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re: Wow, Godzilla really sucked
Posted on 10/3/14 at 4:39 pm to UL-SabanRival
Posted on 10/3/14 at 4:39 pm to UL-SabanRival
That's who I meant. Damn that guy hit this one out of the park.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 4:41 pm to Blue Velvet
That's how I knew there was exactly 21 minutes of Godzilla.
Edit - fricking autocorrect. "Munster?" Really?
Edit - fricking autocorrect. "Munster?" Really?
This post was edited on 10/3/14 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 10/3/14 at 4:46 pm to UL-SabanRival
I was never a huge fan of Godzilla movies. The attempts to have an updated version have fallen pretty flat. I'm thinking that the popularity and love for the franchise is heavily based on nostalgia.
Pacific Rim was able to take the basic concept and expand it to an entertaining extreme. Straight-up Godzilla is just a tough sell.
Pacific Rim was able to take the basic concept and expand it to an entertaining extreme. Straight-up Godzilla is just a tough sell.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 4:56 pm to Fewer Kilometers
I don't think it's impossible to make a good one, but it's hard to argue with you when the evidence speaks for itself.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 5:10 pm to UL-SabanRival
I thought the fact that I didn't see Godzilla the whole movie actually added to the suspense and made the movie more enjoyable.
It's like Jaws, if they show the shark all the time it takes away from its screen presence.
It could be that you are spoiled by Michael Bay movies with no heart or plot, therefore expect to be spoon fed action scene after action scene.
It's like Jaws, if they show the shark all the time it takes away from its screen presence.
It could be that you are spoiled by Michael Bay movies with no heart or plot, therefore expect to be spoon fed action scene after action scene.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 5:17 pm to Jayre
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It could be that you are spoiled by Michael Bay movies with no heart or plot, therefore expect to be spoon fed action scene after action scene.
Come on man. Cranston was barely entertaining and they cut him out quick. Kickass Kid was as boring as toast. If they had a Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw in the movie with fully formed characters, then you could get away with less Godzilla. But what they gave us was a boring backstory lightly seasoned with the occasional Godzilla sighting.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 5:21 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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a boring backstory lightly seasoned with the occasional Godzilla sighting.
I'll admit it was a bit of a tease to only see the lead-up to the fights and the camera pan away right before it went down.
That tail whip though son! lol
Posted on 10/3/14 at 5:22 pm to UL-SabanRival
I liked the new one. I think people get too nostalgic over the original (1954) movie. Don't get me wrong, I loved Gojira but it's not Shakespeare. It's a monster movie. I would have loved to have seen more of him in the new movie, but the parts he was in were awesome. If I remember, in the original movie there was only 25-30 minutes of Godzilla screen time.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 5:38 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Come on man. Cranston was barely entertaining and they cut him out quick. Kickass Kid was as boring as toast. If they had a Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw in the movie with fully formed characters, then you could get away with less Godzilla. But what they gave us was a boring backstory lightly seasoned with the occasional Godzilla sighting.
my main issue was that there was a lot of action with the muto's but not godzilla. i would have been ok with limited godzilla action if the story was better, or maybe if it was ghidorah or rodan that we saw instead.
i really really want a direct remake of the 1954 story/movie, with zero campiness and a very dark, serious tone.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 5:40 pm to Jayre
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It's like Jaws, if they show the shark all the time it takes away from its screen presence.
I agree, but it wasn't the lack of Godzilla that I didn't like. I was just pointing that out to another poster because I'd seen it on honest trailers.
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It could be that you are spoiled by Michael Bay movies with no heart or plot, therefore expect to be spoon fed action scene after action scene.
I cannot tell you how much I love this response.
I suppose it could be that way, but seeing as how I'd rather shoot myself in the dick than sit through the average Bay movie, it probably isn't. As FK pointed out, the characters were shallow, incredibly so, and the only reasonably well-developed one (redacted for spoilers). The plot was incoherent and never seemed to choose a path. It just jumped around from character to character, all of whom just stand around watching monsters break things. Actually, the movie seems to have wanted to go in the direction of the Michael Bay movies you love so much, but even in that regard, it fails spectacularly.
If, as you suggest, their intention was to make a serious, contemplative fricking Godzilla movie, then they, and you, are complete, nerf-chewing idiots whose drivers licenses should be revoked and whose testicles should be removed.
This post was edited on 10/3/14 at 5:47 pm
Posted on 10/3/14 at 6:36 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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The attempts to have an updated version have fallen pretty flat. I'm thinking that the popularity and love for the franchise is heavily based on nostalgia.
The last two American movies have failed because they focused on lame people and their stories and not Godzilla. The focus of these movies should be Godzilla. We should be seeing nonstop giant monster fights with massive destruction, not little snippets here and there mixed in with whatever lame human storyline. Its the same complaint I have about the Transformer movies.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 8:34 pm to UL-SabanRival
This was a spiritual 'God'zilla... Hello!
Posted on 10/3/14 at 9:21 pm to rebeloke
Sorry...you haters can suck it. Very pleasing movie experience
Posted on 10/3/14 at 9:38 pm to udtiger
I though it was pretty good.
Oh well.
Sry not sry
Oh well.
Sry not sry
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:18 pm to Blue Velvet
Liked that big-neck, atomic fire-breathing, sh#t smashing lizard. Could've used some esplain why he seemed to have feels for us & didn't, yaknow - eat that nuclear fleet like powerbars on the way to the coast, but maybe that's for a sequel.
Also loved setup with Bikini atoll tests.
Also loved setup with Bikini atoll tests.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:54 pm to Backinthe615
It seemed to me they were going for more of the "king of the monsters, savior of the world" Godzilla and not the rampaging blow everything up Godzilla
Posted on 10/3/14 at 11:30 pm to UL-SabanRival
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300 sucked too,
wtf
Posted on 10/3/14 at 11:32 pm to Brosef Stalin
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The last two American movies have failed because they focused on lame people and their stories and not Godzilla. The focus of these movies should be Godzilla. We should be seeing nonstop giant monster fights with massive destruction, not little snippets here and there mixed in with whatever lame human storyline. Its the same complaint I have about the Transformer movies.
Agree totally. I don't know what the writers are thinking but its absurd.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 11:35 pm to biglego
I thought it was pretty good. The first time I saw it I was pissed because they kept cutting away from the Godzilla fights. They would lead up to this awesome showdown and then cut away from it. The final fight was good, but by then I was so pissed about the missed opportunities.
Posted on 10/5/14 at 12:56 pm to abellsujr
I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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