re: Godzilla:KotM Spoilers/Discussion Thread

Is it a monster that resembles the Cloverfield monster? Or is this actually in the Cloverfield universe?

I enjoyed it,


But this was the most ridiculous script I’ve seen in years. This movie is on Independence Day 2 lvl of nonsense. Nothing seriously detracted me from enjoying it but man...... this could have been so much better in so many ways.

Loved Mothera. She’s my girl. That’s the only Godzilla movie I watched growing up.

Liked the music.

Also., the Chinese actress I’ve had a crush on since she was in crouching tiger hidden dragon

Saw it. As others have reported, the monsters were great but everything else was very meh. The problem is there’s way too much of everything else. About 1/4 - 1/3 of the movie is badass monster fights. The other 3/4 - 2/3 is horrific plot, bad acting and lame jokes. Those going for the monsters (everybody) will enjoy what they get. You’ll just come away wishing there had been more of it.

I’m not seeing where this bad acting was. There’s no Oscar performances in here but it’s not network drama level bad acting here. Pretty much everyone is who they are here.

They probably could have used Charles Dance more, but he’s going to have more of a role to play down the road so i’m not too worried about that. The plot was pretty straightforward. Caught you up on what’s been going on since 2014, filled in some details on the ancient history of the kaiju without going on rambling expositions, and also set up the future of the story without laying the whole story out in front of you.

The story/plot did it’s job. If you went to this movie expecting some gran narrative full of deep character development and riveting engaging dialogue, then you’re a buffoon.

Also that’s such a standard, lazy, “I sniff my own farts” response for people with blockbusters. “Yeah it was pretty but the plot was dumb and they didn’t develop all the characters and I didn’t like all the dialogue”. Because 2 hour long action movies are known for their twists and turns plots, doing deep dives on every character, and using a bunch of long winded exposition.

Great television has made everyone expect 10-20 hours of programming a year to be copied into a 2 hour movie and it’s just not happening.

I saw it earlier tonight.

I’m as big a Godzilla fan as there is on this planet. Me and the Big G go back nearly 50 years.

Trust me when I say that this movie is the magnum opus of Godzilla movies. If you like Godzilla movies, go see it. Not into Godzilla? No one cares about you.

So much fun to see Mothra and Godzilla together again. And Ghidorah was fantastic. If only Anguirus would have made an appearance...

To those complaining about the non-monster parts of the movie... there’s not a single Godzilla movie out there where the non-monster parts weren’t lame or boring. There’s only ever been 20 minutes of destruction in each movie. This movie actually gives you more than usual. Go see it!

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That’s false. Antarctica was basically a draw because Ghidorah retreated when Godzilla got at him. Mexico was definitely Godzilla getting the upper hand until the oxygen bomb.

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I'll just add that halfway through the movie my 10-year old said, "Shouldn't Monster Zero be King of the Monsters since he beat Godzilla?" That was his perspective.

The machine didn’t “control” the creatures. It communicated with them on their most basic animal instincts.

Humans have been researching ways to communicate with animals for decades. The characters in the movie were doing that before the kaiju appear, you think they would abandon that idea when these huge world destroying monsters appeared?

So what is the expectation for Godzilla vs Kong. Who wins?

I feel like they will have to fight but in the end will have to become bros. Anything else pisses off a rather large fanbase, no?

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Was there any reference to Kong?

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A few