The end bit of Cloverfield
Now don't get me wrong, I thought the film was great; it had me on the edge of my seat! I felt the dizzying highs, the terrifying lows and the creamy middles of all the main characters and thought it was really well made. However, a friend who had seen it already said she was annoyed she hadn't known about the bit of dialogue after the credits as she would have stayed.

As a woman with a very short attention span, from Aladdin: Return of Jafar right through to the Professor rising from the grave or whatever at the end of X-Men 3, I have missed every exciting end-of-credits twist/epilogue/pointlessness.

Not this time!! I was pre-armed with teh knowledge!! I would wait until the credits were over and joyfully experience the final piece of the film to gloat smugly at the people who were ignorant as I used to be! Anyway, come the end of the film...

Longest. Credits. Ever.

I made my boyfriend and my three friends stay with me through every single recognition, from the Director right through to the Guy Who Makes Tea. We passed the eons speculating about what would happen, would the monster reappear, would the characters have survived, would it turn out to all be a dream as a result of an unfortunate mishap in the shower?

As the 11th minute of credits rolled onto the screen I got annoyed and muttered expletives and suggestions of IMDBing it later. The volume of my irritated voice just managed to drown out the precious words from the screen we had so eagerly (read involuntarily for my friends) awaited.

I was highly disappointed. My friends were mostly just angry.

And due to controversy over the actual dialogue, we still don't know what the fuckers said!!!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 30 Jun 2008, 16:14, 4 replies)

I had the same problem
only I fast-forwarded through the crap at the end of the DVD. The result:

lots of crackling sounds and then, I think, "it's still alive..."

I *know* it's still bloody alive. I just watched the film. The beasty was indestructibubble so it *has* to be alive.

Then I sat through the film again because the DVD extras can only be accessed when you see a 'low battery' sign at the top of the screen. And the extras were rubbish.

I cried. Then I hurled 'cause the shakey-cam made me car-sick.
(massively_optimistic that's terrific!, Mon 30 Jun 2008, 16:51, closed)

ahhhh
Thanks, I suppose that would make sense. I was waiting for the DVD to cheapen so I could hear it again through the magic of fast-forward-through-the-mind-numbingly-dull-credits. I've been told all sorts of things like if you play the message backwards it syncs up with Dark Side of the Moon and things.

Perhaps I should repost my biggest disappointment as finding out that's not true.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 30 Jun 2008, 16:55, closed)

The audio
Its backmasked

It defintaly says "its still alive"
Sequel out next year, lets hope its as good
(Crayzswan is neither a swan nor crazy..., Mon 30 Jun 2008, 18:47, closed)

I was happy
Another film found in my quest to find movies that *don't* have a happy ending...

Never knew/waited for any extra bits though.
(442, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 10:01, closed)