The Cloverfield Paradox.

Main > Everything Else

<< < (2/6) > >>

RandyT:
I just finished watching it, as I liked the others. It had a few moments, but I couldn't help but to draw parallels to every other sci-fi flick while watching. I could have done without the preachiness too.

This one really didn't answer any questions, at least not in a way that would fit the timeline. I guess the makers even indicated the films are only loosely related.

5/10

Howard_Casto:
No it absolutely explained it. Mind you it was a lazy explanation, but it explained it.

When the particle accelerator exploded, it not only caused a rift between those two dimensions, but all dimensions in the multiverse in all periods of time and space.
In other words it ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- up everything, and every movies' monsters/wierdness/whatever is a result of the explosion. The next film is even set in world war two, because that space-time distortion messed up the past as well. So there isn't a timeline and the films might not even take place in the same universe. But if you want to go there, you could assume that Cloverfield happened first, then Cloverfield Lane, then Cloverfield Paradox, which cause the explosion and created rifts in the previous two film's time periods allowing those monsters to exist at that point in time.

Yes it's confusing, but it is a paradox... it is supposed to be confusing.

Anyway, like I said, yeah it isn't too special, but worth a watch to kill time. If anything the pacing and structure made it more like a slasher flick than straight scifi/horror. That isn't a bad thing, but we know all the troupes, so it doesn't really have any surprises.

RandyT:

Yeah, I got that. But like you stated, it was pretty lazy. The explanation was literally spelled out in a 10 second blip, without really exploring the effects to any real extent. Without giving too much away, it's a bit convenient that the timelines of the split are identical in the one related to the plot of this story, and not the others. And then there's the element of the paradox seemingly only existing with regard to the main character. I.e. somehow the earth was shielded from this effect, but monsters :)

Howard_Casto:
Well you've got to remember, this franchise is JJ Abrams baby, and he isn't exactly known for cohesive plots, or any plot what-so-ever. I mean he ruined Star Trek and nearly ruined Star Wars because he didn't understand what the fans liked about those shows.

The franchise has made a decided turn towards horror since the first one, so I try to keep the quality of the films into that perspective. Is every Nightmare on Elm Street film good? Probably not. Are they all worth a watch? Yup.

pbj:
Interdimensional aliens? Lame. At least Starship Troopers had the bugs reacting to the invasion of their planet by Mormon extremists.

Navigation

 Message Index

Go to full version