Monsters (Gareth Edwards) - Blu-ray Forum

sillywabbit · 12-08-2010, 12:50 PM

Gareth Edwards' Monsters is getting the SteelBook treatment, to be released 21 May, 2011 in Germany.

Code:

SYNOPSIS:
Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion
a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist
through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border.

Product page

BartDelien · 12-08-2010, 01:13 PM

ooo Nice!!!

Hope the steelbook cover will be this one :

jstn · 12-08-2010, 01:44 PM

Pre-ordered! Saw this back at the start of November w/ director Q&A in Bristol (Watershed) - fantastic film in my opinion, especially considering the low budget.

Hope the artwork is similar to the UK quad (despite it being extremely misleading):

[Show spoiler]

AccordTR · 12-08-2010, 02:01 PM

Awesome, def buy for me.

vikingsmudge43 · 12-08-2010, 02:09 PM

Awesome.. another must have..!!

blueglide · 12-08-2010, 02:48 PM

Hoping for a group buy on this!

bandapart · 12-09-2010, 06:52 AM

Wow!!!!!!!!!

chipvideo · 12-09-2010, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jstn

Pre-ordered! Saw this back at the start of November w/ director Q&A in Bristol (Watershed) - fantastic film in my opinion, especially considering the low budget.

Hope the artwork is similar to the UK quad (despite it being extremely misleading):

[Show spoiler]

If it did indeed turn out to be like that I could see embossing galore.

Just pre-ordered it. This is a no brainer!!!

technique · 12-09-2010, 07:02 AM

sounds like it will make a cool steelbook... i saw this movie in the local independent theater and really enjoyed it.

chipvideo · 12-09-2010, 07:05 AM

I love these kind of movies. Anything that is post apocolyptic in nature dealing with survival. It really grabs me and takes me into the movie.

Jarfa · 12-09-2010, 10:05 AM

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Monsters-Blu-ray/18628/

razor81 · 12-09-2010, 02:20 PM

Any good this movie?

Jarfa · 12-09-2010, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razor81

Any good this movie?

depends of ... your taste. Too alien / bad script / average acting for me.

razor81 · 12-09-2010, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jarfa

depends of ... your taste. Too alien / bad script / average acting for me.

Wow thanks Jarfa. So I have bit idea about this movie.

bandapart · 12-09-2010, 03:56 PM

"Hollywood is already going nuts over the filmmaker, who supposedly made the film for a fraction of a million dollars (maybe even as little as $15,000), and some are touting him as the next Neill Blomkamp."

Vertigo Films UK kicked in $500,000 for post production, rights, and other expenses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmR-l3y_coo

"The cost of a ticket is exactly the same regardless of a film's budget, but American consumers still love a bargain. So while we're flattered by an extravaganza like, say, Avatar, an effective film made on a shoestring hits us in an entirely different pleasure center. Monsters, a hip, moody science-fiction film made for a reported $500,000, triggers that happy belief in the can-do spirit.

The setting is Mexico, several years after aliens were inadvertently brought to Earth by a bungled NASA mission. Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy), a photographer with the New World Citizen newspaper — at least in sci-fi, print lives! — is trolling the alien zone south of the border for the only images his editors crave: photos of children mangled by the enormous monsters.

Kaulder, who aspires to be dashing and occasionally succeeds, is soon ordered to find and return his boss's comely daughter Sam (Whitney Able), who has been mysteriously dodging her fiancé in Mexico — a more appealing assignment than hunting for tiny corpses, you'd think. But Kaulder doesn't want to leave the story and grumbles for much of the journey north until he warms to Sam's icy, pert prettiness.

Making Mexico the epicenter of alien invasion sets up a hardly subtle statement about illegal immigration. The monsters, who look like the offspring of giant squid and the AT-AT walkers from The Empire Strikes Back (and whose CGI effects were created on a laptop by writer-director Gareth Edwards) head north looking for mates, prompting the U.S. to throw up an enormous wall. Good luck with that, Uncle Sam.

Edwards provides a steady stream of tension and doom, yet the overall mood is almost dreamy. There's more resignation than pandemonium; this may be the gentlest creature feature ever. Sam and Kaulder respond accordingly, witnessing horrific carnage one night and enjoying the sunset from a Mayan ruin the next, while musing about how different America looks from the outside. That, in fact, is the one scene in this quietly appealing film that feels low budget."

This article originally appeared in the November 8, 2010 issue of TIME.

Schrödinger · 12-11-2010, 04:42 PM

Preordered!

,deeii · 12-12-2010, 04:49 PM

Sounds great. I haven't seen this movie yet but I always like these kind of movies. Will pre-order this one later.

Masterblaster002 · 12-12-2010, 05:01 PM

hmm..im still debating...

John

kevin87 · 12-12-2010, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jarfa

depends of ... your taste. Too alien / bad script / average acting for me.

really? it wasn't ENOUGH alien stuff for me. there was only like maybe two actual scenes with the aliens. and the rest, what do you expect with a low budget film? lol i'd probably get this eventually but not for more than $10 so steelbook from anywhere would be out of question from me lol

bandapart · 12-13-2010, 03:32 AM

I like a lot of aliens too, "Aliens" is one of my favorite films of all time.

But filmmaker Gareth Edwards intentions were to make the film he made. This is his first film, he is a CGI artist and made the aliens and much of what is displayed on screen on his laptop, from "Infected Zone" signage to the planes, tanks, and choppers.

He could have made endless aliens if he wanted to. It wouldn't have cost anymore to do so, just his time.

People expect to see lots of "Monsters" in this film from it's title, many will be disappointed, it's not what he intended. He brought back a style from the 50's, where a slow build up rises tension, and you hear more than you see. The battle with the aliens is long over after six years, they are in a containment zone. This is a simple story of two people trying to cross that zone.

12-08-2010, 12:50 PM	#1
sillywabbit Active Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 4K collection:430 Blu-ray collection:777 DVD collection:57 Trading Score:4	Monsters (Gareth Edwards) Gareth Edwards' Monsters is getting the SteelBook treatment, to be released 21 May, 2011 in Germany. Code: SYNOPSIS: Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border. Product page

12-09-2010, 03:56 PM	#15
bandapart Power Member Member since:Nov 2009 Trading Score:6	"Monsters" "Hollywood is already going nuts over the filmmaker, who supposedly made the film for a fraction of a million dollars (maybe even as little as $15,000), and some are touting him as the next Neill Blomkamp." Vertigo Films UK kicked in $500,000 for post production, rights, and other expenses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmR-l3y_coo "The cost of a ticket is exactly the same regardless of a film's budget, but American consumers still love a bargain. So while we're flattered by an extravaganza like, say, Avatar, an effective film made on a shoestring hits us in an entirely different pleasure center. Monsters, a hip, moody science-fiction film made for a reported $500,000, triggers that happy belief in the can-do spirit. The setting is Mexico, several years after aliens were inadvertently brought to Earth by a bungled NASA mission. Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy), a photographer with the New World Citizen newspaper — at least in sci-fi, print lives! — is trolling the alien zone south of the border for the only images his editors crave: photos of children mangled by the enormous monsters. Kaulder, who aspires to be dashing and occasionally succeeds, is soon ordered to find and return his boss's comely daughter Sam (Whitney Able), who has been mysteriously dodging her fiancé in Mexico — a more appealing assignment than hunting for tiny corpses, you'd think. But Kaulder doesn't want to leave the story and grumbles for much of the journey north until he warms to Sam's icy, pert prettiness. Making Mexico the epicenter of alien invasion sets up a hardly subtle statement about illegal immigration. The monsters, who look like the offspring of giant squid and the AT-AT walkers from The Empire Strikes Back (and whose CGI effects were created on a laptop by writer-director Gareth Edwards) head north looking for mates, prompting the U.S. to throw up an enormous wall. Good luck with that, Uncle Sam. Edwards provides a steady stream of tension and doom, yet the overall mood is almost dreamy. There's more resignation than pandemonium; this may be the gentlest creature feature ever. Sam and Kaulder respond accordingly, witnessing horrific carnage one night and enjoying the sunset from a Mayan ruin the next, while musing about how different America looks from the outside. That, in fact, is the one scene in this quietly appealing film that feels low budget." This article originally appeared in the November 8, 2010 issue of TIME.

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12-08-2010, 01:13 PM	#2
BartDelien Banned Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Netherlands Steelbooks: 94 Blu-ray collection:356 Trading Score:6	ooo Nice!!! Hope the steelbook cover will be this one :

12-08-2010, 01:44 PM	#3
jstn Special Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:UK Blu-ray collection:80 Trading Score:14	Pre-ordered! Saw this back at the start of November w/ director Q&A in Bristol (Watershed) - fantastic film in my opinion, especially considering the low budget. Hope the artwork is similar to the UK quad (despite it being extremely misleading): [Show spoiler]

12-08-2010, 02:01 PM	#4
AccordTR Senior Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Winnipeg, MB Trading Score:23	Awesome, def buy for me.

12-08-2010, 02:09 PM	#5
vikingsmudge43 Active Member Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Watford, Herts, U.K. Blu ray Steelbooks™ : 182 Home Theater Gallery:6 Blu-ray collection:242	Awesome.. another must have..!!

12-08-2010, 02:48 PM	#6
blueglide Active Member Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Michigan Trading Score:3	Hoping for a group buy on this!

12-09-2010, 06:52 AM	#7
bandapart Power Member Member since:Nov 2009 Trading Score:6	Wow!!!!!!!!!

12-09-2010, 07:02 AM	#9
technique Power Member Member since:Sep 2010 Location:Cincinnati Home Theater Gallery:16 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:397	sounds like it will make a cool steelbook... i saw this movie in the local independent theater and really enjoyed it.

12-09-2010, 07:05 AM	#10
chipvideo Senior Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Seattle Home Theater Gallery:17 Blu-ray collection:39 Trading Score:17	I love these kind of movies. Anything that is post apocolyptic in nature dealing with survival. It really grabs me and takes me into the movie.

12-09-2010, 10:05 AM	#11
Jarfa Database admin Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Europe, PT, Porto Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:6	https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Monsters-Blu-ray/18628/

12-09-2010, 02:20 PM	#12
razor81 Special Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Melbourne, Australia SteelBooks™ : 280 Home Theater Gallery:13 Blu-ray collection:922 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:32	Any good this movie?

12-11-2010, 04:42 PM	#16
Schrödinger Active Member Member since:Sep 2010 Location:Italy Blu-ray collection:15	Preordered!

12-12-2010, 04:49 PM	#17
,deeii Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Netherlands SteelBooks™: 208 Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:68 Blu-ray collection:680 Trading Score:14	Sounds great. I haven't seen this movie yet but I always like these kind of movies. Will pre-order this one later.

12-12-2010, 05:01 PM	#18
Masterblaster002 Active Member Member since:Aug 2009 Trading Score:101	hmm..im still debating... John

12-13-2010, 03:32 AM	#20
bandapart Power Member Member since:Nov 2009 Trading Score:6	I like a lot of aliens too, "Aliens" is one of my favorite films of all time. But filmmaker Gareth Edwards intentions were to make the film he made. This is his first film, he is a CGI artist and made the aliens and much of what is displayed on screen on his laptop, from "Infected Zone" signage to the planes, tanks, and choppers. He could have made endless aliens if he wanted to. It wouldn't have cost anymore to do so, just his time. People expect to see lots of "Monsters" in this film from it's title, many will be disappointed, it's not what he intended. He brought back a style from the 50's, where a slow build up rises tension, and you hear more than you see. The battle with the aliens is long over after six years, they are in a containment zone. This is a simple story of two people trying to cross that zone.

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