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The Shallows vs 10 Cloverfield Lane


These two were the best thrillers I've seen all year. However I can't pick the one I liked better. I'll divide it in 4 rounds but you guys can do whatever you want. And please no trolling I'm just having some fun.

Round 1: Main Character
Blake Lively vs Mary Elisabeth Winstead.
Winner: Mary. In my opinion, prettier, more confident, and a better actor.

Round 2: Main Villain
John Goodman vs Great White Shark
Winner: John Goodman. Both fit their world. And while the shark is scary and looks good for cgi, John had a more creepier element lurking in him and had more Depth.

Round 3: Supporting cast
Winner: 10 Cloverfield Lane. The Shallows other characters were just shark food, while that other guy in 10 Cloverfield Lane was more fleshed out.

Round 4: Ending
Winner: Tie. Both had far fetched endings that while still satisfying, weren't as good as the tension built throughout.

Winner: 10 Cloverfield Lane

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Sorry, both movies were ridiculous and massive disappointments imo.

"Worthington, we're being attacked by giant bats!"

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Sorry, but I disagree with you on nearly every point.
1. Blake Lively is extremely more attractive, in my personal opinion! And although her character had much less dialog, the movie overall had a much tenser feel to it.
2. The shark was a much scarier antagonist than John Goodman, although obviously Goodman's character had much more depth to it. The shark, being a wild creature, has an automatic sense of mystery. But Goodman's character also had some mystery because you really never knew until the end if he was telling the truth or just crazy. I give the shark a slight edge overall.
3. This one is a given, and I agree with you.
4. Although I enjoyed both movies, the ending of 10 Cloverfield Lane was superior because of the surprising reveal.

I'm not demeaning your opinion, I just respectfully disagree.

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I respect your post. Thanks for not trolling like so many people here. I can agree with you about the shark being scarier. However I still say Mary is way more attractive. Personal taste a guess.

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10 Cloverfield Lane

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Thanks for doing this, and a big THANKS for doing it without spoilers. I just saw The Shallows, and picked up 10 Cloverfield Lane at the same time. Watched Shallows yesterday, and am going to watch 10 tonight. I knew nothing about either one going in, and really enjoyed your comparison of the two.

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I think that Mary Elisabeth Winstead (MEW in further txt.) is overall prettier, probably not physically, but overall as person, he is more female too. Blake Lively (BL) has nice, sporty body, and probably less nice face. But all it is matter of taste too.
As actor MEW is more experienced, and I think overall better, although I did not see much of it with BL.

I agree with rounds 2 and 3.
Despite I love MEW a lot (probably my favorite actress at moment), and can watch here over hours, I would say that The Shallows was better movie for me - slightly. Maybe just because it was shot on nice, sunny beach, while other one in some kind of prison. Both stories were not strong.

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What is MEW?

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Probably talking about a cat.

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I liked both, but thought 10 Cloverfield Lane was the better movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuww_Oba20o

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10CL is a far superior film. who cares about juvenile stupidity in regards to how "hot" the actors are? I want an interesting script, good acting, good direction and a decent soundtrack. 10CL has all these attributes and is suspenseful throughout. 10CL is science fiction so I dont even know why one would compare it to a film about a shark attack in the first place. The Shallows has about 3 minutes of suspense in it, and thats being very kind. You always knew there's be some ridiculous, cliched ending to it. At least with 10CL there are question marks at the conclusion.

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