Watched it tonight.
On the whole, I thought it did a good job of telling the story.
But I suspect it won't do great box office because bits really drag more than they should in a giant monster movie.
I have seen a lot of kaiju movies, and I'd say that 'bits that drag' are standard fare. Indeed, I'm having trouble thinking of one that didn't include some tedious exposition and/or wearisome (often human) sub-plot.
Seems to be the standard refrain I am hearing about the movie.. "good movie, but for a movie about giant monsters, there was surprisingly little giant monster action"
I loved the movie, personally. The human focus was... It's a Godzilla movie through-and-through, let's just put it that way. The movie really spoke to me as a fan. Godzilla's first appearance, walking into the city like a boss, does his roar for the first time. It said to me, "I'm back, bitches."
And yes, it followed with some fight-teasing where they would cut away from the action JUST as it's happening, and they would do this a couple more times, but JUST as it starts to get annoying, you get your release and it's glorious.
Oh, and my face when Godzilla's tail lit up for the first time: http://i.imgur.com/e8lGk2e.gif
I couldn't ask for a better Godzilla movie, TBH, outside of having Mothra or Rodan in it.
Quote from: SentaiRed on May 18, 2014, 04:01:46 AM
I loved the movie, personally. The human focus was... It's a Godzilla movie through-and-through, let's just put it that way. The movie really spoke to me as a fan. Godzilla's first appearance, walking into the city like a boss, does his roar for the first time. It said to me, "I'm back, bitches."
And yes, it followed with some fight-teasing where they would cut away from the action JUST as it's happening, and they would do this a couple more times, but JUST as it starts to get annoying, you get your release and it's glorious.
Oh, and my face when Godzilla's tail lit up for the first time: http://i.imgur.com/e8lGk2e.gif
I couldn't ask for a better Godzilla movie, TBH, outside of having Mothra or Rodan in it.
Saw it Thursday. This states it perfectly for me.
Could have seen
more of Godzilla. I'm hoping for sequel with Ghidorah! Mothra and/or Rodan included would be cool, too. The antagonists in this one, should look familiar to diehard fans.
Just got back from seeing it. Didn't like the 'enemy' monsters much, but all in all it was an okay Godzilla movie.
Only downside was they didn't work in the original Godzilla theme into the music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDeU42u2s2Y
Did well enough to get a sequel greenlighted.
Quote from: Eoraptor on May 17, 2014, 04:13:20 PM
Seems to be the standard refrain I am hearing about the movie.. "good movie, but for a movie about giant monsters, there was surprisingly little giant monster action"
Well the original 1954 one was more about the people and whatnot then the actual monster.
Quote from: FatherXmas on May 20, 2014, 02:22:22 AM
Did well enough to get a sequel greenlighted.
Did a lot better than I would have personally expected. I always thought Godzilla was a pretty niche crowd, but it blew Amazing Spider-man 2 out of the water in the box office.(At least for release weekend numbers)
It's been a good couple of summers for Kaiju/Mecha fans. Last year, we had Pacific Rim, and now we've had a good Godzilla movie.
Understandable. Godzilla is 60 years old. Dubs of his movies have been staples on weekend afternoon monster movie theater on the TV stations where I grew up. I imagine it's true around most major cities in the US.
*runs in from off stage* .................eeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee................ *runs off the other side of the stage*
(I have been waiting most of my life for a good, modern Godzilla movie.)
(my nickname is kellzilla, ya'll)
I was wondering when you were gonna weigh in on it. Sounds like it was worth the wait. :)
Enjoyed it thoroughly. My thoughts, spoilers included:
I very much enjoyed this movie. A little light on the giant monster smack down, but overall I really likedi it. The effects were great, although could have used a bit more color to make things easier to see.
My biggest gripe aboutthe movie though would be their repeated use of putting little kids in danger to build false tent ion. It got old. Soldier's son is in danger Oh No! Little girl is in danger Oh No!! Little Japanese boy is in danger Oh No!! Soldier's son is in danger again... with a bus load of other kids.... Oh No!!!
Could have used less of that
Quote from: Battlechimp on May 22, 2014, 04:56:26 AM
My biggest gripe aboutthe movie though would be their repeated use of putting little kids in danger to build false tent ion. It got old. Soldier's son is in danger Oh No! Little girl is in danger Oh No!! Little Japanese boy is in danger Oh No!! Soldier's son is in danger again... with a bus load of other kids.... Oh No!!!
Could have used less of that
While slightly on the excessive side, the old Godzilla movies also did this (though not always with small children - family members in general, yes).
The main human protagonist needed to stop making promises. Just about every time he said definitively that he'd do something it went wrong. I wonder if there's a trope for that...
Quote from: Tenzhi on May 22, 2014, 12:04:45 PM
The main human protagonist needed to stop making promises. Just about every time he said definitively that he'd do something it went wrong. I wonder if there's a trope for that...
Heh. I think of that as the "Rick from Walking Dead" trope as his decisions are almost invariably wrong.
Quote from: FatherXmas on May 20, 2014, 02:22:22 AM
Only downside was they didn't work in the original Godzilla theme into the music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDeU42u2s2Y
Did well enough to get a sequel greenlighted.
I really liked the new soundtrack though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUcfO25Y4Po
Which reminds me of when I was playing the new Thief and being werided out by the Dubstep. Not that Dubstep is bad, it just didn't fit the game at all.
The more I think back about the Godzilla movie, the more I end up liking it. Godzilla 2000 (Millennium) is still my favorite though.
Quote from: Tenzhi on May 22, 2014, 12:04:45 PM
The main human protagonist needed to stop making promises. Just about every time he said definitively that he'd do something it went wrong. I wonder if there's a trope for that...
There are a couple, interestingly the description for Frequently-Broken Unbreakable Vow (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow) explicitly states that one reason The Promise (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePromise) often gets broken is because of "Godzilla Thresholds" (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodzillaThreshold).
Quote from: Arcana on May 27, 2014, 10:23:33 PM
There are a couple, interestingly the description for Frequently-Broken Unbreakable Vow (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow) explicitly states that one reason The Promise (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePromise) often gets broken is because of "Godzilla Thresholds" (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodzillaThreshold).
Gah! I fell for the TV Tropes trap again!!!!
Quote from: Kaos Arcanna on May 28, 2014, 12:02:59 AM
Gah! I fell for the TV Tropes trap again!!!!
How many hours did you lose?
Quote from: HalcyonS on May 28, 2014, 12:34:28 AM
How many hours did you lose?
About two and a half.... :o
Quote from: Kaos Arcanna on May 28, 2014, 12:49:49 AM
About two and a half.... :o
That's not bad, you managed to escape with twenty-one and a half hours.
Quote from: Arcana on May 28, 2014, 04:56:56 AM
That's not bad, you managed to escape with twenty-one and a half hours.
It was a daring escape! Indiana Jones would have been proud.
Quote from: Kaos Arcanna on May 28, 2014, 09:35:08 PM
It was a daring escape! Indiana Jones would have been proud.
I see. So it was an Indy Escape (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IndyEscape).
Quote from: Arcana on May 29, 2014, 04:03:46 AM
I see. So it was an Indy Escape (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IndyEscape).
Say, that looks like a perfectly harmless link. I'll just click on it, and ....
/em Daffy Duck voice: ...
you're despicable.... :D
While I haven't seen the new Godzilla... and actually liked the '98 movie:
4 Ways the New Godzilla Movie Ripped Off the Crappy '98 Flop (http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-ways-new-godzilla-movie-ripped-off-crappy-98-flop/)