Godzilla (2014) - - - - Part 13

[X Knight]

I just took Godzilla fighting the MUTOs as "This world is MY territory, b******! Imma kill you now, because I'M the King!"

These monsters felt very animal-like to me, which is why I got the vibe that Godzilla was territorial. He might be "restoring balance," but I think that's more of an accident more than Godzilla's motives. His motives are to kick butt and take names, because Earth is HIS house.

yep.

meanwhile, he just tolerates us pesky humans..........

 

[UltraSuperGuy]

Everyone in my theater started pulling their hair out. One guy bit into his armrest and another set his pants on fire before shoving popcorn into his ears.

Oh well, I got a refund.

Heh. At my theater, no one reacted to the movie and everyone sort of quietly stood up and left at the end. Very similar to how everyone got up and left at the end of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug". There was a very distinct feeling of "we just got robbed of some money".

 

[Terminator]

Honestly, the reaction I heard was..

"I liked it, did you?"

"Yeah."

"A little bit slow at the start but..."

 

[Spade]

A few people clapped at the end of mine. The family in front of us liked it. Kids freaked for the creature-on-creature action (hmm...sounds dirtier than I thought). Not much talk otherwise. The last time I walked out of a movie where everyone else was saying "that sucked" out loud was Spider-Man 3.

 

[Warhammer]

I really wished they didn't kill off Bryan Cranston. There was so much charisma in his scenes that is lacking afterward. It felt criminal that he becomes widowed and ends up being a loon for fifteen years without seeing a MUTO get killed. And not only does he die but he dies in the same punk ass way that Kirk dies...a f***ing bridge.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

good review.
i think because godzilla is so big and so detailed the effects were very expensive. they didnt have known actors so almost all the money went into the effects. since we dont see a lot of the monsters and the budget is still over 200 millions it just shows how expensive a movie like this gets.

Thanks Dark_b, I think the money going into the effects showed, because they were brilliant, but I think a scene less of the humans fighting the MUTO's and a scene more of Godzilla fighting them would have a big difference to this movie.

The budget for this was $160 million I believe, so they utilised it well overall.

what i liked with the final fight and the Pacific Rim fights was how slow everything moved. Godzilla and the muto moved very very very slow. it takes some balls to show a fight like this since all young kids act like they are on cocaine and speed. add t:
there is a big difference between the robots in first Transformers and TF3 and TF4. in the third and last movie they move like they are made out of plastic. there is no weight IMO.

I never had a problem with the way the TF's moved, as another poster said they are aliens and living beings, despite being robots. But I agree about Godzilla and PR, everything seemed so real because of how big and slow the monsters and robots were.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

There's really not all that much resemblance outside of the length of the front appendages. The MUTO's were far more insect-like, which always seems to be the go-to foundation for alien designs in movies these days. Cloverfield was much more anthropomorphic and freaky looking.

Oh I wouldnt say they were exactly alike, but they had similarities, too many for my liking, I just wish they had gone a bit more original personally.

The finishing kill of the last creature was my absolute favorite part of the movie.
What was up with Godzilla falling down right after that though?

I just thought he was tired from the fight, after finishing off the 1st MUTO, a skyscraper collapses on him and he struggles to get up from that, I think getting up and finishing off the female was a big toll.

 

[Broseph44]

Oh I wouldnt say they were exactly alike, but they had similarities, too many for my liking, I just wish they had gone a bit more original personally.



I just thought he was tired from the fight, after finishing off the 1st MUTO, a skyscraper collapses on him and he struggles to get up from that, I think getting up and finishing off the female was a big toll.

Yeah he was tired and worn down, I think using his Atomic breath also did a number on him. Took a lot of strength for him to build up to that I'm guessing and afterwards he was worn down by it plus the fight itself.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Yeah he was tired and worn down, I think using his Atomic breath also did a number on him. Took a lot of strength for him to build up to that I'm guessing and afterwards he was worn down by it plus the fight itself.

Yep, there was the fight with MUTO's were he took a bit of a beating, and then of course a skyscraper collapsed on him after he finished the 1st one off.

 

[Casius--J]

I saw this last night and I enjoyed it. I was expecting more scenes with Godzilla to be in them but I guessed they were limited due to the budget. When he was finally on screen he looked amazing!

I freaked out when he used the atomic breath for the first time and when he finishes off the female Muto....WHOA!

One of the things I liked the most was how they made Godzilla into a kind of hero rather than the menace he was in the 98 movie.

It was a little slow in the beginning and it took a bit too long to see Godzilla but pay off for me was worth it.

3D was pointless imo, I could have watched that in 2D easily. At least my cinema doesn't charge extra for it lol

I would probably rate this 7/10

 

[Astro13Zombie]

Honestly, the reaction I heard was..

"I liked it, did you?"

"Yeah."

"A little bit slow at the start but..."

A few people clapped at the end of mine. The family in front of us liked it. Kids freaked for the creature-on-creature action (hmm...sounds dirtier than I thought). Not much talk otherwise. The last time I walked out of a movie where everyone else was saying "that sucked" out loud was Spider-Man 3.

Seemed like almost everybody at the showing I went to clapped.

It was a little slow in the beginning and it took a bit too long to see Godzilla but pay off for me was worth it.

Agreed.
I was getting a little restless waiting for Godzilla to show up(I usually have more patients for build ups,but c'mon...it's ****ing godzilla.)
But when he eventually did,it was so badass that I honestly can't complain.

 

[DeadPresident]

Resorting to insults because people laughed at that cheesy part of the movie? Was a terrible shot, I hate when movies try to make the monster sympathetic.

Again, no valid criticisms here, you're just mentioning things that aren't to your personal preference and that aren't used in this genre of movies often.

"It's different and I don't usually like it, therefore it's bad". The same "critiques" keep popping up over and over, there's definitely a certain type of movie-goer that this movie seems to be rubbing up the wrong way.

Considering how many people have enjoyed it I'd say it's more likely the vocal minority missed the point rather than there being something wrong with the narrative trajectory.

And yeah, when people misinterpret the emotional points of a movie with a hive mind mentality I do think of them as plebs.

 

[bullets]

Haha I just realized that's Diamond Dallas Paige in the picture. I guess he teaches some radical form of yoga.

You should google DDP Yoga , it's actually turned some peoples lives around.

 

[Rock Sexton]

I really wished they didn't kill off Bryan Cranston. There was so much charisma in his scenes that is lacking afterward. It felt criminal that he becomes widowed and ends up being a loon for fifteen years without seeing a MUTO get killed. And not only does he die but he dies in the same punk ass way that Kirk dies...a f***ing bridge.

The acting quality took a complete nose-dive after Cranston was done ..... especially when ATJ meets up with the military. The lines were embarrassing.

 

[Rock Sexton]

You should google DDP Yoga , it's actually turned some peoples lives around.

I've seen it. I watched the segment they did on him on HBO's Real Sports.

 

[Mr.?]

Again, no valid criticisms here, you're just mentioning things that aren't to your personal preference and that aren't used in this genre of movies often.

"It's different and I don't usually like it, therefore it's bad". The same "critiques" keep popping up over and over, there's definitely a certain type of movie-goer that this movie seems to be rubbing up the wrong way.

Considering how many people have enjoyed it I'd say it's more likely the vocal minority missed the point rather than there being something wrong with the narrative trajectory.

And yeah, when people misinterpret the emotional points of a movie with a hive mind mentality I do think of them as plebs.

How anyone can defend a movie where the titular character is in it for less than 15 minutes screentime is beyond me. The movie was different in all the wrong ways: Bland human characters, writing filled with plot holes, and barely showing the reason people went to see the movie in the first place (Godzilla).

My favorite Godzilla films are the original Japanese version and the Heisei series. Those movies do have alot of human involvement but Godzilla never takes a back seat to their story as he does in this film. THAT is my main problem in the film. Imagine if they made a Batman movie where a rookie cop took up an hour of screen time, Batman appears in full view for 10 seconds, cut to black and back to the cop's story for another 45 minutes, then Batman appeared to take down the villain in a quick 10 minute scene...Fans would be ENRAGED if that happened yet when it happens to Godzilla and fans like me are angry about it we are seen as "not getting it". Get what exactly? The movie is marketed as a Godzilla film where the monster takes center stage in just about every commercial spot so going into it people expect to see Godzilla destroying things and kicking ass, we didn't get that.

So stop with the insults and acting like most of us "didn't get" the movie, we got the movie but we didn't like what we got.

 

[Tim_Riggins]

To me, Godzilla clearly looks like he's catching his breath right after

Spoiler

dispatching the male MUTO

feels very human-like in that moment, so exhausted during the whole thing.

 

[Sithborg]

How anyone can defend a movie where the titular character is in it for less than 15 minutes screentime is beyond me. The movie was different in all the wrong ways: Bland human characters, writing filled with plot holes, and barely showing the reason people went to see the movie in the first place (Godzilla).

They same way we defend the various other Godzilla movies where he has comparable screen time? Not all the movies are super giant monster action fests.

Though I will have to state that the movie did diverge from the source in a terrible way. The kid who Ford was with on the airport shuttle should've been in short shorts.

 

[Mr.?]

They same way we defend the various other Godzilla movies where he has comparable screen time? Not all the movies are super giant monster action fests.

I dont care what anyone says I've seen every Godzilla movie and he has never been in a movie that little.

 

[Sithborg]

I dont care what anyone says I've seen every Godzilla movie and he has never been in a movie that little.

I think that generally, the other movies are shorter thus, the percentage of screen time he has is a bit more. People have timed his time in Gojira. He really doesn't have a lot of screentime.

 

[Victarion]

Again, no valid criticisms here, you're just mentioning things that aren't to your personal preference and that aren't used in this genre of movies often.

"It's different and I don't usually like it, therefore it's bad". The same "critiques" keep popping up over and over.

I take that as a sign that someone's doing something right.

 

[Broseph44]

Again, no valid criticisms here, you're just mentioning things that aren't to your personal preference and that aren't used in this genre of movies often.

"It's different and I don't usually like it, therefore it's bad". The same "critiques" keep popping up over and over, there's definitely a certain type of movie-goer that this movie seems to be rubbing up the wrong way.

Right on good sir.

How anyone can defend a movie where the titular character is in it for less than 15 minutes screentime is beyond me. The movie was different in all the wrong ways: Bland human characters, writing filled with plot holes, and barely showing the reason people went to see the movie in the first place (Godzilla).

My favorite Godzilla films are the original Japanese version and the Heisei series. Those movies do have alot of human involvement but Godzilla never takes a back seat to their story as he does in this film. THAT is my main problem in the film. Imagine if they made a Batman movie where a rookie cop took up an hour of screen time, Batman appears in full view for 10 seconds, cut to black and back to the cop's story for another 45 minutes, then Batman appeared to take down the villain in a quick 10 minute scene...Fans would be ENRAGED if that happened yet when it happens to Godzilla and fans like me are angry about it we are seen as "not getting it". Get what exactly? The movie is marketed as a Godzilla film where the monster takes center stage in just about every commercial spot so going into it people expect to see Godzilla destroying things and kicking ass, we didn't get that.

So stop with the insults and acting like most of us "didn't get" the movie, we got the movie but we didn't like what we got.

Oh brother do you hear yourself? You're basically saying if we liked it we are wrong. And that the criticisms you have are fact. Give me a break man geeze.

 

[Breaker]

just about every commercial spot so going into it people expect to see Godzilla destroying things and kicking ass, we didn't get that.

Technically you did get that...

-Destroying Things:
Using the city as a battlefield during his final battle against the MUTOs

-Kicking Ass:
Godzilla destroying and winning against the MUTOs

It may not be what you were mostly hoping for, but it's all there.

I dont care what anyone says I've seen every Godzilla movie and he has never been in a movie that little.

-Godzilla 2000 (Godzilla has seen limited screentime in this film as most of the focus is on Orga and its origins)
-Godzilla vs Mothra 1992 (Throughout the most of the movie as the focus is generally on Mothra and Battra)
-Godzilla vs. Megalon (Generally as it is a Jet Jaguar film)
-Godzilla Final Wars (Throughout the majority of the two hour movie except for the last 35-40 minutes of it)
-Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla (MechaGodzilla, The subplot about taking down the Simans and Awakening King Caesar take up a massive bulk of the film. Godzilla has limited screentime.)

Godzilla has seen limited and little screen-time before, even in Toho films. This isn't anything new.

Worthy Mention: Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster. Godzilla doesn't completely show for almost an hour into the film. (Although personally I don't mind, learning about the Red Bamboo and Ebirah were interesting aspects to invest into)

 

[Enriquespy]

So stop with the insults and acting like most of us "didn't get" the movie, we got the movie but we didn't like what we got.

That means I have to tail-slam you.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I think everyone needs a chill pill and to stop insulting people who have an opposing viewpoint on this movie. I loved this movie. Godzilla having the screentime and focus he does in the movie doesn't bother me in the slightest. But, I'm not everyone, so I'm not going to insult people who disagree. But, at same time, people who say I can't defend the movie because Godzilla lacks screentime? You're also wrong! The fact they filmed this movie as a disaster film with humans reacting mostly to the carnage around them I thought was highly inventive for a Godzilla film, and I am allowed to enjoy the style of this movie as much as you're allowed to complain about Godzilla's lack of screentime.

People need to learn tolerance for serious.