Godzilla (2014) - - Part 11

[AnneFan]

Yup.

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Then I'm perfectly OK with that. Zilla is absolutely massive and something had to result from him rising out of the ocean. Collateral damage. In the long run he'd save more people than he killed, indirectly.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

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Then I'm perfectly OK with that. Zilla is absolutely massive and something had to result from him rising out of the ocean. Collateral damage. In the long run he'd save more people than he killed, indirectly.

[BLACKOUT]He JUST IS. Godzilla's always been a character with no real motivation like other classic movie monsters like The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms or King Kong. He doesn't really mean anything by it.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[Hulk1968]

All these possible spoilers are getting to me but I will not break and look at anymore reviews, unless they are spoiler free - besides from the things I already expect, like the Big G's

Spoiler

atomic heat ray / breath is blue.

At least from what I hear on here, the reviews for the most part are very positive, minus a few critic's nitpicking. Other than that, I'm really looking forward to this. And hopefully if this film does reboot the franchise, I'd love to see Mothra, Gigan, Anguirus, or even Biollante in future films

Oh... and King Ghidorah, too for the heck of it, LOL.

 

[Incarnadine]

Sigh, another 71 hours until I get to see it. Such a loonnngggg time to wait.

 

[addison81]

This was really good. All the monster stuff was fantastic. The human stuff was serviceable. I actually liked all the teasing and build up. Gareth Edwards is becoming one of my favorites.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

This was really good. All the monster stuff was fantastic. The human stuff was serviceable. I actually liked all the teasing and build up. Gareth Edwards is becoming one of my favorites.

I would love it if WB got Gareth Edwards to direct a future DC Comics film (maybe Aquaman? Green Lantern). Basically, they should throw another $200 million at him.

 

[Crystalice1]

Glad to see people enjoying the movie, friday can't come fast enough. Wish I coul see it early also

 

[addison81]

While I enjoyed the slow build, when Ken W. Said "let them fight" a dude in the crowd shouted.... "AND ACTUALLY SHOW IT!!!!!!". Hate to admit I laughed.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

http://screencrave.com/2014-05-12/godzi ... ie-review/

 

[The Lizard]

Seriously, that final battle had to be among the most satisfying I've ever seen in a film. It's big, it's grand, it's brutal, it's everything you could possibly want in an American produced, big budget Godzilla film featuring other monsters. You can totally see the Komodo Dragon/Bear influence.


BTW, the audience I was watching it with was mostly made up of Godzilla 'noobs' and they were eating it up the whole time!

Saw it tonight myself.

I was expecting a few cheers when Godzilla first fully appeared, and there was a decent amount of clapping when that finally happened. But when the breath ray came into play, almost my entire theater went berserk with the yelling, clapping and cheering. It was amazing.

Some of the complaints about the pacing have merit, but overall I never felt bored and was totally satisfied with the payoff. The Mutos, while somewhat Cloverfield-like, were interesting enemies just doing their animal thing and not really evil.

I honestly would have liked to have seen the military really cut loose on Godzilla full force, which never really happened beyond the ships firing on him at the Golden Gate. I think Godzilla was established as a "savior" against the Mutos a little too early, and that ties in with the lack of really aggressive military action against him. I can't help but wonder if there's some kind of contractual agreement between Hollywood and the US military where if you get to use military equipment, props and locations, you can't show the army getting its ass kicked too badly in a movie. This movie wasn't nearly as bad as Michael Bay's movies in terms of worshipping the US military of course, but it would have been nice to see more of Godzilla destroying tanks and planes.

But all that aside, the cinematography is amazing. The characters move the story along fine, even if they aren't very well defined beyond their expected roles. I'm honestly happy that if there's a sequel (and I think there should be- there deserves to be), then there's still room for more classic Godzilla greatness that we haven't seen yet.

Score: 8.5/10

 

[Schlosser85]

So I just found out my local theater has a showing of Godzilla at 7pm on the 15th. I may be on Fandango as we speak.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Saw it tonight myself.

I was expecting a few cheers when Godzilla first fully appeared, and there was a decent amount of clapping when that finally happened. But when the breath ray came into play, almost my entire theater went berserk with the yelling, clapping and cheering. It was amazing.

Some of the complaints about the pacing have merit, but overall I never felt bored and was totally satisfied with the payoff. The Mutos, while somewhat Cloverfield-like, were interesting enemies just doing their animal thing and not really evil.

I honestly would have liked to have seen the military really cut loose on Godzilla full force, which never really happened beyond the ships firing on him at the Golden Gate. I think Godzilla was established as a "savior" against the Mutos a little too early, and that ties in with the lack of really aggressive military action against him. I can't help but wonder if there's some kind of contractual agreement between Hollywood and the US military where if you get to use military equipment, props and locations, you can't show the army getting its ass kicked too badly in a movie. This movie wasn't nearly as bad as Michael Bay's movies in terms of worshipping the US military of course, but it would have been nice to see more of Godzilla destroying tanks and planes.

But all that aside, the cinematography is amazing. The characters move the story along fine, even if they aren't very well defined beyond their expected roles. I'm honestly happy that if there's a sequel (and I think there should be- there deserves to be), then there's still room for more classic Godzilla greatness that we haven't seen yet.

Score: 8.5/10

Nice.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I actually do think that how the military is presented in a film factors into the whether the Pentagon allows equipment and members to be used. Avengers had no military advisors or equipment because they didn't like the idea of soldiers and airmen being under the control of SHIELD for whatever reason. MOS had actual rangers and airmen along with heavy military equipment and I can't help but think that it's partially because Snyder agreed to not present the armed forces in a bad light, and he didn't. I can't see some officer involved with liasoning with Hollywood wanting to give the go ahead to work on a project where the U.S. Army gets it's asses kicked by a giant radioactive pseudo-dino.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, it's kind of implying their ineffectiveness, true or not.

 

[Schlosser85]

So I officially have my ticket to a 9:50pm showing on the 15th.

 

[enterthemadness]

Yeah, it's kind of implying their ineffectiveness, true or not.

I like to think any military, in any country, couldn't do **** against Godzilla. Not this big ass one.



Now of course, that Zilla just got owned by the military. Then he got owned again by Godzilla in Final Wars. then Godzilla and the military had beers afterwards and laughed at Zilla.


Zilla is weak is what I am saying.

 

[BrollySupersj]

Oh well, future movies won't need the real military, they'll have G-Force! Masers and plasma grenades for everyone!

 

[Leenie]

Will probably be seeing this sometime on opening weekend (probably Saturday night).

Really excited. The positive buzz is a good sign.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Oh well, future movies won't need the real military, they'll have G-Force! Masers and plasma grenades for everyone!

 

[enterthemadness]

Will probably be seeing this sometime on opening weekend (probably Saturday night).

Really excited. The positive buzz is a good sign.

There's an air show this weekend. No idea when I will see this and Neighbors. May see both on the same day.


Sadly, no $5.75 ticket is an option. Carmike is sch theri movies on purpose to avoid that low ticket available between 4 to 5:30pm. Though the 3D option is playing in that time...ugh.

 

[BrollySupersj]

*robotic voice*

MOGEURA.

For reals though, you guys don't really think the military would be that sensitive about their depiction in science fiction though would ya?

 

[The Lizard]

I can't see some officer involved with liasoning with Hollywood wanting to give the go ahead to work on a project where the U.S. Army gets it's asses kicked by a giant radioactive pseudo-dino.

Yeah, like I said this movie is nowhere near as bad as Bay movies like Transformers that just slobber constantly over US military coolness and goes to ridiculous lengths to show the army's effectiveness against alien robots that should really defeat all of humanity quite easily.

The Mutos are portrayed as being unstoppable, and they do a lot of damage to the army...you just don't get to see a lot of it happen on screen.

 

[Schlosser85]

For those who've seen it.

How does [BLACKOUT]Bryan Cranston die[/BLACKOUT]?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Hey, it's understandable to me. When Hollywood comes calling for the kind of manpower and equipment only the armed forces can bring, I'd just assume they'd do it on condition that they aren't painted in a bad light. Now, some could say that it's being too sensitive, but it makes sense to me. If anything I am surprised that Hollywood needs any military help these days at all, with the use of SFX.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/review-edwards-godzilla-is-modern-monster-movie-done-right/