
- at the end scene on Coney Island shows something falls into the ocean in the background (in the far right from the view out of the ferris wheel, a bit left of a boat sitting in the water seen falling just as the camera beeps).
- at the very end of the credits, someone can be heard whispering “Help us”. And if you reverse it, you could hear: “It’s still alive.”
If you were able J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves about what direction to follow for Cloverfield II, what would you recommend?
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I loved this movie, but the shaky cam was too much. I wanted the camera to look at what was happening, not spend most of its time with blurred motion shots that make it impossible to see what is happening.
The teasers that barely showed the creature were great. But when half the movie was that same type of tease, it made me loose interest.
If a sequel is made with standard (no hand held cams) I will be the first in line!
I agree with Shaun, the idea of the movie was great but the shaky handcam gets annoying after a while, but the pressure is intense and overall impression quite good as it seems more real.
I’ll still watch part II of Cloverfield.
Cheers
The first Cloverfield I didn’t like how the evil monster was winning all the way toward the end of the movie. Godzilla needs to come in and kick it’s butt! :)
The first film was awesome, but like most people say the shaky camera work got a bit much (added to the realism which was probably the intention).
The film really hit the spot with the fact that you got to see massive street fights between the US Army and the Monster, you never got that in the film ‘War of the Worlds’, most of it happened off camera. In a similar context, the film ‘Signs’ (Mel Gibson), another brilliant film, you never got to see any fighting. Although fighting (Aliens Vs Army) would have taken away the underlying theme of Faith/God Vs chance/science/aliens, a little ‘distant gun fire’ heard from the farm house would have really added to the atmosphere that we’re fighting for our lives!
Anyway, Cloverfield 2 should pick up midway through the first film. Should cover the efforts of the US Army battling the monster. The camera person should be a ‘film student’ i.e. they know how to keep the camera still, compose shots, but yet still have a little camera shake to maintain realism (sound fair?). Could possibly show the eventual defeat of monster and recovery of first tape from the former central park. From the Viral advertising, wasn’t there an oil rig that got destroyed and a sea battle? somewhere in the Atlantic? As the Monster was supposed to drop in off the coast of Coney Island, it took a large detour before heading back to New York. Perhaps there are two monsters and Cloverfield 2 could also feature news reports of it attacking London. Who knows!?!.
My gut instinct tells me that Cloverfield 2 will be the events leading to the main rampage in New York. Again from the viral advertising you see underwater shots etc. This leaves a nice door for Cloverfield 3 where you finally see the Monster killed.
I hope Cloverfield 2 rocks!
Cheers!
I think the second film should be filmed as a National Public Warning: That this creature has attacked and destroyed New York and no one knows where it will go to next. They should compile all the news footage, a source of steady camera-work, and also any other clips that might have been “recoverd” other than Rob’s. The attack on the Chuai Oil Station was not a second monster. The thing falling into the ocean was a Tagruato satellite. Plus, the new photos from the submarine show the parasites and Clover himself in one(if you look close), but it also shows steel girders and beams like that of an oil rig. It sounds to me as if this thing was kept captive somehow and the attack by TiDOWave(The anti-Tagruato group, stands for Tagruato is Destroying our Oceans, and they once sabotaged the Tagruato website. On the cell phone shots from the Station, you can see men in masks with guns. That was TiDOWave, and they are just as shady as Tagruato. They seemed to have caused the event that either released or really pissed off the monster. Perhaps they fed it Slusho, enraging it? Ever see those videos shick sent to her boyfriend. In those she gets all edgy and hyper, like she just did crank or something. A 30-story monster in an environment it doesn’t understand, being attacked for it knows not what reason, and essentially on crank makes for pretty much what happened in the first movie. The second should center on the news reports and speculations of the origins of the monster, as well as speculation as to what brought it out of dormancy. That’s just my two cents, and it would be great way to get not only a steadier cam, but some epic shots, such as the ones they show in the news report within the movie.
Yes the movie was very unique and interesting. It’s a frightening way to show how regular people deal with these situations. Now that you made a point…lets get down to the actual story and get to know the monster, like Godzilla… have the story from beginning to death of the creature. We all want to see that and that would be a great seller for you. Even better, maybe just maybe, have the cloverfield monster and the 1998 American Zilla meet in the movie, LET THE ULTIMATE BATTLE BEGIN….now thats a cool idea!! They are both relatively the same size and are both the ultimate monster, just consider the idea.
As my last idea I mentioned previously, have the cloverfield 2 movie where they have the battle between the Army and the monster, which would be a loss for the army… (ideas from other messangers on this thread) and have the third one where maybe the monsters fight it out, they both die in the end…
and the 1998 American Zilla is the basic example. that zilla died but there were eggs left, one hatched and caused a cartoon mini series for godzilla for a bit, but he still lives and maybe he had a baby zilla again, like i said, just consider these ideas, it would be really cool….
I loved the movie, i thought the “Shaky cam” effect was Genius, it was a great way to convey an indepth realty of a first person view thus giving the whole movie experience more life.
The idea of a Cloverfield movie sequel would be a great idea, not only because of good story line it could carry on, but because it could give the first movie more closure…
I liked the idea of leaving the target audience wanting more by finishing the first movie like you did, but i did get annoyed.
Well done!
I have no opinion
NO… no Godzilla film… no, no…. I love the formula the Cloverfield movie had, I love that we don’t get to see the monster that much, I love that the characters and that us the audience dont know what the hell the monster is… lol… The same way we saw Scoobidoo episodes or movies where we don’t see a villains face till the end… part two, would be unique in continuing part of the first film and what we didn’t see…. maybe from another persons camera from the bridge scene or other groups that were trying to escape Manhattan… they should leave the death or disappearance of the creature till the third film…they should leave us still guessing what the hell it is, how it got here, or how it survived all these years living here…it should scare and frighten the living shit out of us… I don’t want to know about the creature, I want them to hardly show it that much… they should continue this unique tradition and style of the film into the sequel…sorta like 28 days later, then 28 weeks later, then 28 months later… lmao… Save the real origins and mystery of the creature till Cloverfield 3… IMO… Peace.
Please don’t recreate the God awful Godzilla series.
Who says that mankind has to win?
Okay, so I personally loved Cloverfield. I mean that is my favorite movie. Some people say that the shaky cam was a bit too much but I really feel that it added to the real-ness of the movie. I also have a theory about the movie.
There are two scenes when you get a good look at the monsters face. When they’re running into the subway and when Hudd gets chewed. If you study the creatures faces and neck area it is clear they are two different animals or whatever they are. I believe that there are 2 monsters. Perhaps a baby and a mom or baby and dad… Or mom and dad. I don’t know.
Also in the first movie when they are walking on the bridge and hudd is filming the headless statue of liberty. When he pans out and swings the view back around to the people on the bridge he films another person looking back at him with a small hand held camera.
I think that Cloverfield 2 should be set in those peoples ‘adventure’. So, in the second movie you get a glimpse of Hudd and his crew. I think that would be really neat. But that’s just me. ;)
First get rid of the shaky cam with more clear views. Many want it be against Godzilla, who is awaken by man again in last ditch effort to kill Cloverfield. With intense battle scenes like those in Transformers.
the cam was good for the first movie, it was the first encounter it had to be like that. but for the sequel it can’t be one or two large monsters, those monsters are probably the first wave clearing a zone for smaller more intelligent beings. i have to say though that this first movie would be a perfect beginning for a gears of war movie.coming up from the core i believe hud from the movie said something like that. But please this just can’t just be a monster or two there has to be more to it,we don’t know much about whats under the earth we know more about space then we do about under ground. if there is any Godzilla talk it will be the worst movie in history.
what i didnt get is why were they so focused on beating it up on the out side when you have to kill it on the inside. If that’s the only way to kill it its going to be like gears of war 2 (in the worm) or there going to shove so much TNT up its ass that’s it will look like the fourth of July…. i thought cloverfield was good because of how much money he only had and it was something new
Cloverfield was brilliant. It had just enough suspense and just enough gore to sustain a viewer and hook them from start to finish. The way the scenes kept jumping each time Hud put the camera down was incredible as that happens / happened with real world video cameras.
I can sit through the hand held camera scenes, no problem. About the only unrealistic angle there was how the battery never died. Amazing. A direction I’d love to see the movie venture would be the absolute certainty of what happened to our two remaining survivors under the bridge. And let’s not forget about the girl who made it out; she has a story to tell, too. Perhaps the sequel, if one ever comes, could be how she fought to have the army return for her friends? She could gather a select group of individuals and they could be dropped into ground zero and wander around until they find them: hopefully alive somewhere.
As for who the monster is and where it came / fell from – you can save that for #3. I really need to believe the last 2 people there survived. I need Cloverfield 2 to confirm this for me.
An embedded reporter with a cameraman, to get rid of the shaky camera. Its death should be one that has not done before in any other movie and intense. Infer a statement about all living things, since the movie title is about a unknown lifeform.
Well i’m sorry, despite what every person is saying here about the “shaky camera”, i thought it was freaking awesome. The idea of doing Cloverfield like that is worth a million awards. I hope number 2 uses the same camera idea other wise they might as well name it something else.
I loved Cloverfield 1, everything about it and can’t wait to go see the movie Cloverfield 2. I went to see it twice in the theater and twice on DVD but can watch it over and over… so again can’t wait till the new one comes out. Awesome Movie!
I think that everyone’s idea is good, but I have something to add. Well, in the second Cloverfield they should have another group of people, of course, but instead of stopping the movie right at the “Hammer down”, they should survive the bombing. At the end of the credits you could hear “it’s still alive”, so if it is still alive then make the rest of the movie. Now when the movie starts it should start when things already started to happen, like right when the movie starts the group would be running and they would say that they didn’t know this was going to happen, but when it did the decided to film it.
So as they are trying to get off the island, in the background you see Rob and his group running too. I think that would be an awesome extra to add.
I think my favorite idea for a sequel is to have it filmed from actual soldiers in the army in the same night that the first one happened. you know when soldiers bring nice camcorders with them to war to do a documentary?
it would be great if the movie started off at a military base and they get called in not knowing what their in for. plus having it supposed to be somebody that has experience with camcorders would make it a lot less shaky…
to individuals like Shaun, give it a break, understand that the movie was produced in that manner. Overall you STILL are a fan of the movie. Am I not correct? Okay, so maybe they should be able to go back to that handy cam standard. I does bring more suspense, as we are left in semi-curiosity about what is going on in the film. Although, maybe to satisfy the bitter audience who whine and complain about the camera. Maybe the camera should be a bit more steady. I really wouldn’t mind. I thought it was a new a great idea. Standard would make it very obvious and boring. It’d be like ripping off Godzilla. I love Godzilla but no thanks, originality works so much better. Besides, everyone knew how the movie was being filmed and they STILL ran to watch it… yes.. including YOU Shaun. So stop complaining and enjoy the sequel in whatever manner its made. Toodles. :D
i loved the first cloverfield. I wish we could have see something (at the end) that shows a news station covering the story. that would have been cool. the only thing I noticed was a couple of people with cameras, so i could see J J Abrams continuing the movie from those other people’s perspectives. HOWEVER! there is that question of was it just one monster or were there several others? was it just me or did that look like a tentacle that broke down the bridge? that’s why I thought there might have been another monster because the monster we saw didn’t look like it even had a tail ;)
The handheld camera technique was great. Quit whining.
well I loved the first movie I though it rocked! The FP POV really set the mood of the film and let you delve deeper into the personal lives of the characters and get to like the characters and sympathise with their situatuion. One thing that got me though as I am a Major military buff and Former United States Marine, is that the monster was too strong…….BIG NO NO we use some heavy artillery and that M1A1 Abrams Tank, and MRLS carry anti armor munitions that can go through inches of steel and make short work of that shell the creature had. That thing should have been obliterated by those 20+ 2000 pound bombs! I am sorry but there is nothing that can survive a 2000 pound bomb hitting center mass! Plus not to mention the F/A-18s dropping GBU-24S which can bust through mountains and steel and concrete reinforced bunkers! Anyway for the sequal I would love to see the story from a Military member and show them using the Tactical Nuclear Cruise Missile on NYC. Any how did anybody else find it odd that the Military was there so gosh damn fast!
I actually did not see it in the theater because I had heard of how it was filmed. For the price of a theater ticket I am a miser with my greenbacks. I do, however, own the film and have watched it more than once. Though, the last time through, I had to stop it at the tunnel scene because, though I saw it before, it was for some reason too much to bear. *blush*
If C2 does come out and is filmed in the same manner, I will not go to the theater and see it. I will, however and more likely, purchase it when the option becomes affordable.
The military standpoint is a good lead for the film makers to consider. Naturally they arrived fast: they’re Hollywood paid. *wink* But remember! Our weapons are tested on Earth bound creatures and structures. Who knows how easy of a target a “true” ET would be. I myself would love blasting them with Reece’s candies for one reason or another though.
you know i’ve seen in these comments a few people talking about the monsters defeat which brings me to what iem about to explain. in the American version of Godzilla at the end where he’s tangled up in the bridge wires. the jets that are firing the missiles on him are like F-18’s or something i don’t know my jets i’m probably really far off with that but that’s besides the point. the missiles were blowing holes into him making him bleed and stuff. now notice threw out the movie cloverfield the monster is getting shot by not just missiles but tanks, rocket launchers, guns, etc. etc. at the end we see him hit with a carpet bomb/bomber. and still no sigh of injury or blood. anyone else notice this but me? also them lungs on the outside of his head. what if there not lungs but something like a set of gills. i know with frogs they have no scales but a solid peace of skin which helps them hold water in there body for long amounts of time so they can leave the water. the cloverfield monster had the same type not scales but a solid piece of skin his tail at the tip had some kinda fin like deal maybe this monster was a water creature. i know at the end the thing that fell into the water was a satellite not the monster itself a slusho satellite i believe is what people are calling it which had woke the monster up from its sleep i believe. that’s just my theory on the whole thing.
I love the first movie but i do feel like the first movie was kind of a tease and i would like to see the second movie to show whats happening. even if it’s not in the usual standard view i would still pay to see the movie. But i hope to see a trailer soon, i actually expected to see a teaser trailer during the star trek previews or transformer 2 previews like they did to the first movie.
I really enjoyed the first film, (especially being a NYer) maybe at some point they can hit a “steadicam” (or “video stabilization”) button on their camera like they hit the “night mode” button in the first one)
I want to see Godzilla. I went to see the movie because I was expecting to see Godzilla. If Godzilla comes out in cloverfield 2. I will see it.