Legendary Pictures' GODZILLA - !!SPOILERS!!

[jye4ever]

Night night

 

[jye4ever]

If the worst genre movie we're going to have this summer is ASM2, well then, I call it a WINNING summer.

 

[Biojex]

And yes, I will use the word EPIC for

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both atomic breaths

The atmosphere for that whole moment is perfect. You get that little hint, and you think, "omg is this it?!" Then it hits....probably favorite movie moment all summer....maybe of the last decade

If the worst genre movie we're going to have this summer is ASM2, well then, I call it a WINNING summer.

 

[jye4ever]

Yup, that specific scene is now one my favorite movie scenes of all time.

 

[Boba Ben]

I saw it and thought it was alright. After seeing it, I like the Godzilla design even more than before. I really enjoyed the Godzilla parts, but I felt like there wasn't enough Godzilla. I also felt like just when a Godzilla scene started getting really good, they'd cut to a boring human scene like the kid sleeping on the couch. There was too much human stuff and it wasn't very compelling, in my opinion.

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They also killed off the best human character very early in the movie. Bryan Cranston was great and it seemed like the whole audience was deflated when he died. If they had to kill him at all, it should've been saved until the end.

 

[Nintenjoe]

I saw it and thought it was alright. After seeing it, I like the Godzilla design even more than before. I really enjoyed the Godzilla parts, but I felt like there wasn't enough Godzilla. I also felt like just when a Godzilla scene started getting really good, they'd cut to a boring human scene like the kid sleeping on the couch. There was too much human stuff and it wasn't very compelling, in my opinion.

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They also killed off the best human character very early in the movie. Bryan Cranston was great and it seemed like the whole audience was deflated when he died. If they had to kill him at all, it should've been saved until the end.

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Yup. What's the point of having Bryan Cranston in your movie if you're going to underutilize him so much?

 

[LittleBahamut]

Well I am going to see Godzilla friday night and will have to fork over about 20 bucks just to see it in IMAX 3D since my friends have already pre-purchased the tickets. I don't want to go in with high expectations, but this is my first time ever going into an IMAX theatre. With some research it looks like I would noticed a big difference and I hope so.

 

[Predator1221]

Well I am going to see Godzilla friday night and will have to fork over about 20 bucks just to see it in IMAX 3D since my friends have already pre-purchased the tickets. I don't want to go in with high expectations, but this is my first time ever going into an IMAX theatre. With some research it looks like I would noticed a big difference and I hope so.

I just saw it tonight in IMAX 3D. The 3D is completely useless but Godzilla's roar must be heard in IMAX.

 

[Predator1221]

And yes, I will use the word EPIC for

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both atomic breaths

I second this.

Please please let ss make a statue of that final one.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

So it sounds like the main complaint is lack of Godzilla.

 

[ArtDamage]

Just saw this a couple hours ago. Damn good! I agree more Godzilla would have been awesome, but I dare say the steady ramp up to his reveal was worth the wait. I also agree Bryan Cranston's smaller part was a bit disappointing. He looked like a bigger focus in the trailers. With that said I really hope this does well so we can get some sequels.

 

[darthviper107]

I liked it, but there were some problems--too much human story, they could have cut a lot of that out. And as far as the monsters go they focused too much on the Mutos and not enough on Godzilla.
Still way better than 1998

 

[darthviper107]

I also noticed a good number of shots from the trailers either weren't in the film at all or were very different. Like the roar shot from the teaser wasn't there at all. Or the POV shot during the halo jump in the trailer just showed his back, but in the movie he's actually fighting the Muto.

 

[BlitzOUT]

Thing is though, the Godzilla scenes had greater impact because they were sparse. If the film was saturated with Godzilla action, the final fight wouldn't have had such an impact. This was a tale about an ancient threat returning, and Godzilla awakening to hunt and kill that threat. Despite the rumours, Godzilla is not the embodiment of mother nature, restoring the balance. If that was true, he would have come back to wipe out humanity, considering our impact is much worse then that of the MUTO. It's simply because the MUTO is a threat to Godzilla's species that he returns.

One thing I disliked:

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At the very end, a news report shows Godzilla walking through the city after he 'wakes up', with a tagline that reads "Godzilla: Our City's Saviour?". What evidence is there that Godzilla isn't going to wake up and start killing everyone? He's already reduced the city to rubble, killing thousands of people. And yet, he receives a resounding applause from the survivors. A stupid decision by the writers

Most movie-goers will complain about the lack of Godzilla. The truth is though, Gareth Edwards gave us just the right amount of the beast in action.

 

[Viking Spawn]

Just seen the new Godzilla movie tonight and it was a lot of FUN! Highly recommended if you like creature movies or disaster films! This new film has restored my faith that America can make a cool Godzilla flick! I won't post any spoilers, but let's just say it pays homage to the older Godzilla films where he wasn't exactly a villain either. I left the theater very happy!!! Long live the KING!

 

[cofphoto]

Saw it tonight in IMAX, loved that the Godzilla roar was in the IMAX intro before the film even started.

I loved it. Certainly not perfect like most films, but I wasn't expecting perfect. I was expecting to be entertained. Was the first part of the film slow, maybe. If you're expecting 2 hours of Godzilla smashing everything up, forget it. But I agree that the buildup, from the trailers showing very little of him through the first part of the movie telling the story was great.

I did enjoy Pacific Rim more, probably because there were more fighting scenes. Also liked that it was very dramatic, very tense, but still not scary or graphic for my 8 year old (who absolutely loved it). We'll definitely be seeing it again.

Was I the only one who thought that the 3-4 guys who were shooting at Godzilla from the rooftop in Hawaii looked like they were about 60+ years old?? LOL

 

[axecutioner18]

Just finished seeing the movie.

NO PROBLEM WITH THE PACING.

Human characters arent a bore as some people made it sound. It was normal. And there was a monster almost every step of the way in the film be it MUTO or the G-man.
It was great how they finally unleashed Godzilla because at a very basic level it was human beings who started it out, then MUTO's took over and then Godzilla. So I see no problem with how the whole thing went.

It was absolutely fine.

9/10

And yeah... the 2nd money shot... WOAHOHOHOHOH... THE SCENE.

Pacific Rim was just a fun CGI brawler. This had the so called human aspect that you expect from a movie trying to portray what the original Godzilla actually meant to the Japanese. A symbol for nature's wrath. Hence the POV HAD to be from the humans who were struggling to survive this natural disaster.

 

[MitchF1GTR]

Anyone else feel the formula used was 'classic Godzilla'?

 

[Rotfish]

Loved it. Absolutely loved it. I feel like the pacing was actually part of the film's strength. They kept Godzilla close, never giving us too much. You'd get intense build-up and then a brief, but very epic payoff from the perspective of the human characters (making the action seem all the more massive). There were a few arial shots as well, but I personally adored how they kept the creatures veiled in mystery. They never gave too much away. Think of how they handled the Goji footage in the trailers and you have a pretty good idea of how they do it in the film. In a real-life situation like that, you'd never see extended sequences of action. Only glimpses of this mythical beast as it moves throughout the area.

Side note: FANTASTIC job preserving the 'savior of humanity' angle without being campy. I didn't think it would be possible, but they made it work. He restored balance to the world due to being a force of nature, so that satisfied both my need for his neutrality and his heroics. It was exactly how Godzilla should be. You got some human drama. Nothing Oscar-worthy, but enough to keep things moving (which is a helluva lot more than can be said for most of the Japanese films). You got an overarching message regarding radiation/environmental issues. You got epic monster battles. But you also got mystery. They didn't exploit the creatures. You never got used to seeing them. At least I didn't. Honestly, if there were a checklist for everything needed to make this a successful entry in the Godzilla series, it's like they checked every box on it. Well done, Legendary. Well done.

Now to buy me some collectibles.

Anyone else feel the formula used was 'classic Godzilla'?

Absolutely. I was afraid after the last trailer that they'd go too far and just make it a mindless brawler, but it wasn't. Thank God it wasn't.

 

[crows]

apparently there was some G fan screaming outside a theater?

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