Legendary Pictures' GODZILLA - !!SPOILERS!!

[DiFabio]

Did Godzilla like to eat fish in this one?

 

[MaulFan]

The dynamic between characters is definitely not what it seemed like it would be, my early impressions were that you'd be following Joe, Ford and Elle struggling with their family dynamic while these crazy events unfold. Not to say what actually happens doesn't work, but it does play into the notion of what expecation you build and what you deliver.

 

[greygoose]

Did Godzilla like to eat fish in this one?

Chargrilled piri-piri chicken.

 

[Biojex]

They should just recast Cranston in the role of Ford for the sequel. Say it takes place 30 years after, and have a character say "you've aged just like your father". bam problem solved.

 

[Adolfo]

I would see that

 

[RIDDICK]

Did Godzilla like to eat fish in this one?

Watanabe tells the audience that Godzilla likes to eat things from his never existed time period.
Then Godzilla fights those, kills and goes away...

 

[Adolfo]

Watanabe tells the audience that Godzilla likes to eat things from his never existing time period.
Then Godzilla fights those, kills and goes away...

true...was hoping to see him take a bite to eat

 

[Biojex]

Cuz my version works better in terms of delivering the point

If we ever meet in person, I'm going to punch you, then buy you a beer

 

[MaulFan]

Hey for me this film represented a start of a new Godzilla and for what it was it was ok...The odds of a sequel maybe being better than this is a good possibility....

This film has been likened to the Batman Begins of a Godzilla series. That movie focused more on Bruce Wayne than Batman, and then the Dark Knight went the other way and focused more on Batman then Bruce.

I think this movie's purpose was to establish monster movies and Godzilla as something that could be taken seriously and not be campy or have characters you spend the whole time wanting to die.

I'm sure a sequel will open more to the monsters now that this has been established. Again, looking at Batman Begins vs Dark Knight, the action and intensity just ramped up by leaps from the first to the 2nd.

I feel like Godzilla will be seen as good right now by itself, but if it ends up a chapter in a trilogy, if it all works, it'll be seen better for serving it's piece of the whole.

 

[Biojex]

This film has been likened to the Batman Begins of a Godzilla series. That movie focused more on Bruce Wayne than Batman, and then the Dark Knight went the other way and focused more on Batman then Bruce.

I think this movie's purpose was to establish monster movies and Godzilla as something that could be taken seriously and not be campy or have characters you spend the whole time wanting to die.

I'm sure a sequel will open more to the monsters now that this has been established. Again, looking at Batman Begins vs Dark Knight, the action and intensity just ramped up by leaps from the first to the 2nd.

I feel like Godzilla will be seen as good right now by itself, but if it ends up a chapter in a trilogy, if it all works, it'll be seen better for serving it's piece of the whole.

Will Godzilla be the Joker of his TDK? I hope so





Does this sentence make sense? I hope so

 

[RIDDICK]

If we ever meet in person, I'm going to punch you, then buy you a beer

 

[Deckard]

This film has been likened to the Batman Begins of a Godzilla series. That movie focused more on Bruce Wayne than Batman, and then the Dark Knight went the other way and focused more on Batman then Bruce.

It's more like if Batman Begins had followed Bruce upto his return to Gotham and then killed him off to focus the rest of the movie on Alfred. That's the big problem to me. They killed off their main character early but didn't have anyone else big enough to carry the rest of the film. Except of course Godzilla himself but then he just isn't in it. Imagine if JP had killed off Grant and Malcom and you were just sort of left to kinda root for Tim and Lex.

 

[RIDDICK]

This film has been likened to the Batman Begins of a Godzilla series. That movie focused more on Bruce Wayne than Batman, and then the Dark Knight went the other way and focused more on Batman then Bruce.

BB tried to explain the origin of a "silly character" and "ground him in reality".
G14 did nothing, no characters were involved in the plot up until the finale.

TDK focused on justification of vigilantism trough "hero turning into villain" story.
G14 had no story, only childish plot and exposition.

 

[Biojex]

It's more like if Batman Begins had followed Bruce upto his return to Gotham and then killed him off to focus the rest of the movie on Alfred. That's the big problem to me. They killed off their main character early but didn't have anyone else big enough to carry the rest of the film. Except of course Godzilla himself but then he just isn't in it. Imagine if JP had killed off Grant and Malcom and you were just sort of left to kinda root for Tim and Lex.

I feel like Cranston didn't even get to finish his arc. I guess he got the answers he was demanding but it didn't resolve anything for him. There was no redemption to his character, so healing of his guilt. It was a very unsatisfying conclusion to his character. Ford was meant to finish it for him, but it didn't come off very well.

 

[Deckard]

I feel like Cranston didn't even get to finish his arc. I guess he got the answers he was demanding but it didn't resolve anything for him. There was no redemption to his character, so healing of his guilt. It was a very unsatisfying conclusion to his character. Ford was meant to finish it for him, but it didn't come off very well.

Yea the idea they seemed like they were trying to convey was that Cranston got so caught up in his misery it killed him, when he still had family all along. Where as Ford is then in the same position again but rather then seek revenge, just wants to get back to his family. It was weakly written but even weaker because of Ford's acting abilities and almost no pre-existing relationship that we could really care about with Olson.

You have Cranston survive, you have him coming to terms with the answers he wanted and also realizing that this is now affecting millions the same way it affected him, and have him overcoming it and it'd be better. You could have even rolled with the War of the Worlds plot where Cranston just wants Ford to abandon the military duties and come home and be family again and it still would have played better. We'd have gotten a character with a full arc, who gets to overcome his demons and get answers and also redemption in being right all along. Instead there are no strong characters at all.

 

[ironwez20]

Will Godzilla be the Joker of his TDK? I hope so





Does this sentence make sense? I hope so

Second godzilla movie will be oscar worthy and King ghidorah will beat heath joker for best villain on screen and will get an oscar for best supporting role. Sadly the actor who will Play King ghidorah will pass away before the movie is released

 

[Adolfo]

I would love if the next film is all shot in Japan with a nice Tokyo fight scene...that would rock...I say new human characters except for Ken W

 

[MaulFan]

Second godzilla movie will be oscar worthy and King ghidorah will beat heath joker for best villain on screen and will get an oscar for best supporting role. Sadly the actor who will Play King ghidorah will pass away before the movie is released

There's a challenge with Godzilla, he's not like the Rex from JP or shark from JAWS, etc, he's his own character really. So there is a matter of balancing the human characters and Godzilla as a character. Do you bring in a formidable foe for Godzilla the likes of King Ghidorah and do you develop them to add drama to their battles or do you keep the drama to the humans and just have monsters fight. Not every Toho film developed the monsters but I think some of the better ones do. Look at the original Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla, they have a first fight where Godzilla gets his ass whooped, he has to regain his strength and comes back to take him on.

I think they should follow a Rocky 3 / Dark Knight rises formula of an early fight where the hero gets his ass really handed to him and then a big, triumphant return.

I know this movie sort of touches on that idea but I think it should be taken to another level.

As far as cinematography goes, how badass would it be if they took the fight to some island with an erupting volcano around the fighting?

 

[Adolfo]

I hope the next film is in Japanese no subtitles and dubbed english...LOL...

 

[JAWS]

I would love if the next film is all shot in Japan with a nice Tokyo fight scene...that would rock...I say new human characters except for Ken W

No Ken W. in the next film... He was as wooden as anyone else and his character knew way more then he should have.