I didn't say downtime I said boredom. Godzillas action or non action really besides the beginning and end are really poorly done. The worst is the frequent news cut aways they did, just aweful.
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I didn't say downtime I said boredom. Godzillas action or non action really besides the beginning and end are really poorly done. The worst is the frequent news cut aways they did, just aweful.
Lightning4Ever
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Plasticine
Member
Just saw it again. I think I loved it even more. The build-up is amazing, and establishes Godzilla as truly a God who roams the earth. The way Edwards presents him constantly reinforces that idea--there's just so many epic shots of him.
Since I knew what to expect, the movie's rhythm didn't throw me and I never once felt frustrated by the human element. In fact, I was able to appreciate just how well the human story was constructed. It was a solid through line, guiding the audience through the monster mayhem. Overall the story is a really nice modern take on a Showa period Godzilla story.
I definitely want to see it again before it leaves theaters.
The atomic breath was still jawdropping.
Since I knew what to expect, the movie's rhythm didn't throw me and I never once felt frustrated by the human element. In fact, I was able to appreciate just how well the human story was constructed. It was a solid through line, guiding the audience through the monster mayhem. Overall the story is a really nice modern take on a Showa period Godzilla story.
I definitely want to see it again before it leaves theaters.
Never correlate internet reactions with general audience reactions. If they were linked, Pacific Rim would have been a smash hit...
XxSlasherMcGirkxX
Member
I just got done seeing this and honestly this movie was one of the worst movies I have ever paid money to see. Truly disappointing on every level.
XxSlasherMcGirkxX
Member
I could forgive the complete lack of action scenes and slow reveals if any of the characters where even remotely likable. The pacing is the worst part. I just can't believe how angry this film has made me, when I had such low expectations.
MuddyDonut
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Did anyone hear this? Godzilla Spoiler Special - Gareth Edwards
Chaotic-Strike
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You wouldn't be angry if you had low expectations.
XxSlasherMcGirkxX
Member
Well I had low expectations not zero expectations.
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
Then why get angry? Those must be some pretty high low standards.
Because the film did not even live up to his low expectations?
You had low expectations and yet you said it was "..truly disappointing on every level"?
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
For a monster movie to be declared to the "worst movie ever". To be actually angry at a movie would suggest that those expectations weren't that low to begin with. It just seems contradictory to me.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Watched it today. I'm so confused; I've never been this confused. My emotions are mixed about it. Have they planned a sequel?
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
It's been announced but that's all we know about it.
dark_chris
Member
You kidding me? Watch it in theaters. Who cares what others say. If the movie was outright bad, then yeah, but either way, it's a great movie. People are just nitpicky about crap.
This. Especially those certain people are saying Pacific Rim and Cloverfield is better. You guys are trying way too hard. Better to see the movie yourself instead of listening to those people.
The people who pop in and say things like this;
... weren't planning on seeing it, anyway. Lmfao.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
thanks for this, good listen
Hated it. HATED IT. All of the human scenes felt like a disaster movie parody. I was waiting for the "lol isnt it hilarious when this scene happens in every Hollywood disaster movie?!" zinger...but it never happened. They were dead serious with that shit 
.
I liked the 5 mins of Godzilla though. He was cool.
.I liked the 5 mins of Godzilla though. He was cool.
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Thanks for the support, spread the word if you feel like.
Oh, and BTW i'm going to see Godzilla again on Friday, can't wait to give it a second go.
Your design is so good, but almost every other design on that website is just godawful. You should have just made it some terrible paint splatter shirt and then people wouldn't be able to vote fast enough.
aww yiss
I can honestly say in my short time on GAF, this thread contains some of the biggest overreactions I've ever seen. I enjoyed it personally, but I can see why someone wouldn't like it. But the worst movie ever? Are you kidding me? I mean I know it's all opinions but Christ, there's no way it's THAT bad.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Holy shit this movie sucked.
I love the Godzilla series, too
Pacific Rim was a much better movie, it knew exactly the type of movie it was trying to be.
I love the Godzilla series, too
Pacific Rim was a much better movie, it knew exactly the type of movie it was trying to be.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Saw Godzilla last night. I say "saw" Godzilla, I actually saw a lot of plebs pointing things out with the occasional bit of arm flailing. My local cinema is pretty weird like that.
Spoiler Free Points of Interest:
1) Heisenberg's hair
2) Kick Ass's enormous neck
3) Ken Watanabe's two setting face
4) Things being pointed out by people
5) A refreshed distrust of Godzilla related products
6) "Hunting, Doctor? What do you mean?"
Massively disappointed.
Spoiler Free Points of Interest:
1) Heisenberg's hair
2) Kick Ass's enormous neck
3) Ken Watanabe's two setting face
4) Things being pointed out by people
5) A refreshed distrust of Godzilla related products
6) "Hunting, Doctor? What do you mean?"
Massively disappointed.
Holy shit this movie sucked.
I love the Godzilla series, too
Pacific Rim was a much better movie, it knew exactly the type of movie it was trying to be.
All lies, and trolling. Let me guess, you think Godzilla 1998 was a great Godzilla film, too?
HalfBakedProphet
Member
I hope RedLetterMedia does a Half in the Bag on Godzilla. It might break my heart a little if they really hate it, though
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
We got Godzilla shirts but the ones I want ran out of stock D:
Bluemercury
Member
Holy shit this movie sucked.
I love the Godzilla series, too
Pacific Rim was a much better movie, it knew exactly the type of movie it was trying to be.
IT was actually a very good movie.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Uh, no, that movie was a hot mess.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
It were gash, mate. 98 film were gash too. I shall now refer to 2014 and 1998 films as Gash-Zilla for that is what they were. Gash.
Oh, man. It was terrible. Not even a good kind of terrible either. So disappointed.
beyond_death
Member
This thread reminds me of Man of Steels. Either way, I'm excited to see this in a few days.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Temper thine expectations, friend.
Bluemercury
Member
What were you expecting really?
dapperbandit
Banned
Spoilers Ahead
Look, I wanted to like it I really did. I was interested at the start and I was willing to wait, but then
died. After that first half hour of disjointed set up, things really should have got going but no, you had more plodding, repetitive scenes and hints of action that the camera cuts away from or skips to the end. It's frustrating when you're anticipating action and you just get to see a couple of seconds then the aftermath.
This became really apparent to me as the movie went on. There were several times when I could hear that members of the audience in the cinema were audibly exhasperated by a tease and then a cut away. I was actually laughing at one point; I counted 3 times in the movie when TV screens in the background were showing more action and destruction than had been shown in the good or hour of actual film so far. But you know, it's all worth it for that final twenty or so minutes, right? By that point it was too little too late for me. When things finally get going, you're finally seeing massive monsters fighting for more than a handful of seconds, it didn't bring enough. Perhaps it was because of Godzilla's proportions. I respect the throwback to the original design. But Godzilla in this movie is big and slow and it was difficult to really display his actual strength. I can think of three specific bits in that showdown itself where there was satisfying heft. Best example:
But otherwise, it's
black/grey monsters pushing each other back and forth in a smoky black and grey environment that obscured a lot of the devastation.
Here comes the inevitable Pacific Rim comparison. That film was flawed in a number of ways but the action was satisfying and entertaining. The blows traded in that film felt like they actually had an amount of impact and were spaced out well enough. The movie was about giant mechs fighting giant monsters and it did what it said on the tin. Godzilla struggled to live up to informed or uninformed expactations.
The lack of satisfying action wouldn't have been such a big issue if it was slotted in around something good but no. Aaron Taylor Johnson...I like him but his character was flat, there wasn't much he could do with it. I could not have given less of a shit about his 2-dimensional lightweight wife/girlfriend or their perpetually miserable son. The only character Johnson seemed to have any on screen chemistry besides
was that kid on the train. Ken Watanabe did his best with a bad script. The rest of humanity was made to look idiotic in a number of bits that really insulted my intelligence: transporting
Other things, like the way Godzilla bizarrely gets a naval escort for much of the movie and seems to give nae fucks just baffled me. Other bits were just hilariously stupid, like the bit where, looking for
in Nevada, they somehow miss the giant hole it escapes from, the trail of destruction and the massive fucking monster. I laughed loudly when the army guy needs to get his binoculars out before he can "get a visual" the 100 ft tall monster headed for Las Vegas.
The film tried to do action and story and failed at both.
It's not the "worst movie ever". But I'm not over reacting when I say, again, that I've scarcely been so disappointed in a film since the Phantom Menace. I wanted to like it so much but god damn. It's actually a real accomplishment to make a film about a giant monster fighting giant monsters so boring.
I'm sorry if this rustles the people who saw this turd and found a way to like it but it's how I feel.
Look, I wanted to like it I really did. I was interested at the start and I was willing to wait, but then
Bryan Cranston
This became really apparent to me as the movie went on. There were several times when I could hear that members of the audience in the cinema were audibly exhasperated by a tease and then a cut away. I was actually laughing at one point; I counted 3 times in the movie when TV screens in the background were showing more action and destruction than had been shown in the good or hour of actual film so far. But you know, it's all worth it for that final twenty or so minutes, right? By that point it was too little too late for me. When things finally get going, you're finally seeing massive monsters fighting for more than a handful of seconds, it didn't bring enough. Perhaps it was because of Godzilla's proportions. I respect the throwback to the original design. But Godzilla in this movie is big and slow and it was difficult to really display his actual strength. I can think of three specific bits in that showdown itself where there was satisfying heft. Best example:
the bit where Godzilla whips Muto into the skyscraper.
three
Here comes the inevitable Pacific Rim comparison. That film was flawed in a number of ways but the action was satisfying and entertaining. The blows traded in that film felt like they actually had an amount of impact and were spaced out well enough. The movie was about giant mechs fighting giant monsters and it did what it said on the tin. Godzilla struggled to live up to informed or uninformed expactations.
The lack of satisfying action wouldn't have been such a big issue if it was slotted in around something good but no. Aaron Taylor Johnson...I like him but his character was flat, there wasn't much he could do with it. I could not have given less of a shit about his 2-dimensional lightweight wife/girlfriend or their perpetually miserable son. The only character Johnson seemed to have any on screen chemistry besides
his Dad
nuclear weapons on a flat bed train carriage? With no scientists? Even going so far as to fiddle with the detonator when it's in motion?
Muto #2
The film tried to do action and story and failed at both.
It's not the "worst movie ever". But I'm not over reacting when I say, again, that I've scarcely been so disappointed in a film since the Phantom Menace. I wanted to like it so much but god damn. It's actually a real accomplishment to make a film about a giant monster fighting giant monsters so boring.
I'm sorry if this rustles the people who saw this turd and found a way to like it but it's how I feel.
Having just rewatched the 1998 one, the biggest issue I have with it is how they fucked up the sense of scale in just about every scene with Godzilla. In some scenes, he's as big as the 2014 version. In others, he's smaller than the Toho version. And it fluctuations in almost every scene. Drive me crazy.
But there actually are quite a few similarities between the two movies. From early legends of the monster in Japan, to a group following him, to a group of foreign soldiers taking over operations. And especially how Godzilla swims.
But there actually are quite a few similarities between the two movies. From early legends of the monster in Japan, to a group following him, to a group of foreign soldiers taking over operations. And especially how Godzilla swims.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
A fun Godzilla movie, not a sub-par human drama with the occasional lizard in the background. Is that a big ask then?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
But that's how classic Godzilla movies are
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
What, do you mean fun?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
No, being human focused with Gojira appearing sometimes. Yes, even in films with other mons.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
I just got done watching Terror of Mechagodzilla and Godzilla has maybe a 60 second cameo in the first hour. Then when you finally think you're going to get a meaty fight scene, Titanosaurus bails the fuck out.
The Godzilla/human ratio in the new movie is extremely reminiscent of the old films
The Godzilla/human ratio in the new movie is extremely reminiscent of the old films