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Godzilla stomping back to theaters
Godzilla stomping back to theaters via Legendary
By Ace Fernandez Well, well, well ... look who's getting back in fighting shape. Everyone's favorite gigantic, havoc-wreaking lizard, Godzilla, is on his way back to the big screen via Legendary Pictures, which has acquired the rights to develop and produce a new feature based on the iconic Toho Co. character. Warner Bros. will co-produce, co-finance and distribute through its deal with Legendary, and Toho will roll out the film in Japan. Dan Lin, Roy Lee and Brian Rogers are also producing; Yoshimitsu Banno, Kenji Okuhira and Doug Davison will be executive producers on the project. The last major Godzilla outing, an American, New York-set version from Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, grossed $376 million worldwide in 1998 despite fielding equally major criticism. Toho quickly produced "Godzilla 2000," in which the big beast took on an evil UFO, the following year. But the Godzilla franchise juggernaut has survived decades of permutations (he first appeared in 1954), dozens of films, books, video games and merchandising tie-ins and seems perpetually ready to rear up again for new audiences. The new film is shooting for a 2012 release. "Godzilla is one of the world's most powerful pop culture icons, and we at Legendary are thrilled to be able to create a modern epic based on this long-loved Toho franchise," said Thomas Tull, chairman and CEO of Legendary. "Our plans are to produce the Godzilla that we, as fans, would want to see. We intend to do justice to those essential elements that have allowed this character to remain as pop culturally relevant for as long as it has." Added Jeff Robinov, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, "Godzilla is emblematic of the kind of branded, event films for which Warner Bros. and our partners at Legendary are best known." The two companies have partnered on such global properties as "Batman Begins," "The Dark Knight," "Superman Returns" and "The Hangover," which have grossed more than $2 billion worldwide. Together, they have a remake of "Clash of the Titans" stomping into theaters Friday. |
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My son's B-day is today. Taking both boys for the early show tomorrow, with the full IMAX 3D treatment. Can't wait.
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How was Cranston's performance?
My fiancée and I are currently watching Breaking Bad and the guy is tremendously underrated. He's one of the main reasons I've convinced my fiancée to go see Godzilla with me. |
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This should be good.
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Everyone started clapping towards the end when the special ability came out. The constant emp thing bothered me, and vehicles working after it. None of it is really a big distraction. Fun flick, throw back to zilla and monster fans in general that have not had a good one in ages. It was enjoyable to hear some kids in awe of godzilla in the crowd. Last edited by Valiant; 05-18-2014 at 09:52 PM.. |
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My only negative with it these days is the difference in brightness and it just seeming to be a bit muted / less vivid.
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At times it felt more like a natural disaster flick than a monster flick. this might be a spoiler
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My wife and I are seeing it tomorrow morning. Can't wait. All our friends so far loved it.
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I'll agree with early reviewers that his performance the first 1/3rd of the film builds an expectation the rest of the film doesn't satisfy. As the movie moves on and we see more and more of Godzilla it's almost as if he's the personification (best way I can see to put it) of Cranston's raw emotion. For those large dog owners you know that moment when your pet see's a cat and no matter what you say or what else is happening it has one purpose at that moment: ending that cat. Godzilla vs. Muto is Dog vs Cat.
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I hated this movie - the creative choices they made at the beginning of the film were just wrong to me and I could never get around them. I was so looking forward to this and left extremely disappointed.
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The movie was ****ing awesome.
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‘Godzilla’ Roars to Huge $9.3 Million at Thursday Night Box Office
The monster remake's early haul tops that of “Amazing Spider-Man 2” “Godzilla” has begun its box office rampage with a powerful $9.3 million haul from Thursday night showings. The remake of the iconic monster movie, a co-production of Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros., got an early start with shows that began at 7 p.m. in roughly 3,000 theaters. As of Friday, it will be in 3,952 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, and will roll out in 64 foreign markets as well this weekend. The Thursday night total for “Godzilla” is higher than that of ”The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” which took in $8.7 million earlier this month as it headed to a $91 million three-day debut. And it isn't far off the $10.2 million that “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” put up on its way to a $95 million opening weekend in April. The opening was the year's biggest. Analysts predict a three-day total take in the $65 million-$70 million range for “Godzilla,” and expect the Gareth Edwards-directed 3D epic to easily displace last week's No. 1 film, “Neighbors.” The weekend's other wide opener, Disney's Jon Hamm baseball movie “Million Dollar Arm,” will be in 3,019 theaters and is expected to debut in the $10 million range. Bryan Cranston, Aaron Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, David Strathairn and Ken Watanabe star in “Godzilla,” which is off to a fast start overseas. It's already opened No. 1 in seven foreign territories, including France.
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And after seeing the film there are a lot of spoiler moments. Most of these would ruin the movie for someone who hasn't watched it yet. I'm also waiting for the super right wing to complain that the story is bashing America because our government/military/people do stupid things and make mistakes. If you follow the events of the movie the world (read: at least 4 different countries) are trying to keep secret what Cranston is trying to uncover. To me it was more: this is how the world today deals with problems and eventually mother nature will tell us to learn to swim...
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As of early Sat morning it's running at 80% Audience and 73% by critics on RT...
Warning: I've read most the reviews and almost all the negative one's are spoiler heavy. I don't get this. If you didn't like it that's fine but don't ruin it for everyone else...
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