JJ Abrams why?

[mistergojiman]

I want to find out something about the man JJ Abrams. What I am going to post is just my opinion about the man and his sense of what he thinks makes a great movie. He is a hit and miss type of director, but for some reason he does well at the box office.

Maybe it is because I am old fashion about movies especially monster movies. I think it is because when I watch a monster movie I expect the monster to show up all through the movie not at the end. It is just a waste of film otherwise. Now I watched Cloverfield and all its hype for about 6 months and then I finally saw the movie and said what the heck was that all about.

I did not like and do not like documentary type movies where it lends a cheap quality to it. I hate that the camera through the film was bouncing all over it ****s up your head with a headache, but when I did finally see the monster it was an awesome looking monster and then it was over. You only see the monster literally for about 15 minutes through the whole film.

Which now leads me to another Cloverfield type monster movie and that is Super 8. This movie is a little bit better. It was a movie that I could follow, but it brought on disappointment soon after you wait and you wait to see the monster and then wammo there it is at the end of the movie it had similar qualities to Cloverfield. Only this time you see the monster for about 5 minutes and then it disappears into space. To me JJ Abrams is really great at directing certain movies like Star Trek that movie kicked ***. Other than that JJ Abrams doesn’t seem to do well in my eyes when it comes to monster movies.

This is my opinion about JJ Abrams anyone feel free to post what you think about JJ Abrams and try to keep it pleasant.

[Orga777]

His movies are less about the monsters and more about the characters. Super 8 is so good because the audience can get invested in the characters a lot easier than your generic monster movie. The kids in that movie seemed more like real people than just someone playing a part. Cloverfield is the same, even though the characterizations in that movie are not as good as Super 8 at all.

Personally, all the best monster/horror movies are the ones where you barely see the monster/killer at all. Alien, The Thing, THEM, Halloween, Psycho, etc. It makes for a better experience more times than not since it builds tension and atmosphere. Unlike usual action fare that is just superfluousness with special effects everywhere, no tension, bad characterizations, etc. (like Transformers.)

[Gorjirus]

His movies are less about the monsters and more about the characters. Super 8 is so good because the audience can get invested in the characters a lot easier than your generic monster movie. The kids in that movie seemed more like real people than just someone playing a part. Cloverfield is the same, even though the characterizations in that movie are not as good as Super 8 at all.

See? We agree on that. I loved Super 8.

Personally, all the best monster/horror movies are the ones where you barely see the monster/killer at all. Alien, The Thing, THEM, Halloween, Psycho, etc. It makes for a better experience more times than not since it builds tension and atmosphere. Unlike usual action fare that is just superfluousness with special effects everywhere, no tension, bad characterizations, etc. (like Transformers.)

It has been a while since I've seen Halloween admitingly, but doesn't Myers show up a lot in that film?

Also, what kind of action movie would it be if the characters causing the action were never shown?

[Shin lvl2 Goji]

Monsters is another film you can add to the list. I'd say not showing the monster works more for the horror genre. When it comes to monster movies though, people pay to see the creature in action, not just the effects of the monster's actions. It really shouldn't matter because it's fiction, but people are more concerned with it being realistic. The less time the monster's on screen, the less time the viewer needs to suspend their disbelief, and today's audience seems to have a hard time suspending their disbelief, period.

[Orga777]

Monsters is another film you can add to the list. I'd say not showing the monster works more for the horror genre. When it comes to monster movies though, people pay to see the creature in action, not just the effects of the monster's actions. It really shouldn't matter because it's fiction, but people are more concerned with it being realistic. The less time the monster's on screen, the less time the viewer needs to suspend their disbelief, and today's audience seems to have a hard time suspending their disbelief, period.

The difference is that I do not really consider Super 8 a monster movie. It is more like a suspense thriller movie, that just so happens to HAVE a monster in it. Hell, most of the stuff involving the monster is some of the weaker stuff in Super 8 because of how cliche it is for the most part.