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Godzilla (1998)
Posted on 4/7/12 at 12:41 am
Posted on 4/7/12 at 12:41 am
Where did it go wrong?
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Posted on 4/7/12 at 1:57 am to JabarkusRussell
Wasn't a man in a suit. To much bad cgi. Bad casting. Bad overgrown lizard. I can continue but you get the point
Posted on 4/7/12 at 2:07 am to JabarkusRussell
that puff daddy song on the soundtrack was straight fiya
Posted on 4/7/12 at 5:31 am to Elleshoe
Being an old school Godzilla fan, I feel completely qualified to tell you where this movie went wrong.
Two main areas: theme and behavior of the title beast.
Theme: now this is very important to the spirit if what made the 1959 Godzilla so good. Godzilla is never really explained other than he is an unnatural abomination hell-bent on making mankind pay for atomic irresponsibility. He is a destroyer. An avatar of environmental vengeance. In the 1998 version, he is a scared, giant lizard (though created by atomic energy) who is just trying to find a safe place to have babies (??!!??!). All the damage it causes is accidental or collateral. He/she (another problem) spends just as much time running away as it does wrecking shite.
And that leads to point two: Godzilla, why you no wrecking shite? We paid to see you kick arse and frick things up. Why are the film makers treating Godzilla like a pussy? And where the frick is the atomic breath? Seriously? How hard is it to make a Godzilla movie?
The problem with Godzilla isn't about man in suit or Matthew Broderick or the French secret service. It's about Godzilla the character. They made him into something he's not, and the audience didn't recognize it. And rightfully so.
Two main areas: theme and behavior of the title beast.
Theme: now this is very important to the spirit if what made the 1959 Godzilla so good. Godzilla is never really explained other than he is an unnatural abomination hell-bent on making mankind pay for atomic irresponsibility. He is a destroyer. An avatar of environmental vengeance. In the 1998 version, he is a scared, giant lizard (though created by atomic energy) who is just trying to find a safe place to have babies (??!!??!). All the damage it causes is accidental or collateral. He/she (another problem) spends just as much time running away as it does wrecking shite.
And that leads to point two: Godzilla, why you no wrecking shite? We paid to see you kick arse and frick things up. Why are the film makers treating Godzilla like a pussy? And where the frick is the atomic breath? Seriously? How hard is it to make a Godzilla movie?
The problem with Godzilla isn't about man in suit or Matthew Broderick or the French secret service. It's about Godzilla the character. They made him into something he's not, and the audience didn't recognize it. And rightfully so.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 6:23 am to SpqrTiger
Godzilla disappearing for about 50 minutes in the middle of the film was pretty stupid for me.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 6:28 am to Elleshoe
That soundtrack was pretty good back in HS 
Posted on 4/7/12 at 9:13 am to SpqrTiger
Didnt the ending have them
Completely surrounded by newborn monsters, and they just went out the door?
Completely surrounded by newborn monsters, and they just went out the door?
Posted on 4/7/12 at 9:56 am to SpqrTiger
SpqrTiger - by far the best explanation
made me laugh, but it is true: "Godzilla, why you no wrecking shite?"
made me laugh, but it is true: "Godzilla, why you no wrecking shite?"
Posted on 4/7/12 at 10:33 am to JabarkusRussell
Godzilla could outrun military helicopters but couldn't catch a taxi
Posted on 4/7/12 at 10:35 am to SpqrTiger
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Posted on 4/7/12 at 10:39 am to JabarkusRussell
I was 12 when it came out and I watched the shite out of it
Posted on 4/7/12 at 1:19 pm to Elleshoe
The monster died half way through the movie and we were left with the little raptors instead. Broderick was miscast too.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 1:58 pm to SpqrTiger
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SpqrTiger
Posted on 4/7/12 at 3:53 pm to Duane Dibbley
They spent a zillion dollars on a overseas rubber suit concept.
They pissed off the Rubber suit fans with CGI without having a good enough story to rope in non-godzillas fans.
Evidently, they went wrong at the very first step.
But....they are trying again and possibly committing the same mistakes.
They pissed off the Rubber suit fans with CGI without having a good enough story to rope in non-godzillas fans.
Evidently, they went wrong at the very first step.
But....they are trying again and possibly committing the same mistakes.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 4:14 pm to TigerMyth36
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But....they are trying again and possibly committing the same mistakes.
Nooooo. I thought they were bringing back the man in the suit for the newest one?
Posted on 4/7/12 at 4:19 pm to jojothetireguy
quote:Last I read they hadn't settled on man in rubber suit.
Nooooo. I thought they were bringing back the man in the suit for the newest one?
Even if it is man in rubber suit, I bet you, it will be augmented with CGI to the point you can't even tell it is man in rubber suit.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 4:46 pm to TigerMyth36
Dammit. I mean it's not a necessity but they have to stay true to form and not go with a giant iguana.
For as many movies as I've watched, I have never been more disappointed in film more than I was with this one
For as many movies as I've watched, I have never been more disappointed in film more than I was with this one
Posted on 4/7/12 at 4:55 pm to JabarkusRussell
I think I might have been the only person that enjoyed it? Then again I was 8 when it came out...Seriously though I guess I need to re-watch it, I just remember it as being moderately enjoyable with good special effects for that time period.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 5:19 pm to TigerTalker142
It may have been for you. But I grew up watching the old Godzilla movies, so I was accustomed to the look, the sound and just the overall badassness of the monster.
Can't fault you, but you need to watch some of the older films
Can't fault you, but you need to watch some of the older films
Posted on 4/7/12 at 6:07 pm to jojothetireguy
I had fun pointing out all the movies it ripped off. There were blatant rip offs of Jurassic Park and Aliens, among others.
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