Legendary Pictures' GODZILLA - !!SPOILERS!!

[Kal-El]

There's a flash storm here but I had to drag my girlfriend to watch it even if we drowned.

I'd give the movie a 7.5/10 and that's with me still not being completely sure how I feel about the film. I have to give Gareth Edward credit for what he was trying to do and it worked in some aspects.

Dislikes:
- Dull human story with dull characters. I'm fine with it being military focused but when you have the main character being a lifeless zombie, it makes you wish he wasn't in the picture at all.

- Aaron Taylor: He was incredibly boring to watch on screen. He has the same face throughout the entire film and acts like he's in autopilot mode. It gave the sense of the movie being dragged on, which gave the lack of screen time for Godzilla even more prominent.

- Godzilla: I don't blame the direction that Gareth went with how much screen time the King of Monster got. It would have worked perfectly IF the human side of the story wasn't so dull. Having gone into the theater knowing the scenes were being cut, it was still frustrating knowing how awesome it would have been if they had just thrown us a minute or two of them duking it out a bit but I understand that they wanted the finale to be this huge brawl.

- Bryan: EXTREMELY disappointed that he died so soon. I knew he was going to die at some point but I did not expect it to happen so suddenly. It sucked and I really wish they had let Aaron's character die instead while having Bryan carry out the rest of the film. Great acting and his character had purpose. He died without any form of redemption which made me dislike Ford even more since his father or mother was never mentioned again. Had Ford died instead, it would have gave Bryan's character yet another reason to go along with the military to put a stop to the monsters.

Likes:
- Bryan Cranston

- Finale: Godzilla beating the **** out of the Muto's was so satisfying to see. I couldn't help but have a huge grin on my face when his atomic breath came around. Backed by the wonderful CGI, it was pure awesome. However as mentioned before, the finale did leave me wanting to see the fight between them in the daylight.

- Muto's: They were given a lot of attention which I liked. They weren't just random monsters wrecking buildings left and right. It was nice for them to get some character.

Overall it was a great film but one or two aspects of it dragged it a bit down. Had Bryan been the main focus, I think it would have made the movie significantly more of a joy to watch. I hope they do a sequel and this movie, despite it flaws, left me wanting more.

Well said. I feel the same way.

 

[Anzik]

I liked it a lot. It was long and slow sometimes but it was fun. When his spines started glowing I felt like a 10 yr old again.
I would have liked to see more monster battle, and more Big G in general but I was very happy with it. I just wish Matthew Broderick did a cameo and got squished.

 

[JAWS]

I do wish I did not find out about how Godzilla took care of the final Muto... I really should have stayed out of the Spoiler thread but people were mostly being careful but even then they were not being as subtle as they thought they were about that scene. I was cool.... Would have been cooler if I did not see it coming.

 

[BlitzOUT]

What ever makes you say he can't feel nukes? Did you not see him react to getting shot when he surfaced by I the golden gate bridge? He clearly was feeling it.

And it wouldn't take time or energy to destroy some tanks or ships. Not for Godzilla. It never has in the old movies and with this powerhouse it certainly wouldn't have.

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The nuke in '54 either deterred him, or sufficiently injured him, but we can't say for sure. However, when he was shot at with bullets and missiles, I only sensed a slight irritation on his part, similar to a fly landing on your arm. His skin looks like it can handle quite a bit of fire-power. The bridge was in his way, so he smashed through it.

It would have been unnecessary to focus his attack on the military. He was gearing up for a fight, as evidenced by the ferocity in his roar. This was a Godzilla vs. MUTO showdown, with the Americans pretending that they had everything under control. Watanabe's character sums it up perfectly when he tells the military official to "Let them fight". This is out of the military's control.

 

[Bezzerkerr]

Ok, I just got back from the theatre.

Judging this solely as a GODZILLA film, this movie is very disappointing. Great effects, a couple of cool disaster sequences and I like the Godzilla design, a little too thick, but straight on he looks very good.

this is easily one of the least enjoyable Godzilla films I've seen. Godzilla was completely out of character.

I did not find this GODZILLA film to be more enjoyable than any of the Showa, Heisei or Millenium releases. Yes, Even All Monsters Attack was a more enjoyable film than this kaiju calamity.

Ill tell you one thing, I'm sure as hell not going to spend a penny on any collectibles from this film.

What a miss this was. Disaster actually.

I was so excited to see this movie. People said the last 20 minutes were epic, you kidding me?!

 

[Smooth Criminal]

Just got back from it really enjoyed it just wish would be some more scenses in daytime with godzilla loved his cgi!

 

[Biojex]

Ok, I just got back from the theatre.

Judging this solely as a GODZILLA film, this movie is very disappointing. Great effects, a couple of cool disaster sequences and I like the Godzilla design, a little too thick, but straight on he looks very good.

this is easily one of the least enjoyable Godzilla films I've seen. Godzilla was completely out of character.

I did not find this GODZILLA film to be more enjoyable than any of the Showa, Heisei or Millenium releases. Yes, Even All Monsters Attack was a more enjoyable film than this kaiju calamity.

Ill tell you one thing, I'm sure as hell not going to spend a penny on any collectibles from this film.

What a miss this was. Disaster actually.

I was so excited to see this movie. People said the last 20 minutes were epic, you kidding me?!

I don't believe you.

 

[GasparZizou]

Dunno if this has be already posted, if it hasn't, here it is...

 

[Biojex]

Been posted a couple times, but still funny

 

[GasparZizou]

Figures, you guys are much too quick for me.

 

[Irvy]

How did GI Johnson survive the nuke at the end? It goes off right next to da choppa and its never addressed again? I thought big G was gonna get blasted and it would revive him.

 

[Jameson Rook]

Dunno if this has be already posted, if it hasn't, here it is...

I don't mind a slower paced movie so long as it's engaging and well written. Hope to see this someday!

 

[axecutioner18]

How did GI Johnson survive the nuke at the end? It goes off right next to da choppa and its never addressed again? I thought big G was gonna get blasted and it would revive him.

It doesnt go off right next to the chopper. If it did the chopper would have veered away literally thrown away from the intensity of the blast. A mushroom cloud is huge. It can be very far off. The fact that there was no force exhuded on the chopper means the bomb blew up quite far away, where only the mushroom cloud was visible but not the effect of the blast radius

Also some people forget that there was a good time left on the bomb since when GI johnson was airlifted the Navy could have easily lifted out the bomb too to a high speed aircraft on auto pilot and cover enough ground to detonate it far from the city.

 

[Irvy]

It doesnt go off right next to the chopper. If it did the chopper would have veered away literally thrown away from the intensity of the blast. A mushroom cloud is huge. It can be very far off. The fact that there was no force exhuded on the chopper means the bomb blew up quite far away, where only the mushroom cloud was visible but not the effect of the blast radius

Also some people forget that there was a good time left on the bomb since when GI johnson was airlifted the Navy could have easily lifted out the bomb too to a high speed aircraft on auto pilot and cover enough ground to detonate it far from the city.

I was thinking that too that they would have lifted the bomb and took it out to sea, that boat was doing about 5mph

 

[meth head]

Ok just got back from GODZILLA. Here is my main thought..... I wish they gave us the movie the trailers advertised. I liked/loved the MUTOS... I did not love Godzilla being a "savior" of mankind. I would have preferred a "Bad" Godzilla movie... Just Godzilla and nothing else.

Having said that I still enjoyed it. My 8 and 5 year old both loved it and I think that that is what this film is... The perfect Godzilla film for a 5 - 10 year old. My son's was very happy that Godzilla was the good guy. When I was that young I would have liked that also...When I was younger I never liked Godzilla being considered the bad guy. It's strange that my 8 year old was so happy with the good guy angle since his fav. Godzilla film is the original.

Here is what I Loved

1. MUTOS Creatures. They were cool and well designed. They felt like a threat to humans and Godzilla.
2. The Golden Gate Bridge scene.... This was what I needed more of... Godzilla vs the Military. It is what IMO was sorely lacking. I would have enjoyed MUTOS vs Military also. I am talking Jets and tanks and other weapons. I know MUTO's knocked out Power (I do think that was a plot devise for budget... Military can't get close) but it would have been nice to see more.
3. Bryan Cranston.. Um More please.


What I liked
1. Godzilla's design was a nice update. While at times he did not look 100% real he still looked cool.
2. The Final Fight was great.. Not as Jaw dropping as many thought. But still cool.. I smiled a few times at what I seeing. I wish it took place in the day. Not that I couldn't see anything... I just liked the look of the one daytime fight scene we got. It looked better then the night IMO.
3. The first 20 min was great... I was fully into all of it.
4. There was enough Monster mayhem. HOWEVER... Like I said I wanted that Godzilla vs Military scene to be epic
5. Anytime Aaron Taylor-Johnson shared the screen with someone. With Olsen, Cranston, and that Asian child... All of those moments I thought he was good at. Which leads me to what I did not like

What I did not like.

1. Anytime Aaron Taylor-Johnson was not on screen with Olsen, Cranston, or the Asian child. He really was boring. Not enough emotion. He was just..... there.
2. I wish Godzilla used his arms more... They were a little too dead at his sides most of the time. He did use them... Just not enough IMO.
3. Godzilla is the good guy and really nothing but a good guy. It ruined the tone of the film that the trailers promised us.
4. Ken Watanabe. Nothing wrong with his performance. He just was a little too smart about these characters and he gave some of the most eye rolling dialogue about Godzilla being a Balance for nature. I just thought it was silly. I would have preferred that nobody knew what the hell they had on their hands other then a monster they tried to kill back in 1954. I mean as soon as he finds out Godzilla is coming he Knows that he is coming to stop the MUTOS... That was the dumbest part of the film for me and every time he opened his mouth he was saying things that he in no way should have known...


So I think I would rate this a 7 out of 10..... However if this was not a Godzilla film and had another monster instead of Godzilla fighting MUTOs creatures then I would only give it a 5. A little Godzilla goes a long way for me.

I actually like Cloverfield more then this film.... But I love Cloverfield. If Cloverfield had Godzilla instead of that monster, was not a first person film, and had a little more Godzilla then what the cloverfield monster had then it would be just about the perfect Godzilla film for me. I thought it did a much better job of setting a tone of what we would do if we came into contact with a "real" monster.

I did think Godzilla was better then Pacific Rim... But who know how much I would have liked that if you took out the robots and replaced them with Godzilla





100% agree with what is in bold. Give me that one great Godzilla vs Military scene and I would have no problem giving this a 8 or 8.5 or even a 9.

As it is it's good... Just not great. But I think I was destined to be disappointed. I have loved Godzilla ever since I can remember... So unless it was a "perfect film" I was probably going to be let down... The Hype was just too much

I think I might enjoy this more with repeat viewings on Blu Ray and the Hype wears off...

I will see this again in theaters though.

Agree totally with your review, Jaws.

 

[Irvy]

It would have made more sense for G to get pissed and throw a few warships about at the bridge, military backs down and stay out of the way to let them fight.

 

[Reinhardt]

Saw it yesterday in IMAX. As soon as the film ended, I wasn't sure what to think - I know I liked it, but there was something I wasn't sure about. Upon further reflection I think it was the savior angle they took.

In thinking about it more and more though, I liked it more and more. I loved Pacific Rim, and yet I am very happy that the film didn't go that angle. I've been wanting to see another serious Godzilla film forever, and this was it. I like how it wasn't non stop action. I like how it was a slow burn.

Other things
-the cinematography was outstanding
-the sense of scale was off the charts.
-Godzilla looked amazing. I love how you could see him breathing, his individual muscles contracting as he moved, the realism was phenomenal
-his radioactive fire breath
-Cranston was the star of the film. He acted his ass off, and honestly, I thought he was in it a good deal, so had no problem with his screen time
-parachute drop

Tiny thing I didn't like
-the term MUTO's. I don't know, it just sounded, corny for all these top military personnel using that term.

 

[jye4ever]

I don't believe you.

me neither

I don't know him

but me neither

I was thinking that too that they would have lifted the bomb and took it out to sea, that boat was doing about 5mph

Tiny thing I didn't like
-the term MUTO's. I don't know, it just sounded, corny for all these top military personnel using that term.

They should've called it P U T O with a mexican accent.

 

[Irvy]

I'd love to see a Pacific rim crossover or at least a reference to it, GDT has expressed interest in doing it. Have the folk who ran the jaeger program build mechagodzilla in case he returns

 

[jye4ever]

Mecha G in all 3 of its incarnations look infinitely better than any Jaegermeisters from PR.

So please, no cross polination.