Anniversary you say? Surely this site has not been around for a year already has it? Well… no. It most definitely has not.
But that’s old school convention, and I say screw it. It is our Anniversary today because the first movie we discussed on iconogeek when it was in the theater comes out on DVD today. We have made it a full theater to home release cycle, and that my friends is something to proud of.
Alright maybe it is not that big of a deal, but seriously give me a break. It’s only Tuesday and this week feels like its 2 months long already, so let me have my little delusions.
Cloverfield -The much hyped, motion sickness inducing, nail biting, hair raising mystery dated flick that re-invigorated the monster movie genre. Even with all of the anticipation leading up to this movie, it still managed to deliver. Buy this DVD. We need more movies willing to take chances… and I don’t mean like indy-movie chances where you discuss the inner spirit or some crap like that… I mean I want more balls-out monster movies. If they make a sequel and it has bare breasts in it, I can safely say now that it will be the last movie I will ever need to see.
The Orphanage - Guillermo Del Toro produces this extremely creepy looking movie with kids talking to ghosts and random nightmare concoctions of that sort. I’ll be picking this one up this week and I’ll let you know how I feel… from what I’ve heard though I may be hiding under my bed for a week, terrified.
So, it may be awhile.
Any word on what kind of special features are on the Cloverfield DVD? I don’t really want to see the movie again, but I’m very interested in extras!
* Deleted Scenes
* Alternate Endings
* Clover Fun outtakes reel
* Commentary with Director Matt Reeves
* I Saw It! It’s Alive! It’s Huge! featurette
* Document 01.18.08: The Making of Cloverfield featurette
* Cloverfield Visual Effects featurette
I’ll have more info this weekend after I have the opportunity to watch it again.