They say "all good things must come to an end". Today was the final regular screening in Melbourne of Cloverfield, and most likely the final in Australia unless it's still on in Sydney or something. As I mentioned in yesterday's entry, there is a small independent cinema doing a screening next weekend, but I kind of count any of those screenings as extras rather than part of the cinema season of the film.
So seven weeks, 24 screenings and over $200 in movie tickets later it comes to an end.
I've honestly enjoyed these last seven weeks [probably more 6 weeks though, as after the second screening of it, my obsession was re-enforced as initially it was more of a movie I loved and wanted to see again]. I've been happier than I have been for a long time. I've been able to forget about problems and just live the moment, enjoy the hype, let myself go, or just plain out be the me which died a long time ago. It has been fun and refreshing. There's been more to it than just being into a movie. It's hard to explain, but I guess it's kind of like I've been able to bring back part of myself which disappeared a long time ago.
I way over-hyped myself today though. I knew that it was the last time and I wanted to enjoy it. I went in with the sole intention of just enjoying everything there is about Cloverfield. And that's exactly what happened. In a way it was like the very first time I saw it. I just seemed to sit mesmorized to the screen. That's what happened the first time I saw it. I was glad that was able to happen again. But as the movie began to draw to a close, I began to feel a little sad that everything was ending. I guess going to see Cloverfield became so much a part of my life. I never intended to see it this many times, it just happened the more I saw it, the more I wanted to go back. You'd think after all of this time things would not impress me as much. But they did. Everything remained so realistic and amazing. I even still kept laughing at the flaming homeless guy joke. I recite parts of the dialog during the movie sometimes, just because I want to. There is just so much about it that I find impressive. I should write to Bad Robot and thank them for this movie. Even if no one important ever gets to see my message, I just would like to tell them how much of an amazing movie they have produced.
When the movie finished, I gave one final cheer for it. There were a few people there, but I really didn't care what they thought. Then for the final time, I watched the credits and listened to my favorite song, the Cloverfield Overture. And as I heard the 'mystery' voice at the end I knew it was over for now. It really kind of hit me more when I got back to the car though, as I kind of just sat there for a while before leaving and thinking about how it was all over.
Although I kind of didn't get much of a chance to get hit with that before then, as a couple of the people who worked at the cinema ended up talking to me about the movie and that. First the person who did the cleaning, was also the person who checked my ticket on the way in, and I had mentioned to her about seeing the movie so many times, so we got talking afterwards. Then another guy who also checked my ticket when I came back from going to the Candy Bar for a Coke before the movie started, who had asked me if I was a Cloverfield fan [guessing because of my T-shirt and the movie I was seeing XD], I bumped into him on the way out, and he talked to me for a while too. Then just as I was about to leave I got talking to a guy who was changing the movie posters [I was asking him about Cloverfield posters]. Although the conversation with him kind of bought out something I didn't want to hear, although it does make sense. He was telling me that the cinemas have to destroy all of the standees and that [including the Cloverfield one] due to copyrights [guessing because the movie companies don't want people profiting by selling them on eBay and that, although I guess the US and UK don't care]. To think that those wonderful Cloverfield standees I wanted so much had to be destroyed like that. It's enough to make an obsessive person like me weep. That would explain why there are next to zero movie standees of any kind on eBay. I joked to him about that I would have paid a few hundred dollars for something like that, and he said I'm not the only one, as Star Wars fans have told him they'd pay over $1000 for stuff like that. He said that a few years back it was different and they could give stuff like that away [which would explain why I managed to score that Spirits Within standee], but not now. Even stuff like trailers and that get destroyed too. I guess the trailer I got must have got *snuck* out of a cinema somewhere. So I'm lucky to have that.
I'm kind of deviating, but that did kind of suck to find that out. To think of something amazing like that being destroyed is horrible. Maybe I'll get my own made up one day, as I have the hi-res artwork on the press kit I've got. At least I have photos of it.
So what now. I don't know to be honest. It's ages until the DVD comes out, and even then it really won't be the same. Part of the attraction of Cloverfield for me was the whole cinema experience ... the big screen, the effect of sitting near the front and feeling like I was part of it, the sound. Of course those weren't the main reason, but they did play a part in wanting to keep going back so many times. I guess I just keep looking for small cinemas that might have screenings of it. Or there is the um, dodgy option. It's not like I haven't exactly paid my share of money towards the box office. It is tempting, at least to tide me over until the DVD comes out. Otherwise I'll just have to wait. Keep on with the obsession, buy more merchandise, etc ... until the day comes again. Hell I sound like I'm waiting for a long-lost friend to return or something. LMAO
And that there is the final day of Cloverfield. I just realized the title I gave this entry is like Final Fantasy and Cloverfield. XD I didn't intend that at all. Maybe now I will get around to actually writing up the Cloverfield ARG stuff that I have been meaning to do for the past few weeks. There's so much more interesting stuff I want to write about in that area. Either that or I'll stop boring you all with Cloverfield stuff [although if you read this far, you probably don't mind XD].
So now I'll end this entry with one thing...
C L O V E R F I E L D
B E S T . M O V I E . E V E R !
... it's been one hell of an awesome time!