Title says it all. I would like to know if the new Godzilla film was one you all enjoyed watching. This is not about whether you felt the film was well-acted, well-written or anything like that, just whether or not you had fun while watching the film.
Poll: Godzilla (2014) - Did you enjoy it?
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I haven't seen it yet, but I have to say the reviews have been making me wary of it. You have a giant monster, a scientist that's a Hiroshima survivor and Bryan Cranston, and you focus on a god damn generic US Marine? What is with my country's obsession with the marines!?
For that literal ten minutes Godzilla was on screen, shit was amazing. Looked great, every slow reveal was great, buildings got blown up, it was the closet thing to Pacific Rim we've had since Pacific Rim. Godzilla was great as the defender of mankind, even though there was no reason as to why and even if the monsters he was fighting were pretty dang boring in comparison to other Godzilla franchise monster.
Problem, as MovieBob said, was that the movie was just so fucking terrible otherwise with the EOD lieutenant and his wife and the cannonfodder army people who are around him. That ten minute scene is almost worth the struggle, but not really.
Overall, nope. Sorry to the guys who wanted a new Godzilla movie, it's only good for the last twenty minutes.
Problem, as MovieBob said, was that the movie was just so fucking terrible otherwise with the EOD lieutenant and his wife and the cannonfodder army people who are around him. That ten minute scene is almost worth the struggle, but not really.
Overall, nope. Sorry to the guys who wanted a new Godzilla movie, it's only good for the last twenty minutes.
The Godzilla scenes were great but I could not care less about the soldier drama. Too little of Godzilla imo
I thought it was a decent film overall. Enjoyable, but spends too much time baiting the viewer (cut away from a monster wrecking a city and just hint at it in the next scene with a TV in the background switched to CNN) and exploring its boring characters and side-stories. The film seemed to spend more time showing situation briefings aboard the aircraft carrier than showing actual action. But it did have a spectacular end fight; I definitely left the theater satisfied, though I don't think I'll watch it again.
Before I saw it, I also assumed the film was going to be a gung-ho celebration of the US military, but interestingly it takes almost the exact opposite approach. Even more impressively, it rejects the "US military solves all problems" trope without using the "military is full of idiots" trope, instead using the "humanity, with all its sound and fury, cannot challenge nature" trope (which is rare in monster movies).erttheking said:
Yup I liked it, I'm one of the few people who can switch their mind off when watching it (the criticism made toward it didn't bother me) but yet again I'm a simple man who liked simple things.
I liked it. I haven't watched the past Godzilla movies, but I still enjoyed it, though they spent more time than they should have on the "tired-near-perfect-american-soldier-family-guy just wants to get back to his successful nurse wife and child" plot line and other human elements.
Although I've never seen the movies, I nearly squealed like a little girl when Godzilla's tail lit up and I knew he was about to unleash his fire/lazor breath. As well as just taking a nap in the middle of the city after the battle.
Although I've never seen the movies, I nearly squealed like a little girl when Godzilla's tail lit up and I knew he was about to unleash his fire/lazor breath. As well as just taking a nap in the middle of the city after the battle.
I enjoyed it.
I do agree with some of Bob's points. But the scenes that had Godzilla and the MUTOS were golden IMO.
This is coming from someone who spent a lot of his childhood watching a bunch of the old Godzilla VHS's.
I do agree with some of Bob's points. But the scenes that had Godzilla and the MUTOS were golden IMO.
This is coming from someone who spent a lot of his childhood watching a bunch of the old Godzilla VHS's.
I failed at the "nearly" part. That last bit where:Qwurty2.0 said:
Godzilla pried open the female MUTO's mouth and blew concentrated fire down her gullet made me giggle and feel all warm inside.
Lol, I see what you did there! ;P A good chunk of the theater jumped and whooped at that part of the movie. I loved Godzilla's face, like the MUTO's attempts to claw and get away were nothing more than an annoyance before performing Kaiju mouth-to-mouth.scorptatious said:
I almost walked out of the theater I was so disappointed. There was barely any monster fighting and only one cool move in all of it. The actors were boring as hell and the entire movie was nothing but ridiculous technical flaws and the like. I don't think there was a single scene where I didn't go "Wait, how in the hell?" with a large chunk of those being the giant monsters were apparently sneaky, like a 400ft tall monster getting within 20 yards of people before they go "oh right there she is." It was the worst movie I have seen in theaters since 9 and that's saying something.
P.S. All the stupid story flaws could have been forgiven if the monster fighting was good or even longer but no, we got one good action move in the whole set (which was awesome) so it was honestly the worst movie of 2014 without even trying. At least a whole bunch of good movies are coming down the pipe to make up for this garbage.
Edit: Godzilla did look completely amazing though, I will give the movie that, but he still fought like he was a man in an awkward suit.
P.S. All the stupid story flaws could have been forgiven if the monster fighting was good or even longer but no, we got one good action move in the whole set (which was awesome) so it was honestly the worst movie of 2014 without even trying. At least a whole bunch of good movies are coming down the pipe to make up for this garbage.
Edit: Godzilla did look completely amazing though, I will give the movie that, but he still fought like he was a man in an awkward suit.
One tiny niggling detail . . . the scientist's father was a Hiroshima survivor.erttheking said:
OT: I thought they did a pretty decent job of going back to the original 1954 concept. The movie has slow pacing, but it was meant to. The monsters are backdrop to the story of the people rather than the main highlight. Stuff like that.
IF I had gone into the movie expecting something like Pacific Rim, I would have been severely disappointed. As it was, I went in hoping for something the Toho folks would be happy with. As such, I was quite happy.
I saw it and I was throughly bored for most of it. Sure, the final fight was AWESOME, but I literally almost fell asleep during the buildup.
Fuck yeah I enjoyed it... for what it was, that is...
I didn't go in thinking it was going to be the "better" version of Pacific Rim... I didn't go in thinking that Godzilla would take up over 2/3rd of the movie's overall runtime... I didn't even go in thinking that any of the human characters would ultimately "steal the lasting spotlight" of the movie once you leave the theater, in general...
I went into this movie with, I guess, the 1954 movie in mind... and, for what it's worth, I fucking enjoyed the hell out of this movie... (still wished it had more Bryan in it, though... But, I digress...)
I didn't go in thinking it was going to be the "better" version of Pacific Rim... I didn't go in thinking that Godzilla would take up over 2/3rd of the movie's overall runtime... I didn't even go in thinking that any of the human characters would ultimately "steal the lasting spotlight" of the movie once you leave the theater, in general...
I went into this movie with, I guess, the 1954 movie in mind... and, for what it's worth, I fucking enjoyed the hell out of this movie... (still wished it had more Bryan in it, though... But, I digress...)
yup, saw it today and enjoyed it. would have preferred bryan cranston taking the lead, but captain boring meant it was easier to see the military side of things, so i understand why he's there.
also, the first time you hear dat godzilla scream.... so awesome
also, the first time you hear dat godzilla scream.... so awesome
It was awesome. I bet all the people complaining have never ever seen the original movie. Furthermore, those complaining that there was too little Godzilla, would be the same people complaining if there was too much Godzilla. I thought the movie was awesome and the action scenes well worth the wait.
Many of the older films had a tenuous relationship with humanity. much of the human cast was there simply because it was on earth and a lot of the interactions between them and the monsters was relatively poor or cringe worthy. That being said much of it is overlooked when you have these giant monster duking it out, although I don't think all the battles are that long to begin with, however there are multiple fights, more than what this movie had. I feel like they had a good story for the human end of it, but lacked some good scenes with regards to the movies namesake.
the first battle between Godzilla and muta was a tease. you saw a bit of a fight but it quickly cut back to Ford (the protagonist). I came to watch Godzilla, not someone who was named after a car brand. That is the ultimate problem with Godzilla, it's really Mr. Ford and fleeting glimpses of Godzilla. overall I would still say it was good but I was itching to see some kaiju action. in the end they deliver a wonderful scene but there's more salad than meat in this sandwich. I hope that they can address this in a sequel, maybe Godzilla V.S. King ghidorah
the first battle between Godzilla and muta was a tease. you saw a bit of a fight but it quickly cut back to Ford (the protagonist). I came to watch Godzilla, not someone who was named after a car brand. That is the ultimate problem with Godzilla, it's really Mr. Ford and fleeting glimpses of Godzilla. overall I would still say it was good but I was itching to see some kaiju action. in the end they deliver a wonderful scene but there's more salad than meat in this sandwich. I hope that they can address this in a sequel, maybe Godzilla V.S. King ghidorah