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Originally Posted by neverending
Ultimately, a monster movie is not about the monster, it's about the peril the monster puts the human characters in. Showing the creature too much makes it too familiar, and it ceases to be frightening. This is why Cloverfield is so effective- we only bits and pieces of the creature. Mostly we see the effects of its destruction.
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Let me make myself more clear here...by showing off more monster(s) or monstrous activity , I didn't mean there would be less human story with characters. Every monster movie must or better have revolve around a human establishment & characters & for that we can make ourselves connect with the situations going on. Of course, without their perils & survival story, it won't be appealing to the viewers at all. I just said it's better to have a sufficient amount of screen time for the monsters...to slowly understand their character attributes or nature or even the whole outlook. By showing off a good deal of 'monsters'...I didn't mean they have to show us how it poops or how does it met & give birth or interested in its life cycle unless that's require as an integral part of the story. In Cloverfield, we so much loved it because we felt its gripping presence at least all the time and for its unpredictable nature of when & where its going to hit next & how...though the monster(s) weren't in front of the screen all the time but at least it made us feel it may appear at any moment and that's one of the major successes from its film maker.