Godzilla stomping back to theaters

[mr. tegu]

Thanks! Embedding a YouTube video is basically impossible on a mobile device (to my knowledge anyways).

[Psyko Tek]

the one true GODZILLA
B.O.C featuring Raymond Burr

[Pushead2]

Loved it - didn't disappoint.

[KC_Lee]

So one item that I have not seen in any of the trailers or leaked footage that I feel is crucial to any successful Godzilla movie.

Does Godzilla breath fire / have atomic breath?

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by KC_Lee

So one item that I have not seen in any of the trailers or leaked footage that I feel is crucial to any successful Godzilla movie.

Does Godzilla breath fire / have atomic breath?

I don't know for sure but...

Spoiler!

This is the description at the top of Rotten Tomatoes for the movie: "With just enough human drama to anchor the sweeping spectacle of giant monsters smashing everything in sight, Gareth Edwards' Godzilla satisfyingly restores the franchise's fire-breathing glory."

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by KC_Lee

So one item that I have not seen in any of the trailers or leaked footage that I feel is crucial to any successful Godzilla movie.

Does Godzilla breath fire / have atomic breath?

Yea, I'm pretty sure he does, but they are not gonna leak that of course.

That was one of the things that the 98 Godzilla got completely wrong. What an abortion of a movie. That honest trailer thing made me remember just how bad that was.
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[KC_Lee]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

I don't know for sure but...

Spoiler!

This is the description at the top of Rotten Tomatoes for the movie: "With just enough human drama to anchor the sweeping spectacle of giant monsters smashing everything in sight, Gareth Edwards' Godzilla satisfyingly restores the franchise's fire-breathing glory."

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Yea, I'm pretty sure he does, but they are not gonna leak that of course.

That was one of the things that the 98 Godzilla got completely wrong. What an abortion of a movie. That honest trailer thing made me remember just how bad that was.
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Many thanks.

And yes, Godzilla does two things; he breaths fire and he's indestructible.

Good review of the '98 'Zilla flick;

[Deberg_1990]

Would love to see this in IMAX. Unfortunately my theater here is only offering IMAX 3D.

Oh well, Alamo Drafthouse for me. My son has grown to love the little snippets that play before the films. It makes it fun to show up early.
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[In58men]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Would love to see this in IMAX. Unfortunately my theater here is only offering IMAX 3D.

Oh well, Alamo Drafthouse for me. My son has grown to love the little snippets that play before the films. It makes it fun to show up early.
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You don't like 3D?

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Inmem58

You don't like 3D?

Heh, no my hatred of it is well documented around here.
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[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Heh, no my hatred of it is well documented around here.
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I dunno if you've seen it in many years, but I will say that I USED to hate 3d, but the latest generation of it is quite good. Once you learn to sit reasonably straight up and not watch the screen at a bad angle, headache issues (which I used to have and have heard about others having) seem to resolve themselves as well.

I'm a fan of it now.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Would love to see this in IMAX. Unfortunately my theater here is only offering IMAX 3D.

Oh well, Alamo Drafthouse for me. My son has grown to love the little snippets that play before the films. It makes it fun to show up early.
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I've heard this is solid in 3d

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

I've heard this is solid in 3d

It is. The cgi is believable and very well done and the 3D added and didn't distract from the film. After a while you just get use to it and kind of forget it's in 3D.

Comments without any spoilers:

1) The reason people's comments are short is mostly due to the fact you just can't talk about hardly anything without spoiling something. For the most part the surprises that come are positives.

2) This movie is not slow to start - there's action from start to end - it's just not always giant monsters dominating the scene. As the film goes on the action increases and becomes more and more intense. This "slow build" is not something that would irritate adult viewers but younger kids (12 or younger) might get impatient waiting for longer monster/fight/destruction scenes.

I think the descriptions that monster action doesn't happen until the end/2nd half isn't entirely honest. It's more like a small leak that gradually grows and grows and grows until the pipes burst.

3) Some reviews stated that there were comedic moments that just missed and weren't funny. I never got the impression there were any comedic moments. This movie takes itself very seriously. These were simply misunderstood scenes/moments were things were implied but IMO not made obvious enough.

This film does not beat you over the head with commentary or a singular message - it's understated. At times too understated.

4) This is such a departure in tone from other Godzilla films I'd compare it to the difference between the last Batman trilogy and any other Batman film. It's that different.

5) There a at least two tips of the hat to his previous film Monsters, many to previous Toho Godzilla films/moments, and what appeared to me to be a big **** you to the 98 American film.

6) This movie shows - it doesn't tell. The scenes tell the story and not a bunch of lengthy exposition. You'll gather meaning from a collection of scenes and how the story unfolds or you won't.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Rausch

2) This movie is not slow to start - there's action from start to end - it's just not always giant monsters dominating the scene. As the film goes on the action increases and becomes more and more intense. This "slow build" is not something that would irritate adult viewers but younger kids (12 or younger) might get impatient waiting for longer monster/fight/destruction scenes.

I think the descriptions that monster action doesn't happen until the end/2nd half isn't entirely honest. It's more like a small leak that gradually grows and grows and grows until the pipes burst.

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Just saw it. This is pretty much spot on. I didnt think it was slow at all. There is an action scene about 40 minutes in, and another about 50 minutes in, after that its pretty much non-stop. My 9 year old son loved it. He was never bored.

Great flick. They totally got "Godzilla". Im not gonna spoil anything here yet until most have seen it. Its full of small surprises.

Loved the look and scale of this thing. Lots of long shots to give you that epic scale. oh...and very little of that shaky closeup cam stuff. The design of the MUTOs and Godzilla himself was pure awesome.

[Ceej]

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.