Godzilla (2014)

[vzzbux]

I really enjoyed the Manga releases in the 90's.
A big fan of the older stuff when I was a kid (and still am).
Think I have just about all the films on one format or another.
Poo Poo one the last incarnation.
Can't wait for this one.





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[Rog69]

I just got in from seeing it and while it wasn't a terrible film, it wasn't great either, I'd give it a 6/10.
[spoiler]
I'm a fan of all things Godzilla so this film was a big event for me but it just didn't quite hit the spot.

Bryan Cranston gets far too little time in the film and I found myself really not caring about the rest of the human cast. I saw it in 3D but it didn't really enhance the experience as it is pretty underused, I kind of forgot it was in 3D until the end of the movie when I realised I was wearing the glasses.

The biggest thing that annoyed me was that at least twice the movie built up to what I was expecting to be a good monster dust-up, only to cut away to something less interesting, it was more like monster foreplay than the monster porn I was hoping for.[/spoiler]

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

One simple question gets my ticket bought: does Godzilla shoot lasers or fire from his mouth?

[Fragminion]

One simple question gets my ticket bought: does Godzilla shoot lasers or fire from his mouth?

This guy pretty much sums up the movie..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se-5ali709I


But I just saw it and all I can say is that its is G.O.S.

Godzilla of Steel.

I won't say any thing else.

[COMMANDO FORCES]

I have a feeling that that bloke may be more entertaining than the actual film!

[Hawkmumbler]

'Expectation flickers momentarily'

[Radbacker]

Well i loved it, im in Thailand at the moment and unfortunately only saw a dubed version and as my Thai is very basic missed a hell of a lot i cant wait to get back to Oz to watch the thing in english.
[spoiler]i kinda liked how the movie gave you blue balls for the first two major city destructions it made the release of the Sanfransisco show down that much more satisfying, it rare a movie this big is that restrained, it sure stopped the movie from suffering from destructo fatigue like every blockbuster from the last couple of years[/spoiler]
Loved the human perspective to the whole thing and the final beat down is truelly epic, to answer Dr X [spoiler]oh yes he does shoot blue nuclear laser from his mouth twice and when he does its the best shot in the whole movie i will say no more[/spoiler]
Godzilla reings as king of the monsters the final shot nearly had me cheering in the cinema, must get sequal now.  De mak!

CU Radbacker

[HdE]

Booked my tickets for the movie for tomorrow night!

Scarily, my pals missus is even more excited about the movie then me and her fella put together. What have I started here?

[von Boom]

Just got back from seeing Godzilla. Not a perfect film, but still very good. They've done Gozilla justice i think. However Rog does make some good points. [spoiler]Especially concerning Cranston.[/spoiler]

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

Just got back from watching it. It is decent, godzilla himself I thought looked absolutely amazing. But there wasn't enough screen time for him. And the bad guy monsters looked rubbish.

[Fragminion]

I would like to see it again but in a better theater then the run down mold hole I saw it in.

[locustsofdeath!]

My review:

While I would have preferred a movie in which Godzilla just smashes everything up for two hours uninterrupted by story or plot, this was the next best thing.

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

I would like to see it cut down by 15-20 minutes.

[Rog69]

I would like to see it cut down by 15-20 minutes.

[spoiler]Yes, there is a lot of fat that could have been trimmed, including some of the less interesting characters like Ken Watanabe and Admiral Exposition.

I would have preferred to see a lot more Cranston, an earlier entrance from Godzilla and none of those annoying cut-aways, I grinned like a loon when Godzilla showed up at the airport, only to be left utterly disappointed moments later.

I hope it does well enough at the box office to warrant a sequel though, they got Godzilla himself spot on but next time I would prefer a film that puts the monsters in the foreground a little more. It would be nice if it prompts TOHO to dust off the franchise too and start making Godzilla films again.[/spoiler]

[HdE]

Saw it tonight and was thoroughy entertained.

I agree that Godzilla doesn't feature in the movie nearly as much as he should. Bryan Cranston got pretty short shrift, and his character's outcome sort of renders his whole role in the movie a bit pointless, in my opinion.

G himself looks utterly brilliant, and there's a real sense of upped stakes and OPPRESSIVE DOOM when he starts fighting the MUTOS. He also gets two of the best dramatic uses of his nuclear breath I've ever seen.

It's solid stuff. I'm glad to hear it's doing well at the box office.