Godzilla (2014) - - - - - Part 14

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[The Silent Traveler]

I finally watched the Godzilla tonight. I had a hard time following up with the story. I don't say that it was terrible. The two Mutos dominated the screening time throughout the movie. It didn't explain how Godzilla was started. The drama involving humans take away from the important main theme, oh course Godzilla. Its plot was convoluted.

I will give it C.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Wow, I enjoyed this so much more on 2nd viewing. I liked it in the cinema, gave it an 8, but that score was slowly dwindling the more I thought about the movie and how little the big G was actually in it.

But yeah, on re-watch the movie totally clicked for me, looking forward to the sequel much more now.

 

[Teelie]

The previous thread with the figurine is good to see because you don't see much of Godzilla himself in this movie. he's so obscured by so much stuff, as was the other MUTO's that it was a let down. Godzilla is not a new or unseen monster that needed keeping hidden until the third act.

He's generally the same as we've seen in the previous 30 or so movies he's appeared in. I don't mean we needed to see him all throughout the movie but the way he was in this with all the hide and seek and in the pitch of night no less made it feel like a low budget movie with big budget effects.

 

[Gabe99]

THR:
5 More Movies That Could Use Comic Book 'Missing Chapters'
Following the lead of 'Interstellar,' some more films from this year that would benefit from comic book expansions

Godzilla

Like most people who enjoyed Godzilla, I found myself wishing that we could have had much more of Bryan Cranston’s Joe Brody. The 15-year gap between Brody losing his wife at the Janjira Nuclear Plant and his detainment in the quarantine zone is literally just there, waiting to be filled in with stories of thwarted investigations, paranoia and the tragedy of a man trying (and failing) to find meaning in disaster. Admittedly, no matter how good the comic book version of that story could be, chances are the audience would still find themselves missing Cranston’s performance, but that's no excuse for leaving the story untold. It's not unfamiliar ground, either; Godzilla screenwriter Max Borenstein already co-wrote a prequel comic featuring Ken Wantanabe's character Dr. Serizawa.

Who should draw it? It sounds like an uncertain compliment, admittedly, but few artists can make misery as beautiful as Batman and X-Men veteran Frazer Irving, whose work is currently on display in Annihilator with Grant Morrison.

Grant Morrison Wants To Do A ‘Godzilla’ Movie

MTV: What about the other way… Is doing a “Godzilla” movie, or something with “Skull Island” of interest to you?

Morrison: I have a great idea for “Godzilla!” I have the best “Godzilla” idea, but no one has ever asked me it.

MTV: Hey, I’ll ask you right now.

Morrison: No, I’m not telling you my “Godzilla” idea! I want to use it. I’d love to tell you, honestly, but… No. [Laughs] One day, maybe, you’ll see my “Godzilla” idea.

 

[Gabe99]

‘Rogue One’ Reshoots: Disney Attempts to Reassure Fans; Brings on Tony Gilroy to Handle Script
Gilroy previously did uncredited re-write work on director Gareth Edwards’ ‘Godzilla’.

Additionally, while McQuarrie isn’t involved with these reshoots, there is another collaborator coming on board. Michael Clayton writer-director Tony Gilroy “was brought aboard the project in the spring to offer notes on the first cut and write some additional material to enhance the story.” Now he’ll be writing new dialogue and also serving as second unit director. Gilroy previously did some uncredited re-write work on director Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla.

For those concerned about the tone, EW says that this will indeed be a war film. “The movie is very different than [The Force Awakens], and that’s intentional,” one source says.

 

[Wildcard]

Am I the only one who feels like WB is making a massive mistake by pushing the release date back by a whole year? The first had very promising returns that could be built from but by 2019 audiences may not be as interested as they were in 2014.

 

[titansupes]

^ Yep. It's a long time for a movie that was largely met with "That was okay".

 

[TheVileOne]

IMHO waiting five years for the sequel makes no sense to me. Still find it hard to believe they weren't upset about Edwards doing Star Wars first.

 

[Sithborg]

Am I the only one who feels like WB is making a massive mistake by pushing the release date back by a whole year? The first had very promising returns that could be built from but by 2019 audiences may not be as interested as they were in 2014.

Toho may be able to keep interest alive. As long as they don't start rushing them to yearly releases again, I think they could do a sequel to Resurgence in 2018.

 

[Wildcard]

^ Yep. It's a long time for a movie that was largely met with "That was okay".

Not only that but if WB were smart they'd realize the 2018 date kind of allows them to piggyback off of Jurassic World 2 given the similar nature of the films.

Even if JW 2 doesn't match or surpass the first one in gross, it's still going to make a lot of money. Perhaps that could've helped Godzilla secure a larger turn out but with the changed release date we won't be able to see how that would've played out.

So very foolish.

 

[redhawk23]

Not only that but if WB were smart they'd realize the 2018 date kind of allows them to piggyback off of Jurassic World 2 given the similar nature of the films.

Even if JW 2 doesn't match or surpass the first one in gross, it's still going to make a lot of money. Perhaps that could've helped Godzilla secure a larger turn out but with the changed release date we won't be able to see how that would've played out.

So very foolish.

Perhaps they see it less as a "piggy back" and more "something they'd have to compete with."

 

[Blitzkrieg]

This was clearly a MUTO movie where Godzilla was a guest star.

I appreciate the dread based approach which Gareth borrowed from Jaws but it doesn't quite work here all the time. I feel bummed that Gareth did little to nothing with the big guy because Godzilla's big moments are f**king epic. I liked the MUTOs and their backstories but more emphasis should have been on The Big G.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I hafta see Godzilla '98 again but I think I loved that one more.

GINO was a childhood staple in my household and I loved that movie so much. The human characters were so much more engaging in GINO. I cared about Nick, Audrey, the photographer friend, Jean Reno's character. This movie clearly missed the mark with the humans. None of them were interesting.

Another thing I observed here was that the movie barely had any jokes. Seriously watch this again, there is a clear agenda against having fun!

 

[DarkKnight88]

GINO was a childhood staple in my household and I loved that movie so much. The human characters were so much more engaging in GINO. I cared about Nick, Audrey, the photographer friend, Jean Reno's character.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Guilty as charged!

I do have a lot of nostalgia for GINO. That and Transporter were the two movies I watched the most number of times as a kid. Big fan of both

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Godzilla 98 is definitely underrated IMO. Loved that movie as a kid and it was the first film I ever saw in a theater. I still remember collecting all the toys from Taco Bell and even having a Godzilla backpack. If that movie was called anything else I honestly believe it wouldn't get the hate that it got back then, but it is what it is I guess. I still like Godzilla 2014, but its nowhere near as fun and outside of Bryan Cranston I didn't really care about any of the characters. The cinematography, score, atmosphere and special effects are great in that movie though.